Federal Authorities Recover $30 Million in Cryptocurrencies that North Korean Hackers Stole.
Earlier this year, hackers with North Korean support stole $30 million worth of digital tokens from the creator of the non-fungible token-based game Axie Infinite, according to a statement released on Thursday by cryptocurrency analytics company Chainalysis. The seizure only accounts for around 12% of the total monies stolen after taking into account the more than 50% decline in bitcoin prices since the robbery in March. One of the largest cryptocurrency thefts ever took place when 173,600 ethereum worth $594 million at the time and $25.5 million in USDC stablecoin were transferred. Harder to ...
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