The U.S. is orchestrating an “anti-DPRK racket” by exaggerating the scale of the country’s cyber operations, North Korea's foreign ministry claimed after Washington sanctioned a cryptocurrency mixer that helped Pyongyang pilfer millions of dollars.
The remarks from a researcher at North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) came after the U.S. imposed new sanctions on a virtual currency mixer called Blender on Friday, claiming that the platform “enabled DPRK malicious cyber actors to mix illicit virtual currency with anonymous virtual currency to facilitate money laundering.”
The U.S. is orchestrating an “anti-DPRK racket” by exaggerating the scale of the country’s cyber operations, North Korea's foreign ministry claimed after Washington sanctioned a cryptocurrency mixer that helped Pyongyang pilfer millions of dollars.
The remarks from a researcher at North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) came after the U.S. imposed new sanctions on a virtual currency mixer called Blender on Friday, claiming that the platform “enabled DPRK malicious cyber actors to mix illicit virtual currency with anonymous virtual currency to facilitate money laundering.”
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