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Cybercriminals Hold $115,000 Prize Contest to Find New Cryptocurrency Hacks Jun 3, 2021 07:45 GMT   ·  Comment      Crypto Theft Last month, a popular Russian-language underground forum sponsored a contest that invited its users to submit illegal techniques for conducting Bitcoin attacks, according to The Hacker News.   In an announcement made on April 20, 2021, the forum's administrator invited members to submit papers evaluating the possibility of targeting cryptocurrency-related technology, including the theft of private keys and wallets and unusual cryptocurrency mining so...

The US justice department said on Wednesday, February 17 that three North Korean computer programmers have been charged in Los Angeles. The trio is accused of conspiring to steal and extort $1.3 billion in crypto and traditional currencies from banks and other victims through widespread cyberattacks. According to the authorities, these cybercriminals were working for the North Korean military intelligence agency, the Reconnaissance General Bureau. As reported, they were pursuing the strategic and financial goals of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. A federal grand jury charged that these t...