💳 North Korean hackers steal record $1.5 billion in single crypto hack, security firm says /// CNN

In a matter of minutes on Friday, the hackers stole a significant portion of North Korea’s reported annual gross domestic product. And over the weekend, the hackers were already laundering about $160 million of the stolen loot through a series of accounts connected to North Korean operatives.

I guess we finally found a use for crypto: funneling money to North Korean weapons programs…