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| Chinese is helping North Korea steal the cryptocurrency |
North American hackers stole $ 250 million of cryptocurrency from the trading platform, and two Chinese citizens helped them find $ 100 million using gift cards, according to the US Department of Justice. Prepaid iTunes and other means.
The US Treasury said the fraudulent plan was tied to piracy by Lazarus in North Korea, which, along with many other major cyber attacks, had stolen the cryptocurrency.
According to prosecutors, North Korean hackers stole the money in 2018 after a cryptocurrency exchange employee downloaded North Korean malware without their knowledge, giving attackers access to private keys, virtual currencies, and other customer information.
According to the US Treasury, hackers have avoided using fake law enforcement credentials when exchanging cryptocurrencies, and the North Korean government is training hackers to target and steal money. the money.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, from December 2017 to April 2019, Chinese defendants (Tian Yinyin) and Li Jiadong issued funds related to violating up to $ 100 million in 2018.
Tian Yinyin has turned around $ 1.4 million in prepaid Apple coins into an iTunes gift card, and the Finance Ministry said it could be accepted on some virtual currency exchange platforms to buy more bitcoins.
"The proliferation of digital currency transactions and related money-laundering activities to assist North Korean participants has seriously jeopardized the security of the global financial system," said District of Columbia District Attorney Timothy Chia.
The charges against "Tian Yinin" and "Li Jia Dong" explain in detail how the North Korean pirates used North Korea's infrastructure as part of the plan.
North Korean hackers are also linked to stealing nearly $ 48.5 million of virtual currencies on the South Korean virtual currency trading platform in November 2019.
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