TOKYO -- North Korea is using cyberattacks to target Japanese cryptocurrency assets. North Korean-affiliated hacking groups have stolen $721 million from Japan since 2017, according to a study by a UK-based compliance specialist. That equates to 30% of all such losses worldwide.
Pyongyang is believed to have targeted other countries' crypto assets to obtain the foreign currency it uses for its missile program. This could, in turn, threaten the security of Asia.