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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Vishwam Sankaran

North Korea is developing missile programmes using profits from crypto cyberattacks, UN report says

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Cyberattacks on cryptocurrency assets remain a key source of funding for North Korea’s growing nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, warns a new UN report.

Experts said there was “a marked acceleration” of Pyongyang’s testing and demonstration of new short-range and possibly medium-range missiles through January, adding that the country’s capability to produce nuclear fissile materials violated UN Security Council resolutions.

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