North Korean cybercriminals used a U.S.-registered Chinese-language online marketplace to launder stolen cryptocurrency, according to a blockchain analysis firm, highlighting Pyongyang’s increasing reliance on such platforms to evade sanctions.
In a report published on Tuesday, Elliptic revealed that North Korean actors sent virtual currency worth around $220,000 in Nov. 2024 to addresses controlled by the Telegram-based Xinbi Guarantee, which it described as “the second-largest illicit online market to have ever operated” after Cambodia-based Haowang Guarantee.
North Korean cybercriminals used a U.S.-registered Chinese-language online marketplace to launder stolen cryptocurrency, according to a blockchain analysis firm, highlighting Pyongyang’s increasing reliance on such platforms to evade sanctions.
In a report published on Tuesday, Elliptic revealed that North Korean actors sent virtual currency worth around $220,000 in Nov. 2024 to addresses controlled by the Telegram-based Xinbi Guarantee, which it described as “the second-largest illicit online market to have ever operated” after Cambodia-based Haowang Guarantee.
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