A North Korean computer hacker has been charged in a plot using blockchain to get investors to unknowingly fund North Korean cargo ships with cryptocurrency as a way to evade U.S. sanctions.
The hacker, known as Kim Il, was part of a group of three computer programmers named in a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday in Los Angeles by the U.S. Attorney’s office. The indictment exposes a wide-ranging conspiracy to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion in money and cryptocurrency from financial...
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