Korea News
North Korean Operatives Exposed in $680K Crypto Heist on Favrr
A group of six North Korean operatives using at least 31 fake identities to gain developer jobs at unsuspecting crypto companies has been ex...
North Korean Hackers Exploit Unusual “NimDoor” Malware to Breach Macs
North Korean hackers are stepping up their game with new malware strains targeting Apple devices, zeroing in on crypto firms through a polis...
Sanctions Against Tornado Cash Removed by US Government, Following Court Ruling Amidst North Korean Controversy
Tornado Cash surged over 76% within hours of the US government removing sanctions against them. A number of other privacy-focused cryptocurr...
South Korea to Revitalise Crypto Economy by Lifting Institutional Trading Ban
Crypto is a popular asset class among traders and investors in South Korea. In a country plagued by a high cost of living and wages not keep...
Blunder by DPRK Hackers Leads to $121K XRP Loss; Ripple Co-Founder’s Accounts Also Breached
The days of ‘crypto is a scam used by hackers’ media hysteria might be over. But there’s no denying digital assets are still a primary...
Korean Holiday Island to Issue NFTs to Draw in Young Mainland Visitors
The days of every image drawn up in MS Paint being converted into an NFT may be over – but the sphere is far from dead as some may proclai...
Crypto Surpasses Stocks in South Korean Trading as Investors Seek Risk Exposure
The chaos for financial markets following the brief declaration of martial law in South Korea was short-lived, it seems. Not only that, but ...
BTC/KRW Plunges 30% Amid Martial Law Chaos in South Korea, Shaking Crypto Markets
Events in South Korea have caused prices on local exchanges to drop significantly, albeit only temporarily. On Tuesday, Bitcoin and Co saw h...
Secret North Korean Workforce Stealing Corporate Crypto to Fund Nuclear Weapons
The North Koreans are coming for the precious crypto! Cybersecurity researchers presenting at the Cyberwarcon conference in Washington DC on...
Chainalysis: East Asian Crypto Adoption Driven by Institutions
Eastern Asia has risen to the sixth spot in the global crypto economy, driven by institutional trading in South Korea and Hong Kong, accordi...
North Korean Hackers to Target DeFi, Crypto Employees, FBI Warns
When North Korea is in the news you probably have come to expect something nefarious is going on, and you wouldn’t be disappointed with th...
Gigantic Crypto-Ponzi Uncovered in South Korea, CEO Arrested over $365 Million Scam
Who wouldn’t love 45% returns on their assets? What could go wrong, right? In the case of a crypto scandal shaking up South Korea, it did ...