Here's how North Korean operatives are trying to infiltrate US crypto firms

U.N. says North Korean government-backed hackers have stolen the equivalent of billions of dollars in recent years by raiding cryptocurrency exchanges. US officials are warning about a key pillar of North Korean strategy, in which the regime places operatives in tech jobs throughout the information technology industry. North Korean tech workers can earn more than $300,000 annually -- hundreds of times the average income of a North Korean citizen -- and up to 90% of their wages go to the regime. The value of cryptocurrency has plummeted in recent months, depleting the North Korean loot by many millions of dollars. But analysts say the cryptocurrency industry is too valuable a target for North Korean operatives to turn away from because of the industry's relatively weak cyber defenses and the role that cryptocurrency can play Source