How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme

October 30, 2026 · 5:37 pm 1 sources

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• How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme
  The Guardian · October 30, 2026 17:37
  Cryptocurrency theft is estimated to generate half of the country’s foreign currency income North Korea plays by its own rules. The isolated, secretive and autocratic country is largely cut off from the world’s economic system – but when it comes to generating foreign earnings it relies on some of…