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North Korea 'Likely' Behind $388M Hack of Crypto Exchange Bitgetgizmodo.com

The exchange says private keys were not stolen, a bitcoin-backed protection fund covers the loss, and withdrawals stay frozen while it investigates.

24 points•MC995•5 days ago•6 comments•
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6 comments

jameskilton5 days ago
No-one has profited off of Bitcoin and crypto currencies as much as North Korea has. The absolute windfall of stealing literally billions of USD through this will be in history books for decades to come.

Code is law!

TacticalCoder5 days ago
> No-one has profited off of Bitcoin and crypto currencies as much as North Korea has.

No-one has profited off of Bitcoin and crypto currencies as much as those making believe it's all North Korea have...

KellyCriterion5 days ago
Interesting that this one got so few comments so far :-D
cyanydeez5 days ago
Get yours dog, you're the man now!
nosmokewhereiam5 days ago
Ytmnd.com references are always appreciated, :)
TitaRusell5 days ago
"Be your own bank" was always retarded. Unfortunately tech bros for some reason don't believe in history so they never understood why banks were created in the first place.

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