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UN: Hacks of Banks and Crypto Exchanges Brought $ 2 Billion to North Korea North Korea has raised about $ 2 billion from hacks of cryptocurrency exchanges and banks in order to fund its nuclear program, Reuters writes, citing a confidential UN report.

UN: Hacks of Banks and Crypto Exchanges Brought $ 2 Billion to North Korea North Korea has raised about $ 2 billion from hacks of cryptocurrency exchanges and banks in order to fund its nuclear program, Reuters writes, citing a confidential UN report.

UN: Hacks of Banks and Crypto Exchanges Brought $ 2 Billion to North Korea

North Korea has raised about $ 2 billion from hacking of cryptocurrency exchanges and banks in order to finance its nuclear program, writes Reuters, citing a confidential UN report..

According to the report, Pyongyang used «large-scale and constantly improving» cyberattacks to steal funds that are then launched to create weapons of mass destruction.


«Cyberspace activists from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, many of whom have followed direct orders from the Central Intelligence Bureau, are raising money for weapons of mass destruction programs. The total amount of funds appropriated by them to date is estimated at $ 2 billion», - says the report.

According to UN experts, attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges allowed North Korea «generate income in a way that makes it more difficult to track the movement of funds and is subject to less supervision by authorities and regulators compared to the traditional banking sector».

Last year, it was reported that North Korea could mine cryptocurrencies and even develop its own bitcoin exchange..

 

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