On the 12th of U.S. time, the Department of Justice announced that it had seized and imposed restrictions on the disposal of over $1.2 billion (approximately ¥191 billion) in cryptocurrency stolen by North Korean hackers from the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, with court approval.
According to the Department of Justice, members of the North Korean military stole over $6.4 billion worth of cryptocurrency from Binance around October 30. The U.S. FBI has indicated that North Korea uses the proceeds from large-scale cryptocurrency thefts to fund its military operations...