2019-9-30 23:27 |
What do we know about North Korea’s cryptocurrency development and why is the most isolated country in the world showing interest in digital money?
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Hackers posed as tech recruiters in fake job interviews. Malware used to steal crypto wallets and credentials. Front firms traced to addresses in South Carolina and Buffalo. North Korea’s covert cyberwarfare strategy has taken a new turn, with US federal investigators uncovering an elaborate crypto-related malware campaign run by front companies posing as legitimate tech […] The post FBI seizes crypto scam domain tied to North Korea’s Lazarus Group appeared first on CoinJournal.
2025-4-25 11:26 | |
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The sanctioned agents were allegedly generating funds for North Korea’s nuclear weapons development program.
2024-12-27 12:37 | |
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Efforts to counter cryptocurrency thefts allegedly linked to North Korea are gaining momentum as the US and South Korea collaborate to track stolen digital assets and curb malicious activity. According to reports, the partnership aims to develop tools to combat crypto-related crimes tied to North Korean hackers, who have reportedly stolen nearly $1.6 billion worth […]
2024-12-24 16:12 | |
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Once more, North Korea has demonstrated its cyber prowess, possibly undermining international sanctions by using cryptocurrencies. According to a recent assessment by UN sanctions monitors, North Korea is suspected of using the Tornado Cash platform to launder a whopping $148 million that was taken from a cryptocurrency exchange in March. This event highlights how difficult […]
2024-5-15 12:30 | |
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Roman Storm, a co-founder of Tornado Cash, is denying charges of money laundering and conspiracy with North Korea. The post Tornado Cash Co-Founder Fights Back: Denies Money Laundering and North Korea Conspiracy Charges appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2024-4-2 16:00 | |
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Crypto hacks reportedly accounted for 40% of North Korea’s weapons program. North Korean actors like Lazarus Group prefer laundering through “mixers.” According to South Korea-based The post North Korea: Crypto-hacks fuel 50% of country's foreign funds, claims report appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2024-3-21 18:30 | |
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A recent United Nations report highlights North Korea’s significant role in cyberattacks, particularly targeting crypto firms amid sanctions enforcement and nuclear concerns. The United Nations Security Council has released a new report, indicating North Korea‘s escalating involvement in cyberattacks, which…
2024-3-21 10:51 | |
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Spanish police have arrested a c who helped Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith violate U. S. sanctions and travel to North Korea, Reuters reported on Dec. 1. Local authorities reportedly discovered that Alejandro Cao de Benos was in Barcelona under a false identity and intended to travel by train to Madrid.
2023-12-2 00:10 | |
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North Korea has been subject to a Financial Action Task Force [FATF] call to protect the international financial system from the ongoing risk of money laundering and terror financing for a long time nThe post North Korea may have exploited KYC loopholes to launder $100M in crypto appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-3-14 10:48 | |
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As the crisis of a nuclear North Korea continues to escalate, we need a Joker in Chief to project relaxed strength with great wit and humor. The post Why You Want Trump In Charge When North Korea Goes Ballistic appeared first on CCN.com
2019-12-15 23:58 | |
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Virgil Griffith became notorious for presenting the capabilities of Ethereum (ETH) during a North Korea crypto conference.
2019-12-3 15:50 | |
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North Korea is supposedly preparing to develop its own cryptocurrency to dodge the strict international sanctions crippling its economy, VICE News reports. The project was announced by Alejandro Cao de Benos, the head of “Korean Friendship Association,” a group that seeks to promote international relations with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
2019-9-19 15:56 | |
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North Korea has denied a recent U.N. report suggesting it was behind major hacks that reaped around $2 billion for its weapons programs.
2019-9-3 14:00 | |
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Reports of Pyongyang amassing wealth to fund its weapons program have been widely circulated. However, the North Korea regime has denied allegations of carrying out multiple hacks on crypto exchanges and finance companies.
2019-9-2 10:15 | |
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North Korea berates the US for attempting to tarnish its reputation
2019-9-2 09:40 | |
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Cryptocurrencies, hackers and nukes: How could they come together in North Korea?
2019-8-27 18:59 | |
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Following revelations that North Korea amassed $2 billion in cryptocurrency for weapons programs, a new report discloses further details. According to the United Nations, it is investigating a total of 35 North Korean cyberattacks in 17 countries.
2019-8-13 16:00 | |
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North Korea is bringing its political indoctrination tactics to the digital age. The self-proclaimed republic is developing software designed to teach ideology to party members and workers, North Korean party daily Rodong Sinmun reports.
2019-7-11 12:04 | |
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Hackers from North Korea were reportedly behind a phishing scam targeting users of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange UpBit
2019-5-31 13:20 | |
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Despite the heavy international sanctions it is under, North Korea has continued its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs undeterred thanks to the sanctions-circumvention tactics the hermit kingdom has developed.
2019-4-15 14:27 | |
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The unilateral embargo promoted by the United States against North Korea has forced the nation to look for funding sources in order to survive, and cryptocurrencies provide a powerful tool to achieve this purpose since.
2019-3-15 19:27 | |
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The U.N. Security Council has heard that North Korea uses cyberattacks and blockchain technology to evade economic sanctions and obtain foreign currency. Through hacking, the reclusive Republic has raked in around $670 million in foreign exchange and cryptocurrency, a panel of experts told the Security Council’s North Korea sanctions committee, ahead of the council’s annual […] The post UN Panel: North Korea Hacked $571M From Asian Crypto Exchanges appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-3-9 23:25 | |
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South Korean intelligence services report that North Korea is continuing to hack computers worldwide to mine cryptocurrency. Additional reports from the state intelligence agency reveal that the North Koreans are still actively stealing confidential information from its neighbors to the south.
2018-11-2 20:45 | |
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Despite a formal crackdown on foreign-made financial products, North Korea is increasingly utilizing cryptocurrencies to circumvent strict U. S. sanctions, reported Asia Times on Sept. 24. North Korea Adopts Bitcoin Spearheading the revelations are two Washington D.
2018-9-27 08:00 | |
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While South Korea is fast becoming a formidable force to reckon with in the global cryptospace, it’s North Korean brother has been more interested in using its distributed ledger technology expertise to wreak havoc on the world.
2018-8-29 09:00 | |
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Blockchain is pervading countries around the world, even those that have kept isolated. North Korea is hosting its first-ever international cryptocurrency and blockchain conference on Oct. 1, 2018.
2018-8-28 10:00 | |
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Blockchain industry experts are expected to attend North Korea’s first international blockchain conference in Pyongyang and even engage in dialogue with local business officials, according to unofficial sources.
2018-8-28 01:00 | |
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North Korea Plans “Korean International Blockchain Conference” It is common knowledge that the reach of the cryptocurrency industry spans from the northernmost tip of Canada, right to the heart of South Africa.
2018-8-28 22:45 | |
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The central bank of India has reportedly formed a special unit tasked to track emerging technologies such as those related to cryptocurrencies. Its members will be expected to research, draft rules, and, in the future, supervise the development of digital assets, blockchain and artificial intelligence applications.
2018-8-28 19:15 | |
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New reports from the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) reveal that the hermit communist state is planning to host the country’s first blockchain and cryptocurrency conference.
2018-8-28 18:05 | |
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In an attempt to showcase their supposed technological prowess, North Korea will be holding a blockchain and cryptocurrency conference later this year. North Korea plans to host leading blockchain experts from around the globe during a two-day conference called, the “Korean International Blockchain Conference.
2018-8-27 15:25 | |
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Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Okex is enforcing tightened identity verification procedures. Daily withdrawal limits will soon depend on the KYC level passed by its users. The changes will apply to customers of Okex’s partnering platforms as well.
2018-8-26 20:15 | |
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According to a recent report, North Korea is preparing to hold a conference dedicated to blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies. The event which is scheduled to take place in October 2018 is assumed to attract experts from around the world who will meet delegates of North Korean enterprises. The conference will be a two-day event in […]
2018-8-26 20:10 | |
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North Korea is reportedly planning to hold a conference devoted to blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies. The event, said to have been scheduled to take place in October, is expected to bring experts from around the world who will meet representatives of North Korean enterprises.
2018-8-26 01:35 | |
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North Korea’s notorious cyber-hacking outfit, “Lazarus Group,” has reportedly deployed a MacOS-based malware to infiltrate cryptocurrency exchanges and applications, according to Kaspersky Labs. North Korean Attackers Strike To date, Lazarus remains an unknown entity, with no information on the number of individuals identifying with the outfit.
2018-8-25 07:00 | |
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ETF’s are back in the news this week with the Winklevoss twins of Gemini getting rejected again, while investment firm Direxion was delayed till September on a final decision.
2018-7-30 18:41 | |
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If you’ve never, never done acid and wondered what it’s like, this week’s news is pretty spot-on. Markets are panicking as the bitcoin price plummets to “only” seven thousand dollars. The host of The Apprentice, President Donald Trump, opened face-to-face negotiations with the DPRK which may finally end the 68-year Korean War.
2018-6-14 19:47 | |
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Additional stories covered in today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief include Coinbase pumping ETC and Binance’s plans to add EUR. Potcoin has been sponsoring the peace missions of Dennis Rodman to North Korea for a while now and it is bearing fruit.
2018-6-12 16:34 | |
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With the Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un meeting now in full effect, in an event known as the Singapore Summit, the world’s media are going a bit crazy, for obvious reasons. This has marked a momentous and historic occasion, so naturally, we did expect to see some sort of cryptocurrency-based publicity stunt.
2018-6-12 16:00 | |
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US president Donald Trump inadvertently caused cannabis-focused altcoin PotCoin to jump 20 percent after his summit with Kim Jong-un. Rodman Showcases ‘Support’ — And PotCoin In a curious first win for cryptocurrency as a direct consequence of the summit, PotCoin became its unofficial sponsor after retired US basketball player Dennis Rodman arrived to “give support” to the two leaders.
2018-6-12 15:00 | |
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Dennis Rodman wore a PotCoin T-shirt as he arrived for the historic summit.
2018-6-12 08:36 | |
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The markets are down this morning in the wake of an alleged $40 Million hack of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, Coinrail. Given current political activities within Singapore (the summit involving both the US President and the Leader of North Korea) we did expect the markets to be a little shaky this morning, the current view however is far worse than we expected.
2018-6-11 12:00 | |
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Chainalysis says illicit crypto hit $154B in 2025, driven by sanctioned nation-states using stablecoins and ruble token A7A5, while hacks and scams keep rising. Illicit cryptocurrency activity reached record levels in 2025 as sanctioned nation-states and entities increasingly utilized blockchain…
U.S. Treasury aims to cripple the North Korea's ability to convert crypto heists into usable currency for its weapons programs.
Indian police have arrested Aleksej Besciokov, co-founder of Garantex, a Russian cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the U.S. and the European Union for facilitating money laundering. Besciokov, a Lithuanian national, was detained in Varkala, Kerala, under India’s extradition law, according to…
The U. S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions on two individuals and a company in the United Arab Emirates for facilitating North Korea’s illicit use of digital assets.
However, the new law doesn't lift the existing ban on crypto payments inside the country.
Lithuania has imposed a €9.3 million ($10.07 million) fine against local cryptocurrency firm Payeer over sanctions violations, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Specifically, Lithuania’s financial crimes watchdog, the Financial Crimes Investigation Service (FNTT), penalized the regulated crypto company for facilitating the…
A UN Security Council panel is investigating 17 crypto heists in 2023, for which North Korea may have been responsible, which were valued at more than $750 million.