The award for the world’s biggest crypto heist goes to North Korea
The Lazarus Group hackers have got the dollar (1.5 billion of it).
Two weeks ago $1.5 billion vanished from a cryptocurrency platform - it’s thought to be the biggest crypto heist ever. They had fallen into the hands of some infamous hackers - the Lazarus Group. These hackers have alleged ties to the North Korean government and have managed to steal huge amounts of money from other crypto platforms before.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Cyber Correspondent, Joe Tidy, takes us through all the details and explains why North Korean hackers are so untouchable.
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