Angelika Hellweger of financial crime specialists Rahman
Ravelli details the latest crypto theft accusations made against
North Korea.
The theft of at least $35 million from a popular cryptocurrency
service is being blamed on North Korean hackers.
A number of crypto-tracking experts have pointed an accusing
finger at hackers from North Korea over the emptying of a number of
customer accounts at Estonia-based Atomic Wallet. The incident is
being viewed as the latest in a number of attacks on cryptocurrency
firms which officials in the United States believe are being
carried out to help fund North Korea's nuclear and ballistic
weapons programmes.
In the latest attack, hackers targeted some of the estimated
five million users of Atomic Wallet software. The company has since
said that less then 1% of its users appeared to have been affected
by the hack. But it has not given a precise figure for the amount
that was taken. Some of those who say they were victims have
