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Cyberattacks on cryptocurrency exchanges have been a major source of funds for North Korea in the past year, a United Nations report has unveiled. According to the document, the sanctioned nation has also been developing its nuclear and missile programs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

North Korea Hits Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Sanctions Monitors Say<\/h2>\n

Hackers<\/a> controlled by the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea (DPRK<\/a>) have continued to target financial institutions and crypto platforms such as exchanges, Reuters reported citing a confidential U.N. report. Its annual edition, produced by independent sanctions monitors and submitted to the Security Council North Korea sanctions committee on Friday, claims:<\/p>\n

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Cyberattacks, particularly on cryptocurrency assets, remain an important revenue source [for DPRK].<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The report further details that according to a member state, \u201cDPRK cyberactors stole more than $50 million between 2020 and mid-2021 from at least three cryptocurrency exchanges in North America, Europe and Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n

The monitors also quote an estimate by Chainalysis which recently revealed<\/a> that the regime in Pyongyang has launched no less than seven attacks on crypto companies in 2021 resulting in the theft of almost $400 million in digital assets. \u201cThese attacks targeted primarily investment firms and centralized exchanges,\u201d the blockchain analysis firm explained in January.<\/p>\n

Back in 2019, the U.N. sanctions monitors announced that North Korea had accumulated an estimated $2 billion through increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. The digital money was allegedly used to finance its weapons of mass destruction programs. Their latest report notes:<\/p>\n

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Although no nuclear tests or launches of ICBMs [intercontinental ballistic missiles] were reported, DPRK continued to develop its capability for production of nuclear fissile materials.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The authors are convinced that maintenance and development of North Korea\u2019s nuclear and ballistic missile infrastructure hasn\u2019t stopped. They also point out that the country, which has been under U.N. sanctions since 2006, has accelerated its ballistic missile testing, having carried out nine launches in January, which is the largest monthly number to date.<\/p>\n

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Do you think North Korean hackers will continue to conduct cyberattacks against cryptocurrency exchanges? Let us know in the comments section below. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nLubomir Tassev <\/h6>\n

\nLubomir Tassev is a journalist from tech-savvy Eastern Europe who likes Hitchens\u2019s quote: \u201cBeing a writer is what I am, rather than what I do.\u201d Besides crypto, blockchain and fintech, international politics and economics are two other sources of inspiration.

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