How North Korea became a mastermind of crypto cybercrime

Cryptocurrency theft has become one of the regimeâs main sources of
regvenue.  Created by a Vietnamese gaming studio, Axie Infinity offers
players the chance to breed, trade, and fight Pokémon-like cartoon monsters
to earn cryptocurrency.  But earlier this year, the network of blockchains
that underpin the game's virtual world was raided by a North Korean hacking
syndicate, which made off with roughly $620 million in the ether
cryptocurrency.

The crypto heist, one of the largest of its kind in history, …

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