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North Korea steals $1.5bn as it pulls off world’s biggest ever heist (www.aol.com)

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The hackers stole more cryptocurrency in one attack than all the funds stolen by North Korean cyber criminals in 2024, when the rogue state’s cyber attackers made off with around $1.3bn in digital coins, according to cryptocurrency analysts Chainalysis.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, I'm saying that not acknowledging that sanctions caused the economy to fail is intended to make readers think that it failed because of Communism rather than being blocked from trade with most of the world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

While I understand and would agree except...

For 40+ years there was a reliable cycle. Every few years NK would crash into famine. Multiple countries would send aid. NK would immediately turn around and trade most of it to China for weapons.