2022 was a record-breaking year for North Korean crypto thieves, according to a currently-confidential United Nations report.
A confidential United Nations report has revealed North Korean hackers stole more crypto assets in 2022 than in any other year so far.by Reuters, was reportedly submitted to a 15-member North Korea sanctions committee last week.were responsible for between $630 million and more than $1 billion in stolen crypto assets last year and targeted networks of foreign aerospace and defense companies.
"[North Korea] used increasingly sophisticated cyber techniques both to gain access to digital networks involved in cyber finance, and to steal information of potential value, including to its weapons programmes,” according to independent sanctions monitors in its report to the UN Security Council Committee.from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis came to a similar conclusion, linking North Korean hackers to at least $1.7 billion worth of stolen crypto in 2022, the highest in history.
, making North Korea one of the driving forces behind the DeFi hacking trend that intensified in 2022.
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