Crypto hacks have helped North Korea collect $2 billion to fund its nuclear programs, says a UN report

A confidential United Nations report claims that North Korea has collected an estimated $2 billion by hacking cryptocurrency exchanges and banks to fund its nuclear programs. As reported by Reuters, the U.N. report says that North Korea used “widespread and increasingly sophisticated” cyberattacks to steal the funds for its weapons of mass destruction programs.

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