朝鲜“窃取了韩国的加密货币” [英国媒体]

North Korea 'hacked crypto-currency exchange in South'

朝鲜“窃取了韩国的加密货币”



South Korea's spy agency believes that North Korea is behind hacking attacks on a crypto-currency exchange in the South, sources say.

有消息称，韩国情报机构认为，朝鲜在对韩国的秘密外汇交易进行黑客攻击。

At least $7m (￡5.25m) in digital money was stolen in the hacks - although the money is now said to have ballooned in value to $82.7m.

至少700万美元(525万英镑)的钱被黑客偷了——尽管钱的数量现在激增到827万美元。

The thieves also stole the personal information of some 30,000 people.

小偷还偷走了大约3万人的个人信息。

They were trading the virtual currencies Bitcoin and Ethereum on the Bithumb crypto-currency exchange.

他们交易的内容是虚拟货币比特币和比特币的密码货币兑换。

Based on recent trading volumes, Bithumb is South Korea's biggest and one of the five largest in the world.

根据最近的交易量，Bithumb是韩国的交易量是最大的公司，是世界上最大的五个公司之一。

Analysts say North Korean hackers may have targeted crypto-currencies in order to evade the financial sanctions imposed as punishment for the North's development of nuclear weapons.

分析人士说，朝鲜黑客可能已经瞄准了加密货币，以逃避对朝鲜发展核武器的金融制裁。

This attack is said to date back to February, when a Bithumb employee's home PC was targeted - though it was only discovered in June.

这一攻击据说可以追溯到2月份，当时一名Bithumb雇员的家用电脑被攻击——尽管它是在6月份才被发现的。

The hackers also demanded a further $5.5m from Bithumb in exchange for deleting traders' personal information, said reports.

据报道，黑客们还要求从Bithumb获得550万美元的资金，作为交换，删除交易者的个人信息。

The sources in the spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, similarly suspect the North of being behind the hacking of another exchange, Coinis, in September, South Korean news agency Yonhap says.

在间谍机构的人士透漏，同样的，情报机构——国家情报机构(National Intelligence Service)的消息来源怀疑朝鲜是在去年9月入侵另一个交易所——Coinis——的幕后黑手。

But a further attempt in October was thwarted, reports said.

但根据报道称，10月份的进一步尝试受挫。

Evidence has now been passed to prosecutors.

现在，证据已被移交给检察官。

At present, virtual currencies are not regulated by South Korea's financial authorities but they are now vowing to toughen up regulation.

目前，虚拟货币没有受到韩国金融当局的监管，但他们现在誓言要加强监管。

Three days ago the government imposed fines totalling $55,000 on Bithumb over its failure to protect users' information.

三天前，政府因未能保护用户信息而对其处以5.5万美元的罚款。