Contractee: hackers from North Korea stole $ 670 million
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Local media Tokyo, the Nikkei Asian presented the report which details the evasion of North Korea from the economic embargo. This helps the technology of the blockchain. The report also provides information of the UN Security Council, according to which North Korean hackers have organized a series of cyber attacks on foreign financial institutions.
According to the source, the hackers of this troubled country trying to cover their tracks by using blockchain, and the total amount of damage from attacks to date is $ 670 million. According to estimates Nikkei, only in the period from 2015 to 2018, North Korean hackers stole $ 571 million.
At the same time special attention is drawn to the fact that from 2015 to 2018, the country had «special unit». It was sponsored by the armed forces and now is an indispensable instrument in the government of North Korea.
theDigital assets in a country not governed by any organizations. It is very difficult to track transactions, and this may explain the increase in criminal activities involving blockchain.
North Korea uses the blockchain to bypass the embargo
As example, you can take a startup Marine Chain, which was engaged in the buying and selling of ships worldwide using the distributed registry. This enabled him to collaborate with North Korea to bypass the sanctions.
In addition, earlier this year, the national intelligence service of South Korea reported that North Korean hackers stole cryptocurrency exchanges with millions of dollars. Shortly before that, hackers from North Korea are also suspected in the attack on a Japanese crypto currency exchange CoinCheck. We should not forget about the hacking Bithumb.
As noted in the UN Security Council, countries «need to cooperate and begin to exchange information about the alleged attacks committed by hackers from North Korea with government financial support». More data to search for .
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