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North Korea steals $1.5bn as it pulls off world’s biggest ever heist (www.aol.com)
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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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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 83 points 6 days ago

North Korea's GDP would technically be up 5% from this. Great success.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Doesn't cagr though.

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