North Korean hackers scarf virtually $400m (£291m) price of digital assets in a minimum of seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms last year, a report claims.

Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis same it had been one amongst most triple-crown years on record for cyber-criminals within the closed east Asian state.

The attacks chiefly targeted investment corporations and centralised exchanges.

North Korea has habitually denied being concerned in hack attacks attributed to them.

In associate degree financial statement filed by the corporate for the quarter ending Gregorian calendar month 2021, it aforementioned it's going to restart the observe of acceptive cryptocurrencies for its merchandise and services.

Electric car company Tesla could resume acceptive Bitcoin within the future, it aforementioned in an exceedingly restrictive filing.