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How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme
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How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme

⌖ THE GUARDIAN · LONDON⏱ ✓ SOURCE · theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/30…SHA-256 6FBEBFBE·CB7A1BEF

THE GUARDIAN · LONDON — Cryptocurrency theft is estimated to generate half of the country’s foreign currency income North 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…

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The Guardian
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World
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30 October 2026 · 17:37 UTC
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30 October 2026 · 18:00 UTC
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/30/how-crypto-hacking-funds-isolated-north-korea-nuclear-programme
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