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North Korea Signals Closer BRICS Relations Amid Growing Russia Ties

DIGIT — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 06:30:28 +0000

North Korea may be ramping up efforts to align itself with the BRICS economic bloc, as its top diplomat skipped the United Nations General Assembly in favor of a BRICS-related event. Analysts suggest that while Kim Jong-un seeks to break diplomatic isolation through such alliances, North Korea’s sanctions and economic constraints make membership unlikely. Recent […]

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FBI Issues Alert Concerning Malicious State-Sponsored North Korean Hackers Targeting Crypto Firms

DIGIT — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:30:46 +0000

On April 18, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Treasury Department, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) report concerning malicious North Korean state-sponsored cryptocurrency activity. According to the U.S. government, law enforcement officials have observed North Korean cyber actors targeting specific blockchain companies in the industry. […]

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OFAC Update Claims Ronin Hack Is Tethered to North Korea’s Hacker Syndicate Lazarus Group

DIGIT — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 16:30:26 +0000

According to the U.S. Treasury and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the recent Ronin bridge hack may have been tied to the North Korean hacker syndicate called Lazarus Group. Federal law enforcement officials have tied the flagged ethereum address connected with the Ronin bridge exploit to the group of hackers and added the […]

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3 Reports Look at North Korea’s Lazarus Group, Iran’s Farhad Exchange, and the Crypto Ponzi Futurenet

DIGIT — Wed, 06 May 2020 22:05:29 +0000

On May 4, 2020, the blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis published a three-part series covering a crypto Ponzi scheme, North Korea, and Iran’s use of digital currencies like bitcoin. The company’s research papers discuss the Poland-based crypto Ponzi called Futurenet, a hosting service allegedly tied to North Korea, and how Iran-based exchanges are bypassing OFAC sanctions […]

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DPRK Insider: Kim Jong-Un in Good Health, Crypto Will Help Fight Imperialism

DIGIT — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:03:00 +0000

A special delegate of the North Korean government has told Cointelegraph that Kim Jong-un is in good health and that Bitcoin will help the regime fight imperialism

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Intelligence: Pyongyang Trying to Steal Cryptos before Pyeongchang Olympics

DIGIT — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 15:10:03 +0000

Despite some cracks on the icy surface of inter-Korean relations, caused by the Olympic spirit, tensions on the silent crypto front in Korea remain high. South Korean intelligence has informed lawmakers in Seoul that the North keeps trying to hack cryptocurrency exchanges south of the DMZ. Cryptos worth billions of won have been stolen by […]

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