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CSIS entry 384

Date (as written)
February 2022
Year
2022
Actor pages
cyberactors of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Dollar figures (as written)
$50 million

Source entries (1)

CSIS Significant Cyber Incidents

CSIS entry 384 · February 2022
A U.N. report claimed that North Korea hackers stole more than $50 million between 2020 and mid-2021 from three cryptocurrency exchanges. The report also added that in 2021 that amount likely increased, as the DPRK launched 7 attacks on cryptocurrency platforms to help fund their nuclear program in the face of a significant sanctions regime.
https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2026-07/260706_Significant_Cyber_Events.pdf?VersionId=1Li2342elpx5OV3lnGEYyXXB_LRbGnPm

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country: North America, Europe and Asia
cyberactors of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea stole more than $50 million between 2020 and mid-2021 from at least three cryptocurrency exchanges in North America, Europe and Asia
https://undocs.org/S/2022/132
actors: cyberactors of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
According to a Member State, cyberactors of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea stole more than $50 million between 2020 and mid-2021
https://undocs.org/S/2022/132

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NOT A SINGLE HACK: UN report total: "more than $50 million between 2020 and mid-2021" from three exchanges