Written questions

North Korea: Cryptocurrencies

Commons · Question 45538 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

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 trends in the level of cryptocurrency theft by North Korea; what steps he is taking to (a) trace

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 29 Apr 2025

The UK has been consistent in challenging malicious cyber activity carried out by North Korean groups. This has included exposing and sanctioning North Korean actors for disruptive attacks that impacted the National Health Service. The National Cyber Secu...