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> Topping the charts is the March 29 hack of the bridge used by the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity — a hack that saw $625 million taken and funneled to the Nor
by pornel 4y ago
> Topping the charts is the March 29 hack of the bridge used by the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity — a hack that saw $625 million taken and funneled to the North Korean Lazarus cybercrime group.
If it was a movie, I'd think the plot is just too stupid: a dictatorship funded their nuclear missile program by hacking an angry-birds-styled JRPG game.
An yet here were are. This demonstrates that playing with cryptocurrencies is dangerous, even seemingly benign or useless applications.
- BlueTemplar 4y agoIt does sound similar (and less sophisticated) to a real book plot : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_State https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_State (2007)