North Korea arrests bank hacking ring tied to crypto laundering: Report

Daily NK reported that North Korea arrested former state cyber operators accused of hacking two state banks and laundering funds through crypto.

Daily NK reported that North Korea arrested former state cyber operators accused of hacking two state banks and laundering funds through crypto.
A unique situation has emerged in the XRP market: while Ripple continues expanding its business, the token itself risks falling into a deep two-year sleep. A fresh technical analysis based on Bollinger Bands via TradingView shows that the chart is now effectively projecting the previous accumulation cycle of 2022–2024. The conclusion of the mathematical model is harsh…
Bitcoin bear season nears end Bitcoin at bottom level? As Bitcoin continues to show mixed price action, the leading crypto asset has just flashed a signal that has previously appeared near the end of bear markets. On Saturday, July 18, crypto analytics platform CryptoQuant shared onchain data suggesting that the current market downturn may be…
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Coinbase said at least 69,461 customers had personal and financial information stolen during a months-long data breach that it disclosed last week. The crypto giant confirmed the number of affected customers in a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Wednesday, as required by the state’s data breach notification law. Coinbase’s filing said the breach dates…
BitMine Immersion Technologies has added a major Ethereum position to its balance sheet, but the market reaction shows investors are not automatically rewarding every corporate crypto treasury move. The company disclosed the purchase of 42,197 ETH, valued at roughly $73 million, in a July 16 SEC filing. The acquisition expands BitMine’s Ethereum treasury strategy at…
The most infamous financial scandal in US presidential history – the 1920s Teapot Dome affair – involved then president Warren G Harding’s interior secretary, Albert Fall, taking roughly $400,000 in bribes. Adjusted for inflation, that’s about $6m today. Last year, Donald Trump made at least $2.2bn; his single year of income is on the order…