North Korean's despotic leader Kim Jong Un have stolen more than £500 million in cryptocurrency.And amazingly, the North Korea-based group did it all with one single hack which has been labelled the “biggest to ever hit the crypto world”.The group has been identified by the FBI as the Lazarus Group, who joined with APT38 to steal £469 million from popular online game Axie Infinity, which lets crypto fans earn the currency through gaming or trading with own avatars.
The FBI said: “Through our investigations we were able to confirm Lazarus Group and APT38, cyber actors associated with North Korea, are responsible for the theft.” And a United States Treasury Department spokesman told Reuters: “The United States is aware that the DPRK has increasingly relied on illicit activities - including cybercrime - to generate revenue for its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs as it tries to evade robust US and UN sanctions.” As a result of the hack, US officials called on the UN to freeze the Lazarus Group's assets.
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