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North Korea steals $1.5bn as it pulls off world’s biggest ever heist (www.aol.com)
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The hackers stole more cryptocurrency in one attack than all the funds stolen by North Korean cyber criminals in 2024, when the rogue state’s cyber attackers made off with around $1.3bn in digital coins, according to cryptocurrency analysts Chainalysis.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (3 children)

You’re not an asshole for buying gas but ok.

Where are you where all these services take crypto and which coin? You do all this without ever converting to your local currency? These vendors take the coins directly?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

There is a such thing as progress.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Some vendors take crypto. Most just take gift cards.

Eg airbnb

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

If you are converting your crypto into gift cards and then spending gift cards that is not the same as spending crypto. That is the entire point.