{"id":171376,"date":"2023-09-05T23:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T04:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/north-korean-hackers-have-allegedly-stolen-hundreds-of-millions-in-crypto-to-fund-nuclear-programs"},"modified":"2023-09-05T23:28:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T04:28:02","slug":"north-korean-hackers-have-allegedly-stolen-hundreds-of-millions-in-crypto-to-fund-nuclear-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/north-korean-hackers-have-allegedly-stolen-hundreds-of-millions-in-crypto-to-fund-nuclear-programs","title":{"rendered":"North Korean hackers have allegedly stolen hundreds of millions in crypto to fund nuclear programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/north-korean-hackers-have-allegedly-stolen-hundreds-of-millions-in-crypto-to-fund-nuclear-programs2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>North Korea-linked hackers have stolen hundreds of millions of crypto to fund the regime\u2019s nuclear weapons programs, research shows.<\/p>\n<p>So far this year, from January to Aug. 18, North Korea-affiliated hackers stole $200 million worth of crypto \u2014 accounting for over 20% of all stolen crypto this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trmlabs.com\/post\/inside-north-koreas-crypto-heists\" target=\"_blank\">according to blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn recent years, there has been a marked rise in the size and scale of cyber attacks against cryptocurrency-related businesses by North Korea. This has coincided with an apparent acceleration in the country\u2019s nuclear and ballistic missile programs,\u201d said TRM Labs in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trmlabs.com\/post\/trm-talks-recap-the-north-korea-threat\" target=\"_blank\">June discussion with North Korea experts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea-linked hackers have stolen hundreds of millions of crypto to fund the regime\u2019s nuclear weapons programs, research shows. So far this year, from January to Aug. 18, North Korea-affiliated hackers stole $200 million worth of crypto \u2014 accounting for over 20% of all stolen crypto this year, according to blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3818,43,1761,34,12,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blockchains","category-business","category-cryptocurrencies","category-cybercrime-malcode","category-existential-risks","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}