North Korea steals $1.5bn as it pulls off world's biggest ever heist

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

State-backed North Korean hackers have stolen $1.5bn (£1.2bn) of cryptocurrency in the largest heist in history.

Agents from Pyongyang were able to breach the systems of Dubai-based exchange Bybit to steal the digital coin Ether, according to security analysts.

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.

The $1.5bn total eclipses the largest known bank theft of all time, when Saddam Hussein stole $1bn from the Iraqi central bank ahead of the Iraq War in 2003.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/north-korea-steals-1-5bn-as-it-pulls-off-world-s-biggest-ever-heist/ar-AA1zL36V

[BoRaGard]

1. No wonder NK gives G.O.P. Felon-Rapist 47 a GrifterGasm

[LiberalArkie]

2. Perhaps it was an under the table gift from Dubai to Kim?

[Danascot]

3. That's nothing

Musk has pocketed $38 BILLION in government cash, reports WPost
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220075001

... and in Musk's case we know who the perp is and he's running around free dismantling the country.

[pansypoo53219]

4. so, crypto money is a great investment?