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North Korea stole over $659M in crypto heists during 2024, deployed fake job seekers
A joint international statement provides the first official confirmation that North Korea was behind the $235M hack of WazirX, India's largest cryptocurrency exchange. North Korean state-sponsored hackers stole $659 million through multiple cryptocurrency heists in 2024.
North Korean-backed hackers stole at least $659 million through multiple cryptocurrency heists in 2024, while also deploying IT workers to infiltrate blockchain companies as insider threats, according to Japan, South Korea and the United States in a rare joint statement(PDF) on Tuesday. The announcement provided the first official confirmation that North Korea was behind July’s$235 million hack of WazirX, India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Earlier U.N. reports estimated that North Korea stole $3 billion in cryptocurrency between 2017 and 2023 to fund its sanctioned nuclear weapons programs.
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