Crypto Markets Play a Waiting Game
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Scandal and Turmoil – The Cryptocurrency Wild West
Ethan Lou is a Canadian journalist and the author of a new book called Once a Bitcoin Miner: Scandal and Turmoil in the Cryptocurrency Wild West. The book explains how Ethan had gone to North Korea and met the Ethereum Foundation's Virgil Griffith — the man later arrested for allegedly trying to help the totalitarian state break sanctions through blockchain.
FBI Warning: North Korea ramping up its ‘AppleJeus’ crypto hacks
As a pariah state, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has been largely cut off from the international community. With few trading partners and enduring punishing international sanctions, North Korea is doubling down on crypto crime as a revenue generator.
Ethereum developer arrested over North Korea controversy
U.S. authorities arrested Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith at Los Angeles International Airport on Black Friday on charges of conspiracy to assist North Korea with evading sanctions.
UN Report: North Korea pocketed $571 million from exchange hacks
A new U.N. report is linking cryptocurrency exchange hacks to North Korea. The report reveals that the embattled dictatorship continues to wage cyber attacks against other countries as a way to circumvent global sanctions and acquire foreign currency, using digital currencies to launder its illicit gains.
65% of hacked crypto ends up in N.Korea
New report shows cryptocurrency hacks continue to be lucrative for North Korea, with over half a billion stolen since January 2017.
