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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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[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago

That’s fucking WILD, I have never read about that.

It is insane that you can do that kind of a thing just sitting in front of a laptop with Tails now, though.

[-] jonc211@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yeah, it’s pretty crazy

They made a TV mini-series about it a few years ago. It’s called The Gold. If you’re in the UK, it’s on BBC iPlayer. If not, then there may be other means of acquiring it!

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

I will absolutely check that out, thank you!

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