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North Korean hackers stole a record $2.02 billion in crypto in 2025, a 51% year-over-year increase that brings the cumulative theft total to $6.75 billion; hacks of individual wallets reached 158,000 (Chainalysis)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 18, 2025

On-Chain Analysis: North Korean hackers stole a record $2.02 billion in crypto in 2025, a 51% year-over-year increase that brings…

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South Korean police arrest four for hacking into 120,000 home security cameras, whose footage was used to make sexual exploitation material; one person won about $12,000 (John Yoon/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 2, 2025

John Yoon / New York Times: South Korean police arrest four for hacking into 120,000 home security cameras, whose footage…

Technology

South Korean authorities suspect North Korean hacker group Lazarus of being responsible for the more than $30 million Upbit hack, which used methods similar to a 2019 Upbit theft (Kang Yoon-seung/Yonhap News Agency)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 28, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Community Living, Sex, and Silicon Valley’s Groupthink Problem — With Ellen Huet The Big Technology…

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The United States sanctions eight people and two companies accused of laundering money from cybercrime and IT worker-related projects on behalf of the North Korean government (Tim Starks/CyberScoop)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 4, 2025

Tim Starks / CyberScoop: The United States is sanctioning eight individuals and two companies accused of laundering money from cybercrime…

Business & Money

Netflix ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Boosts Korean Music, Politics

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 4, 2025

At South Korea’s largest amusement park, crowds of people wait for hours to take part in the “KPop Demon Hunters”…

Technology

Nvidia says it will supply more than 260,000 of its most advanced AI chips to the South Korean government and major companies including Samsung, Naver and SK Group (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 1, 2025

Reuters: Nvidia says it will supply more than 260,000 of its most advanced AI chips to the South Korean government…

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Google says North Korean hackers are using "EtherMasking" to embed malware on blockchains, this is the first time a nation-state threat actor has used this method (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 18, 2025

Bill Toulas / BeepComputer: Google says North Korean hackers are using “EtherHiding” to embed malware on blockchains, the first time…

Asia

Celebrating North Korean soldiers who fought alongside Russian troops against Ukraine – Radio Free Asia

By Frank M. EverettOctober 10, 2025

RFA Outlook — North Korean soldiers who fought alongside Russian troops against Ukraine marched through Kim Il Sung Square on…

Technology

Christina Marie Chapman, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison for having helped a program of North Korean distant computer worker, details her time as "laptop farmer" (Evan Ratliff / Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 26, 2025

Evan Ratliff / Bloomberg:: Christina Marie Chapman, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison for helping a program of…

Technology

An American judge designs an Arizona woman at 8.5 years in prison for having directed a “laptop farm” which allowed the North Korean workers to guarantee computer jobs in 309 American companies (Jonathan Greig / The Record)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 26, 2025

Featured podcasts The talk show with John Gruber: ‘The shift-2 crowd’, with Jason Snell The director of the director’s comments…

Families of Tiananmen victims barred from visiting graves on anniversary – Radio Free Asia

Moscow’s new military partner has something Russia needs more than its allies – The Diplomat

2026 was a crazy year for Southeast Asian stock markets – The Diplomat

Vietnam’s quiet strategy during the Shangri-La dialogue – The Diplomat

The emergence of Uzbekistan as a mobility hub in Central Asia – The Diplomat

Markets in ‘greed’ mode as AI companies prepare for IPOs

Victoria’s Secret (VSXY) Q1 2026 Results

Prices of Audemars Piguet watches stable after collaboration with Swatch

McDonald’s MCD unveils its growth strategy

Berkshire Taylor Morrison bet suggests housing market has bottomed out

Trump’s ballroom is dead and his battleships may be sunk

Massive defeat for Trump as his militarization fund dies

Democrats figured out how to kill Trump’s weapons fund

It’s time for the 25th Amendment as Trump thinks the latest dementia screening was an intelligence test

Interior Secretary Breaks Down and Admits Trump Is Stealing America’s 250th Birthday

Microsoft launches MAI-Thinking-1, its first advanced reasoning model, trained “from scratch on clean data, without distillation of third-party models” (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Internal position: Guy Rosen, Meta’s chief information security officer who previously oversaw Meta’s election integrity work, will leave in the coming months (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

Meta Expands Teen Account Safety Features to Limit Harmful Content on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger, including Nutrition, Weightlifting and Anxiety (Eli Tan/New York Times)

Chey Tae-won, president of SK Hynix, said the company plans to double the capacity of its memory chips over the next five years, in response to a shortage that could last until 2030 (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

A profile of Valve, which PrivCo says generated $5.2 billion in revenue and $1.5 billion in net profit in 2025, as lawsuits allege its Steam store abuses market power (Bloomberg)

Browsing: Korean

North Korean hackers stole a record $2.02 billion in crypto in 2025, a 51% year-over-year increase that brings the cumulative theft total to $6.75 billion; hacks of individual wallets reached 158,000 (Chainalysis)

South Korean police arrest four for hacking into 120,000 home security cameras, whose footage was used to make sexual exploitation material; one person won about $12,000 (John Yoon/New York Times)

South Korean authorities suspect North Korean hacker group Lazarus of being responsible for the more than $30 million Upbit hack, which used methods similar to a 2019 Upbit theft (Kang Yoon-seung/Yonhap News Agency)

The United States sanctions eight people and two companies accused of laundering money from cybercrime and IT worker-related projects on behalf of the North Korean government (Tim Starks/CyberScoop)

Netflix ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Boosts Korean Music, Politics

Nvidia says it will supply more than 260,000 of its most advanced AI chips to the South Korean government and major companies including Samsung, Naver and SK Group (Reuters)

Google says North Korean hackers are using "EtherMasking" to embed malware on blockchains, this is the first time a nation-state threat actor has used this method (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Celebrating North Korean soldiers who fought alongside Russian troops against Ukraine – Radio Free Asia

Christina Marie Chapman, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison for having helped a program of North Korean distant computer worker, details her time as "laptop farmer" (Evan Ratliff / Bloomberg)

An American judge designs an Arizona woman at 8.5 years in prison for having directed a “laptop farm” which allowed the North Korean workers to guarantee computer jobs in 309 American companies (Jonathan Greig / The Record)