PYONGYANG: North Korea earned as much as $2 billion through cyberattacks to help fund its weapons programs, a United Nations (UN) report said.

The report, submitted to the UN North Korea sanctions committee, accuses North Korea of using hackers to conduct “forced illegal transfers of funds from financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges, launder stolen proceeds and created income to avoid international sanctions.”

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