Researchers argue that the ransomware attacks thought to have earned hackers $3.7 million in BTC likely came from Russian cybercriminals.
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North Korea, officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, is an East Asian country on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea’s population is over 25 million people, 1.21 million of which are active-duty soldiers. North Korea is under the rule of its leader Kim Jong-un, who is considered to have the most human rights violations in the contemporary world. North Korean laws made its economy heavily nationalized, which even led to a refusal of a taxation system. North Korean Bitcoin policies are yet to be officially established as their nationalized economy, closed borders, anti-human mobility laws and censorship of the internet all make it extremely hard for North Koreans to have some use for Bitcoin. Cryptocurrencies, as a money without central authority and high anonymity, violate North Korean laws that were not established specially for blockchain-based technologies, but previous laws crafted for other purposes.
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A former CIA intelligence officer has claimed blockchain represents a greater “threat to America’s national security” than North Korea, Iran or Russia.
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Ex-chief economist of the IMF and Harvard University Professor of Economics and Public Policy Kenneth Rogoff has characterized Bitcoin as “a lottery ticket.”
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North Korean hackers have reportedly carried out over 30 attacks on cryptocurrency users, according to a cybersecurity company.
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by Helen Partz
North Korea has allegedly backed at least two scam coins this year, according to a recent report by a U.S. security firm.
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Hacker group “Lazarus,” reportedly funded by North Korea, has stolen a staggering $571 million in cryptocurrencies since early 2017, a recent report reveals.
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by Ana Berman
Economist Nouriel Roubini, aka “Dr. Doom,” compares Bitcoin to North Korea, stating it has the worst inequality coefficient in the world.
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North and South Korea: divergent political situations and divergent approaches to crypto.
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by Ana Berman
Washington-based financial experts allege that North Korea hires people with access to E.U. cryptocurrency wallets to launder and exchange crypto into fiat mone...
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North Korea has reportedly attempted to mine Bitcoin, and a local tech firm is said to be developing a Bitcoin exchange.
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An unnamed crypto exchange became the target of North Korean hackers Lazarus Group through a first-of-its-kind macOS sting.
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PotCoin, a digital currency for marijuana, may sponsor the trip of former basketball legend Dennis Rodman to Singapore for a US-North Korea summit.
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The Korean Customs Service (KSC) has signed an MoU with Malltail to develop a blockchain-based customs platform.
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Korean developer Ryu Gi-hyeok has uploaded the contents of the Panmunjom Declaration onto the blockchain.
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McAffee releases report in which North Korean hackers are suspected of a cyberattack on Turkish government-backed financial institutions.
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