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.

  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    5·
    16 hours 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.

    • JonC@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      8 hours 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!