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North Korea Launches Missiles Toward the Sea as Pyongyang Protests Against US Claims on Binance Hack

In recent months, North Korea has accelerated its weapons tests in a likely bid to increase its leverage in potential diplomacy with the US.

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Binance says fake job interview led to $6.3 billion crypto heist

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance says North Korean hackers used a fake job interview to trick an employee into installing malware that ultimately let them compromise the company's wallet infrastructure and steal about $6.34 billion in digital assets.

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British businesses caught in Europe-wide supermarket fridge attacks

Supermarket and grocery store refrigerator controls across Europe were hacked in the early hours of Monday in the second such wave of attacks in recent weeks — following a first wave in France — with unidentified perpetrators defrosting fridges and causing stock to spoil.