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Record thefts boost North Korea to third-largest bitcoin holder (www.thetimes.com)

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North Korea has become the world’s third-largest holder of bitcoin after the governments of the United States and Britain, after the success of hackers stealing cryptocurrency in audacious online attacks.

According to data published by a cryptocurrency monitoring company, North Korea’s biggest and most successful cyber-hacking organisation, Lazarus, holds a total of 13,580 bitcoin, worth £886 million, after a record-breaking theft last month.

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[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Wait, so BTC was a pump & dump to tank N. Korea?

^dude.