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

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.

  • CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.eeEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    Its because crypto doesn’t work for 90% of things like people want to too so you have to use an exchange to make it faster.