金融时报 | 朝鲜黑客今年已窃取13.4亿美元加密货币
North Korea stole $1.3bn through crypto hacks in 2024
Pyongyang-affiliated groups account for two-thirds of digital asset thefts globally, according to blockchain research data. 6park.com 这凸显出网络犯罪所得对朝鲜的重要性。但数据也显示,朝鲜黑客活动在今年下半年(即朝鲜开始从俄罗斯获得支持后)有所放缓。
North Korean groups have stolen $1.34bn through cryptocurrency hacks this year, their highest level of such thefts on record, underlining the importance of this revenue stream for Pyongyang. 6park.com 朝鲜黑客组织今年窃取了价值13.4亿美元的加密货币,创下有史以来最高纪录,并凸显出这一收入来源对平壤方面的重要性。 6park.com 6park.comThe total value of the thefts by North Korean-affiliated groups, across 47 incidents so far in 2024, is more than double the amount they took last year, according to data from Chainalysis, a blockchain research group. It means the country now accounts for two-thirds of cryptocurrency hacks globally. 6park.com根据区块链研究机构Chainalysis的数据,2024年迄今,朝鲜附属组织从事了47起盗窃,得手的加密货币总价值是去年的两倍多。这意味着朝鲜目前占全球加密货币黑客攻击的三分之二。 6park.com 6park.comNorth Korean operatives have emerged as “the world’s leading bank robbers” in recent years, according to US officials, after developing an army of highly trained hackers over decades to target western institutions. 6park.com据美国官员介绍,朝鲜人员近年已成为“世界领先的银行劫匪”。数十年来,朝鲜培养了一支训练有素的黑客大军,以西方机构为目标。 6park.com 6park.comA UN panel of experts that monitors the implementation of international sanctions has identified that North Korea uses the money raised by criminal cyber operations to help fund its illicit ballistic missile and nuclear programmes. 6park.com负责监督国际制裁执行的联合国专家小组发现,朝鲜利用网络犯罪所得为其非法弹道导弹和核武计划提供资金。 6park.com 6park.comThe US has estimated that as much as a third of North Korea’s missile programme is funded by cyber crime. 6park.com美国估计,朝鲜导弹计划多达三分之一的资金来自网络犯罪。 6park.com 6park.com“North Korea has long sought to evade international sanctions to support its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles programmes,” said Andrew Fierman, head of national security intelligence at Chainalysis. 6park.com“朝鲜长期试图逃避国际制裁,以支持其大规模杀伤性武器和弹道导弹计划。”Chainalysis国家安全情报主管安德鲁•菲尔曼(Andrew Fierman)表示。 6park.com 6park.com“Historically, North Korea has done so through a variety of techniques, including evasive shipping tactics, overseas workers and the use of shell companies. Stealing cryptocurrency has become another mechanism in their toolkit to fund the regime.” 6park.com“从历史上看,朝鲜通过各种手段——包括躲躲闪闪的航运策略、劳务输出和使用空壳公司——达到这一目的。窃取加密货币已成为他们的工具箱中为政权提供资金的又一种手段。” 6park.comAmong the more daring heists attributed to North Korean hackers was the theft of 4,500 bitcoin with a value of $305mn from Japanese crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin in May. 6park.com朝鲜黑客从事的比较大胆的盗窃事件是5月从日本加密货币交易所DMM Bitcoin窃取了4500枚比特币,价值3.05亿美元。 6park.com 6park.comChainalysis traced much of the stolen bitcoin through a web of intermediaries before it eventually ended up at a Cambodian crypto exchange. DMM Bitcoin announced this month it would close down after the hack and transfer its customers’ accounts to other exchanges. 6park.comChainalysis通过中介网络追踪到很大一部分被盗的比特币,这些比特币最终流入柬埔寨的一家加密货币交易所。DMM Bitcoin本月宣布,在遭遇黑客攻击后,它将关闭,客户的账户将被转移到其他交易所。 6park.com 6park.comThe total value of stolen cryptocurrency rose 21 per cent to $2.2bn this year, according to Chainalysis’s data, while the number of recorded hacks hit an all-time high of 303. 6park.com根据Chainalysis的数据,今年被盗加密货币的总价值上升了21%,至22亿美元,而记录在案的黑客攻击次数创下303起的历史新高。 6park.com 6park.comThe thefts come as bitcoin has soared this year to more than $100,000, boosted by Donald Trump’s US presidential election victory in November. 6park.com发生这些盗窃事件之际,比特币价格今年飙升至10万美元以上,得益于唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)在11月赢得美国总统大选。 6park.com 6park.comHowever, Chainalysis’s data also shows that North Korea’s hacking activity slowed in the second half of the year after the leaders of North Korea and Russia, Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin, signed a strategic partnership in June to deepen trade and military links between the two countries. The agreement has led to North Korean troops fighting alongside Russians in Ukraine. 6park.com然而Chainalysis的数据也显示,朝鲜的黑客活动在今年下半年有所放缓——此前朝鲜领导人金正恩(Kim Jong Un)与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔•普京(Vladimir Putin)于6月签署战略伙伴关系协议,以深化两国间的贸易和军事联系。根据该协议,朝鲜军队已开始支援俄罗斯对乌克兰作战。 6park.com 6park.comAnalysts suggest that as North Korea has received more support from Russia it is becoming less reliant on cyber crime. 6park.com分析人士提出,随着朝鲜得到俄罗斯的更多支持,它对网络犯罪的依赖可能正在减少。 6park.com 6park.comSince the agreement was signed, the average daily crypto loss attributed to North Korean groups has halved, while losses with no link to the country have risen slightly. 6park.com自朝俄签署协议以来,被归咎于朝鲜黑客组织的每日平均加密货币损失减少了一半,而与该国无关的损失略有增加。 6park.com 6park.com“It may be possible that the hermit kingdom has had less reliance on its cyber criminal activity in the second half of the year,” said Chainalysis’s Fierman. 6park.com“有可能发生的情况是,这个隐士王国今年下半年对网络犯罪活动的依赖减少了。”Chainalysis的菲尔曼表示。
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