North Korea accused of hacking South Korea’s top bitcoin exchange
( October 16, 2017, 06:31 GMT | Insight) -- The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office has reached a tentative conclusion that a data breach at the country's largest Bitcoin trading platform, Bithumb, was caused by hackers from North Korea, Dong-Ah Ilbo reports.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office has reached a tentative conclusion that a data breach at the country's largest Bitcoin trading platform, Bithumb, was caused by hackers from North Korea, Dong-Ah Ilbo reports. In June 2017, a Bithumb employee's personal computer was hacked, resulting in a massive leak of user information from a work-related document. The email addresses and mobile numbers of around 31,000 members — 3 percent of all accounts — were leaked. Their accounts were worth around 50 billion won ($44 million). The hackers asked Bithumb to pay hundreds of millions of won or face the data being sold to a third party. North Korea was determined to have hacked four different trading platforms in South Korea, and it is likely that it will continuously hack Bitcoin exchanges to spend hacked virtual currency on weapons or illegal trade, the report said....
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