U.S. Strikes to Hang Cryptocurrency Accounts Linked to North Korean Heists

WASHINGTON—U.S. authorities on Thursday moved to expend 280 cryptocurrency accounts they said were veteran by North Korean hackers who stole extra than a quarter of one thousand million greenbacks from cryptocurrency companies around the area, including one within the U.S.

The U.S. Justice Division said the accounts centered within the civil forfeiture filing were veteran by the North Korean hackers and their Chinese brokers to launder one of the cash stolen from extra than a dozen virtual forex exchanges, a series of cyber thefts throughout the last two…