Crypto exchange staffer jailed for selling military secrets to North Korea for Bitcoin – DL News
- Staffer’s $487,000 Bitcoin payment “traced to North Korean wallets.”
- Employee convinced army captain to wear secret camera on South Korean military base.
- Military police thwarted a USB port attack.
An employee at an unnamed South Korean crypto exchange will go to jail for four years for convincing an army captain to sell military secrets to North Korea for Bitcoin.
The South Korean Supreme Court heard that North Korean hackers handed the exchange staffer $487,000 in Bitcoin to “recruit” a captain in the South Korean armed forces. For his part, the captain received $33,500 in Bitcoin, the South Korean media outlet Dailian reported.
“The defendant must have been aware that he was attempting to uncover military secrets for a country…
