N Korean hackers could be behind US$530m digital coin theft in Japan
South Korea's National Intelligence Service did not present evidence but flagged to Parliament's intelligence committee that it is a possibility
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SOUTH Korea's intelligence agency told lawmakers that North Korean hackers could have been behind the US$530 million theft of virtual coins from a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange last month, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
The sources, who had knowledge of Parliament's intelligence committee proceedings, told Reuters that the National Intelligence Service (NIS) did not present evidence that North Korean hackers were responsible for one of the largest cryptocurrency heists in history but flagged it as a possibility.
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