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The hackers stole more cryptocurrency in one attack than all the funds stolen by North Korean cyber criminals in 2024, when the rogue state’s cyber attackers made off with around $1.3bn in digital coins, according to cryptocurrency analysts Chainalysis.

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[–] nomoredrama@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The article actually doesn't provide any proof it was North Korea. Why do they think it was North Korea?

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 6 days ago

Probably Israel leaving clues to make it look like DPRK

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

I'm sure Trump will give Kim high fives

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 8 points 6 days ago

Is this the cause of the dip?

[–] Tuxman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Can’t people just stop trading that specific coin? Or just say it’s now worth 1$?

[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

This was a targeted attack against a cryptocurrency exchange. The specific crypto happened to be Ethereum (ETH), but more importantly the hackers were able to identify and target the specific employees needed for their multi-signature transactions, and infect their machines with malware to alter the user interface and show different destination wallet addresses. The exchange Bybit has offered a 10% bounty which could earn whitehats up to $140 million for any funds recovered, but I would be very surprised to see huge success with the use of mixers and such.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee -2 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

love that bit about nuclear attack on new york

what's your favorite bit?

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