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.

Ahead of the planned rate of interest hike by the North American nation Federal Reserve, major cryptocurrencies took a pointy turnabout, amid serious commercialism volume. the worldwide crypto market cap crashed by 6.94 per cent to $2.07 trillion, whereas its commercialism volume is up by 12.57 per cent at a colossal $116.64 billion which could indicate a panic mercantilism event, showed Coinmarketcap information as of 8.14 am.