US file a lawsuit to recover funds from a hack by North Korea

[cryptoperkele]

I wouldn't hold my breath that North Korea would comply with U.S demands. If by some miracle those weren't stolen by NK gov officials, imho they will be at least confiscated by them now. Is there a similar case in history where NK was supposed to return stolen goods to u.s?

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[Mpamaegbu]

Nice post OP. I did go through the document and it seems like the US authorities are really starting to understand blockchain tech !
Another interesting point is that no BTC was actually ‘stolen’ only Altcoins  

The involvement of the US in a matter it kicked against early on is where it gets interesting for me. Whether it succeeds with it or not (for North Korea is a pain among nations of the world) is immaterial to me. I just like searchlight encouraging the growth and mass adoption of cryptocurrency to always beam. It's a good one.

(2) when cyber threat actors tries to convert the stolen funds (a transaction ID beginning with 6918d31f), the exchange didn't proceed, perhaps the coins has been trailed and on the blacklist of exchange already
(3) they move to other exchange, but since it is blacklisted already, been flagged so no cash out happened.

That's fantastic too that the funds can't be moved out by hackers. So, it shows that cryptos can be marked and traced too. I have mixed feelings on this, anyway. But it's great that the hackers are prevented from causing harm.

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Bitcoin is very transparent by design, never use it for crime.

Crime free is a feature

Segwit, ln, schnorr, coinjoin undermines that

[avikz]

Lol! While I strongly condemn any such kind of hacking act, but still can't laugh enough if US thinks North Korea will comply to a US court's regulation. The dictator leader of North Korea didn't even let his Uncle live peacefully and US thinks North Korean hackers will be brought to justice through a mare court regulation!

Bitcoin is very transparent by design, never use it for crime.

Crime free is a feature

Segwit, ln, schnorr, coinjoin undermines that

Another big round of Lol! Bitcoin is a new weapon of the scammers from around the world. They are using bitcoin's privacy feature to milk out money from the legal businesses. After the bitcoin boom, a new term was coined called "Ransomware". Did you ever wonder, what makes such attacks possible? It's bitcoin (or Monero nowadays)! They come to fuck you wide open ass and you now have to even make payment for fucking you!

[Reatim]

According to this court document: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1310411/download, US government has file this lawsuit to lay claims on the 280 BTC and ETH which are holding the funds for the North Korean hack stolen from two crypto exchange. It didn't name the exchanges in the document, but it mentioned a dates on the said hacks;

1. July 1, 2019



2. September 25, 2019



Deposit:



US said that the hackers used the technique of 'chain hopping".

This tactic of moving between different types of virtual currency, often referred to as “chain hopping,” is frequently used by individuals who are laundering the proceeds of virtual currency thefts. Chain hopping seeks to accomplish several objectives. First, it helps obfuscate the trail of the stolen virtual currency because the path jumps from the blockchain of one virtual currency to another virtual currency. Second, the BTC ecosystem is much larger, with more virtual currency exchanges and traders willing to accept BTC versus other virtual currencies. Therefore, it is generally easier to transact in BTC and hide among the crowd.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1310411/download

And the US government want to get everything back and take control of these account. The number of addresses is 280 that they want to be forteited and have control.

I'm Not sure if north Korea will Comply in this but at least US is consistent in their claim because if this will be allowed and tolerated then Many North
 korean Hacker or connected to the hacker that will Hide in this country and just Live like nothing happens.
actually US wants to Prove here that they can Do everything just to impose the Law.

Bitcoin is very transparent by design, never use it for crime.

Crime free is a feature

Segwit, ln, schnorr, coinjoin undermines that

This is what we wanted as we are a Fair and legit people but Let the Scammers and Hackers learn that Hope they will listen to You lol.

I wouldn't hold my breath that North Korea would comply with U.S demands. If by some miracle those weren't stolen by NK gov officials, imho they will be at least confiscated by them now. Is there a similar case in history where NK was supposed to return stolen goods to u.s?

Well Maybe this time it is a different approach because NR seems to be Getting along with US these past ?
well Not sure if the News really says the truth behind it all.

[bbc.reporter]

Bitcoin is very transparent by design, never use it for crime.

Agreed. The report also showed that the cryptocoins used for chain hopping were Algorand, Ethereum and Bitcoin. Why? Clearly the coin to use should be Monero. The hackers would be laughing while exchanging them to Bitcoin or fiat.

I am skeptical about the report.

[slaman29]

Bitcoin is very transparent by design, never use it for crime.

Agreed. The report also showed that the cryptocoins used for chain hopping were Algorand, Ethereum and Bitcoin. Why? Clearly the coin to use should be Monero. The hackers would be laughing while exchanging them to Bitcoin or fiat.

I am skeptical about the report.

Proven again and again by criminals who actually do still use Bitcoin. They either get caught, or their funds are frozen or exchanges, or simply blacklisted and monitored forever. The minute they move it, people see it. Love Bitcoin for that!

[bbc.reporter]

@slaman29. Also, if the hackers used Monero, the department of justice might not report it because there would certainly be nothing to report. It would be a free advertisment for Monero if they include it hehehehe.

[Jating]

@slaman29. Also, if the hackers used Monero, the department of justice might not report it because there would certainly be nothing to report. It would be a free advertisment for Monero if they include it hehehehe.

And Monero is not viable for hackers or criminals though, as some top exchanges are delisting it as far as I know since 2018 because of government pressures. So criminals still will love to used bitcoin, mix it up and think that they are not going to get caught by blockchain analysis.

Monero are just being used as second tier coins for criminals, like crypto jacking or crypto mining.

[nancy]

And how they are going to return it from North Korea?

[Anna138]

Bitcoin is very transparent by design, never use it for crime.

Agreed. The report also showed that the cryptocoins used for chain hopping were Algorand, Ethereum and Bitcoin. Why? Clearly the coin to use should be Monero. The hackers would be laughing while exchanging them to Bitcoin or fiat.

I am skeptical about the report.

It is obvious that this person understands what he is talking about. This report has nothing to do with reality. Hackers would never take such a stupid step. What for? Similar situations have already happened in America and Japan in 2019 (read Google). Everyone has long understood how this works and to think differently in my opinion is just stupid in 2020.

[Yatsan]

I don't think North Korea will ever be returning anything to the US no matter how many lawsuits they file against the state. They would just deny and deny all these allegations while continuing what they're doing. Knowing how NoKor treated most of the cases and sanctions against them, they'd just shrug it off and tell the world that they are being bullied by the US, with their ally China backing them up and just making things hard for everyone else.

Indeed. That would certainly be the thing to happen. Even if the US will keep on pursuing to file lawsuits against the North Korea for the allegations of hacking, the state of North Korea will just keep on denying such allegations and just continue on their doings for they won't take any affection on the claims of US just like what they are usually doing on other cases being thrown against them. US will just be tired on doing filings of lawsuits for North Korea will not comply on whatever the other state is urging them to do so.

Even if they file a lawsuit there is no possibility of recovering the hacked funds, because it is in North Korea.But atleast these things are now getting the attention from government which may become a reason for more regulations in crypto currencies on several countries.

That would probably be the case. They would just be tired on filing lawsuits but still will not get anything in return for hacked funds will be no longer be recovered or would have a very small possibility to get recovered for they are facing against North Korea.

[bbc.reporter]

@slaman29. Also, if the hackers used Monero, the department of justice might not report it because there would certainly be nothing to report. It would be a free advertisment for Monero if they include it hehehehe.

And Monero is not viable for hackers or criminals though, as some top exchanges are delisting it as far as I know since 2018 because of government pressures. So criminals still will love to used bitcoin, mix it up and think that they are not going to get caught by blockchain analysis.

Monero are just being used as second tier coins for criminals, like crypto jacking or crypto mining.

Monero has one of the highest volumes on Bisq and many popular exchanges also have it, however.

Also, why would real hackers act ignorant and risk being caught by using a coin where the government can see all your transactions and by using a centralized exchange where your coins can be taken from you?

I am skeptical of this news.

[bbc.reporter]

@Jating. To add on the argument why it is safer for hackers to use Monero , even everyone in general also, is because complete privacy of transactions maintains the coin's neutrality as a currency.

Also, this news. The IRS does not know what to do except offer a bug bounty to find weaknesses on Monero. However, this helps the project. They might not know this hehehe.



The US Internal Revenue Services (IRS) will pay out up to $625,000 for anyone who cracks the untraceable cryptocurrency Monero, and other privacy coins, according to an official proposal published last week.

“IRS-CI is seeking a solution with one or more contractors to provide innovative solutions for tracing and attribution of privacy coins, such as expert tools, data, source code, algorithms, and software development services,” said the proposal.

Source https://decrypt.co/41411/the-irs-is-offering-you-625000-to-crack-monero