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North Korean hackers stole $41M in crypto from online casino to fund nuclear program: FBI
North Korean hackers made off with nearly $41 million worth of cryptocurrencies from an online casino and sports betting site this week — money officials worry will be used to bolster the country’s nuclear weapons program ahead of an expected arms deal with Russia. The FBI announced on Wednesday it had traced the hack of Stake.com back to North Korea and its state-sponsored Lazarus Group, which has stolen more than $200 million in cryptocurrencies over the past year alone. In 2022, blockchain analytics company Chainalysis found it had stolen a whopping $3.8 billion from crypto business. “In recent years, there ... (full story)
