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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] 42 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Looks like hexbear will be funded after all

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

You joke, but it looks like they actually did manage to regain their domain. Not sure how.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Money most likely.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

Nah, hexbear admins and users were pretty clear and unanimous from minute 1 that they'd rather have that money spent in mutual aid (go visit c/mutual_aid in Hexbear if you're interested) than in giving money to a cyberlandlord.

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