Morning Edition · Sunday, July 26, 2026Published at 1:29 AM EDT · New York

North Korea Arrests Its Own Military Hackers Over Crypto Laundering From State Banks

Authorities say the group breached the central bank and Foreign Trade Bank, moved funds into overseas wallets, and converted them to cash through Chinese brokers before an internal probe traced the transactions.

North Korean authorities arrested former military hackers accused of stealing from two state banks and laundering the money through cryptocurrency, according to reports citing intelligence sources. It would be a rare case of the state's own…