RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoNorth Korea has stolen billions in cryptocurrency and tech firm salaries, report saysapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1109
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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoTechbros have repeatedly told me you can’t steal crypto. You can only legitimately transfer it, since the ledger is immutable. Therefore I can only conclude NK earned or was gifted that crypto.
minus-squareReality_Suit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agohttps://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/victim-services/national-crimes-and-victim-resources/cryptocurrency-investment-fraud https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/largest-ever-seizure-funds-related-crypto-confidence-scams Same problems that have persisted for all time. We just can’t track who’s doing it. Edit: NK probably was gifted it, but thanks to crypto, we’ll never know.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoWhile I really appreciate the serious links, I thought I was pretty clearly joking. Crypto is inherently unsecure by design. Being able to get scammed out of your money is an intentional feature in crypto currencies.
minus-square🦄🦄🦄@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoDid they? Or did they tell you that crypto can’t be stolen from cold wallets and that if it is not your keys, it’s not your money?
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoLol what? People steal crypto all the time.
Techbros have repeatedly told me you can’t steal crypto. You can only legitimately transfer it, since the ledger is immutable.
Therefore I can only conclude NK earned or was gifted that crypto.
https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/victim-services/national-crimes-and-victim-resources/cryptocurrency-investment-fraud
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/largest-ever-seizure-funds-related-crypto-confidence-scams
Same problems that have persisted for all time. We just can’t track who’s doing it.
Edit: NK probably was gifted it, but thanks to crypto, we’ll never know.
While I really appreciate the serious links, I thought I was pretty clearly joking. Crypto is inherently unsecure by design. Being able to get scammed out of your money is an intentional feature in crypto currencies.
Did they? Or did they tell you that crypto can’t be stolen from cold wallets and that if it is not your keys, it’s not your money?
Lol what? People steal crypto all the time.
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