North Korea: Cryptocurrencies
Commons · Question 44895 · Tabled 8 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recent $1.5 billion cryptocurrency theft by North Korea; what steps he has taken to trace th
Answer
Answered by Catherine West, 28 Apr 2025
The UK Government is aware of reporting relating to the recent cyber activity linked to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, involving the cryptocurrency exchange ByBit. The UK has been consistent in challenging malicious cyber activity carried out ...