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North Korea steals $1.5bn as it pulls off world’s biggest ever heist (www.aol.com)
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The hackers stole more cryptocurrency in one attack than all the funds stolen by North Korean cyber criminals in 2024, when the rogue state’s cyber attackers made off with around $1.3bn in digital coins, according to cryptocurrency analysts Chainalysis.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Some vendors take crypto. Most just take gift cards.

Eg airbnb

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

If you are converting your crypto into gift cards and then spending gift cards that is not the same as spending crypto. That is the entire point.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you are converting time into magical bank credits and bank credits into USD then thats not the same as spending cash. That is the entire point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

This is so ridiculous. Bye dude.