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North Korean hackers pull off the biggest heist of all time, stealing $1.5 billion in crypto

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A state-backed collective of North Korean hackers has stolen $1.5 billion in cryptocurrencies.

That tops the previous record of $1 billion , which was set by Saddam Hussein , who took the money from his country's central bank ahead of the 2003 U.S.-Iraq war .

North Korea has increasingly turned to hackers to fund military and other operations.

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