How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme

Source: The Guardian — World By Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor 30 October 2026, 17:37

Cryptocurrency theft is estimated to generate half of the country’s foreign currency incomeNorth 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 the world’s most sophisticated hacking.Experts, such as TRM Labs, quickly attributed the extraordinary $6.3bn (£4.7bn)…