but both show that 2022 was a record-breaking year for DPRK (North Korea) virtual asset theft," the U.N. report said. A U.S.-based blockchain analytics firm last week reached the same conclusion.

North Korea-backed hackers stole $1.7bn (£1.4bn) of crypto in 2022, says blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. This nearly quadruples the country's previous record for cryptocurrency theft - $429m in ...

More info Thank you for subscribing. The US government has claimed that North Korea was behind the theft of $100million (£88,028,000) from an American crypto-currency exchange last year ...

Most recently, the Euler Protocol was hit by a $200 million hack on March 13. Hackers made use of a flash loan attack to ...

And for North Korea, a great fan of both ... making it the second-biggest crypto-theft ever. But as with all heists, the robbery is just the first step. To launder their loot North Korean hackers ...

Cyber hackers backed by North Korea carried out a theft of $1.7bn (£1.4bn) of crypto in 2022, taking the previous record of cryptocurrency threat up by at least four times, according to a report ...

S. Korea sanctioned 4 N. Korean individuals and 7 entities as part of its measures to counter illegal cyber activities The government also sanctioned 8 wallets linked to the Lazarus hacking group ...

The hackers targeted Horizon, a so-called blockchain bridge developed by U.S. crypto start-up Horizon. The tool is used by crypto traders to swap tokens between different networks. The FBI also said ...