How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme

Cryptocurrency theft is estimated to generate half of the country’s foreign currency income North Korea plays by its own rules. The isolated, secretive and autocratic country is largely cut off from the world’s economic system – but when it comes to generating foreign earnings it relies on some of the world’s most sophisticated hacking. Experts, such as TRM Labs, quickly attributed the extraordinary $6.3bn (£4.7bn) Binance cryptocurrency theft to TraderTraitor, an elite North Korean hacking unit that has also been known as the Lazarus Group. Though the link may not be proven yet, the pattern of behaviour is familiar. Continue reading...

朝鮮長期通過網絡攻擊加密貨幣行業獲取外匯，聯合國專家估計這類收入約佔其外匯收入的一半。文章以幣安63億美元失竊案為切入點，梳理朝鮮黑客行動的歷史、目標選擇邏輯與資金去向。