North Korean hackers have stolen billions of dollars by breaking into cryptocurrency exchanges and by creating fake identities to get remote jobs for foreign tech firms, a new report finds.
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.
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.