World News

496 readers

439 users here now

Please help and contribute as we vote on rules:
https://quokk.au/post/21590

Other Great Communities:

Rules

Be excellent to each other

founded 10 months ago

MODERATORS

Deceptichum@quokk.au

Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com

PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au

295

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

submitted 5 months ago by Domino to c/world@quokk.au

69 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why would they need to hide it?

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

That's a good point, but I'm not sure that's in crypto's favor. Since we know who now owns the stolen crypto, would someone buy it from them? Who is going to honor it? So, does the exchange just go defunct and everyone is out, or....?