North Korea's elite hackers reportedly linked to major cryptocurrency theft
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According to defectors and analysts cited in reports, North Korea identifies and trains top students for cyber operations, rewarding them with apartments and currency awards. Reports attribute a $6.3 billion Binance cryptocurrency hack to North Korean hackers, though the reports do not provide independent verification of this attribution.
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North Korea's army of world-class hackers is secret weapon that took down Binance (opens The Express Tribune in a new tab)
Leader Kim Jong Un assembled army of world-class hackers using such incentives in a programme more than a decade old
North Korea's army of world-class hackers is secret weapon that took down Binance (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)
SEOUL, Nov 6 - North Korea rewards its top hackers, tasked with heists like the Binance crypto hack that netted a cool $6.3 billion, with perks such as a spacious apartment in the capital of Pyongyang and huge hard currency awards, despite gruelling hours of…
North Korea's army of world-class hackers is secret weapon that took down Binance (opens CNA in a new tab)
North Korea identifies top students from a young age, training a select few for cyber operations and rewarding them with perks such as spacious apartments and huge hard currency awards, defectors and analysts say.
