{"id":5791,"date":"2022-08-05T00:40:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T00:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelcontinuously.com\/?p=5791"},"modified":"2022-08-23T03:51:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T03:51:47","slug":"how-north-korea-stole-billions-in-crypto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelcontinuously.com\/how-north-korea-stole-billions-in-crypto\/","title":{"rendered":"How North Korea Stole BILLIONS in Crypto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How North Korea Stole BILLIONS in Crypto<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How North Korea Stole BILLIONS in Crypto #shorts\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ujVerQ05TYc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"north-korea-fun-fact\"><em>Fun Fact About North Korea #<\/em>8<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"north-korea-hacking-crypto\">North Korea has stolen billions from hacking crypto.  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know that the North Korean government has made billions of dollars in the past few years from cybercrimes, including hacking crypto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 2020 US military report says North Korea&#8217;s hacking programme goes back to at least the mid-1990s and has now grown to a 6,000-strong cyber warfare unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, the FBI has recently confirmed that North Korean hackers stole over $400 million dollars of digital currencies in 2021 alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find more fun facts about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/travelcontinuously.com\/tag\/north-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Korea<\/a><\/strong> on The Life of Jord&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCK7SStG3pqDklcSGBIgB3lw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thelifeofjord\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thelifeofjord\/video\/7088654265094262022\" data-video-id=\"7088654265094262022\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@thelifeofjord\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thelifeofjord?refer=embed\">@thelifeofjord<\/a> <p>Did you know that in North Korea\u2026 \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf5 pt. 8 <a title=\"fyp\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\">#FYP<\/a> <a title=\"didyouknow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/didyouknow?refer=embed\">#didyouknow<\/a> <a title=\"northkorea\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/northkorea?refer=embed\">#NorthKorea<\/a> <a title=\"tiktoktravel\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/tiktoktravel?refer=embed\">#tiktoktravel<\/a><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - 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