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.

The FBI said it intends to continue "to identify and disrupt North Korea's theft and laundering ... been accused of organizing the theft of $638 million in crypto assets through the Ronin ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two hacker groups associated with North Korea, the Lazarus Group and APT38, were responsible for the theft last June of $100 million from U.S. crypto firm Harmony’s Horizon bridge, the Federal ...

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 ...