UNITED NATIONS: A panel monitoring UN sanctions says North Korean cyber experts have illegally raised money for the country's weapons of mass destruction programs “with total proceeds to date estimated at up to US$2bil (RM8.37bil)”.
The experts said in a new report to the Security Council that North Korea is using cyberspace “to launch increasingly sophisticated attacks to steal funds from financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges to generate income” in violation of sanctions.
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