North Korea arrests hackers accused of laundering stolen bank funds through crypto

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North Korean authorities arrested former military hackers accused of stealing state funds from two banks and laundering the proceeds through cryptocurrency. The group, according to a Daily NK report citing an anonymous source in Pyongyang, allegedly breached the internal systems of the Central Bank of the DPRK and Foreign Trade Bank, diverted foreign currency and […]

Long-Time HODLer Says $3M Worth of Tokens Were Stolen From His Cold Wallet

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An American retiree says more than $3 million in XRP vanished after he checked Ellipal’s mobile app on Oct. 15 and saw his balance gone, a discovery that spurred an on-chain tracing effort by pseudonymous analyst ZackXBT. CoinDesk has not independently verified the investor’s identity, balances, or the complete on-chain path. The account comes from […]