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Hackers stole billions in crypto to keep North Korea’s regime afloat

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125 points Bostonian | 1 comments | 03 Apr 25 13:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.608s | source
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IncreasePosts ◴[03 Apr 25 15:18 UTC] No.43570997[source]▶
It's pretty incredible that a sizable percentage of North Korea's GDP derives from crypto theft. Actually about the same percentage as Spain was pulling from the Americas at the end of the colonial period.
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1. rsanek ◴[03 Apr 25 17:52 UTC] No.43573125[source]▶
For others wondering, it's about 2%: 2023's GDP was $29.6b, and this article mentions that the $6b was "over a decade."