A panel of UN experts investigating the implementation of sanctions against North Korea launched a cyberattack on crypto asset exchanges in Europe and elsewhere in the middle of last year, at least $ 50 million in Japanese yen. He analyzed that he stole about 6.1 billion yen and pointed out that "cyber attacks are an important source of funding."
A panel of UN Security Council experts investigating the implementation of sanctions on North Korea has compiled a report of the findings up to the end of January and released it on the 1st.
According to this, North Korea has repeatedly exported coal using the "ship-to-ship" method of transferring cargo from ship to ship at sea, but the amount is compared with the past due to the influence of the new corona measures. It is said that there are few.
On the other hand, he pointed out that "cyber attacks on crypto assets have become an important source of funds for North Korea," and launched a cyber attack on crypto asset exchanges in Europe and other countries from the beginning to the middle of last year, at least 50 million. It is analyzed that the dollar and Japanese yen stole about 6.1 billion yen.
In addition, North Korea is pushing ahead with nuclear and missile development through sanctions, saying that the technology of "Hwasong-8", which is said to be a hypersonic missile launched in September last year, "is believed to have been acquired by a hacker." It shows the view.
Following the launch of a series of ballistic missiles by North Korea, the Security Council has called for the United States to tighten sanctions, but China and Russia have not taken the consensus that sanctions should be relaxed.