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North Korea steals $1.5bn as it pulls off world’s biggest ever heist (www.aol.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Domino@lemmings.world to c/world@quokk.au

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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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[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Money most likely.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 8 points 6 months ago

I heard they just a bunch of crypto they forgot about.

[–] AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com 3 points 6 months ago

Nah, hexbear admins and users were pretty clear and unanimous from minute 1 that they'd rather have that money spent in mutual aid (go visit c/mutual_aid in Hexbear if you're interested) than in giving money to a cyberlandlord.