North Korea used stolen crypto assets to develop weapons... Amount stolen estimated at $1.7 billion

A US report states that North Korea has stolen approximately $1.7 billion (approximately 253.9 billion yen) of crypto assets through hacking and other means and is using it for weapons development.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on the 7th (local time) the 2024 National Risks Related to Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Proliferation Finance.
The assessment report states, ``North Korea is skillfully stealing crypto assets in order to raise the funds necessary to develop nuclear weapons and WMD (weapons of mass destruction).''
"North Korea has attempted to generate income from fiat currencies and crypto assets, including hacking and ransomware attacks against crypto assets and crypto asset operators (VASPs).
"We are working hard," the explanation reads. Last August, a panel of experts of the United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee on North Korea submitted a report to the Security Council stating that ``North Korean hackers are
We estimate that they have procured $1.7 billion in crypto assets through cyber theft." This is the largest scale ever recorded.
“North Korean hackers continue to carry out successful attacks targeting crypto assets and other financial transactions internationally,” the expert panel concluded.
"I was informed that there was," he said. In particular, he emphasized that ``foreign companies in the virtual currency, defense, and health fields are being targeted.''
“North Korea uses the crypto assets stolen in this way to fund the development of WMD such as nuclear weapons and missiles.
It is already known that "I use it as a source". For this reason, Japan, the United States, and South Korea are operating a trilateral cooperative body to prevent North Korea from hacking crypto assets.