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ForkLog 21 10.09.2021

American of Canadian origin sentenced to 11 years in prison for laundering funds through Bitcoin exchanges for North Korea

Ghaleb Alaumari, a U.S. citizen of Canadian origin, was found guilty of helping North Korean military personnel launder funds obtained from hacks of cryptocurrency exchanges.

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ForkLog 25 27.08.2021

Palantir glitch caused a data leak involving an arrested Ethereum developer

Several FBI employees gained unauthorized access to the personal data of Virgil Griffith, a developer with the Ethereum Foundation, accused of cooperating with North Korean authorities.

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ForkLog 13 21.07.2021

Media reports: Ethereum developer accused of aiding North Korea remanded in custody

Former Ethereum Foundation researcher Virgil Griffith has been remanded in custody.

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ForkLog 18 12.07.2021

Prosecutors seek remand for Ethereum researcher Griffith in custody over North Korea ties

The U.S. prosecutors sought to remand the former Ethereum Foundation researcher Virgil Griffith in custody. Screenshots of the filing were posted by journalist and blockchain analyst Amy Castor.

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ForkLog 12 18.02.2021

U.S. authorities indict three North Korean hackers in theft of more than $1.3 billion

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged three North Korean programmers in hacking attacks on financial institutions and companies, involvement in the WannaCry ransomware, and the theft of funds, including cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 21 10.02.2021

Chainalysis links Lazarus to KuCoin hack worth $280m

The North Korea-linked Lazarus group is implicated in the KuCoin hack that caused $280 million in losses, according to Chainalysis.

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ForkLog 29 09.02.2021

UN: North Korea used stolen cryptocurrencies to advance its nuclear weapons programme

North Korea has managed to upgrade its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, financing them with funds stolen in cyberattacks. The attacks were mainly aimed at financial institutions and cryptocurrency platforms, the Associated Press reports, citing UN experts.

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ForkLog 16 29.01.2021

Court rejects defendant’s bid to cooperate with North Korea, Ethereum developer

A federal judge in New York rejected the motion by former Ethereum Foundation researcher Virgil Griffith to drop charges of providing information assistance to North Korea, Law360 reports.

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ForkLog 8 23.12.2020

Ethereum developer accused of aiding North Korea will stand trial in 2021

The U.S. government intends to charge Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith with information assistance to North Korea. Preliminary hearings are scheduled for September 2021, according to CoinDesk.

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ForkLog 11 25.10.2020

Ethereum Foundation researcher files motion to dismiss North Korea sanctions conspiracy charges

Former Ethereum Foundation researcher Virgil Griffith has filed a motion to dismiss charges of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on the grounds that prosecutors failed to establish his crime properly. Cointelegraph reports.

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ForkLog 13 28.08.2020

US to seize cryptocurrency from North Korea-linked accounts

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil-forfeiture complaint seeking to seize funds from 280 cryptocurrency accounts. The department ties them to hacks carried out by North Korean hackers.

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ForkLog 16 19.08.2020

U.S. Army: About 6,000 hackers are targeting North Korea

Under North Korea's direction, more than 6,000 hackers operate worldwide, according to the U.S. Army report. Most of them are based in Russia, Belarus, China, India and Malaysia.

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