Chainalysis, South Korean police link up to fight crypto crime.
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Chainalysis, South Korean police link up to fight crypto crime. South Korea's national police has been battling crypto-enabled crimes from DPRK-state level threats to scams targeting retail investors. Blockchain security firm Chainalysis is strengthening its collaboration with South Korea's national police to crack down on crypto crimes, including those involving North Korea. Chainalysis said on Wednesday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA), aimed at building investigative capability within South Korea's law enforcement. Chainalysis said one of the driving factors behind the agreement is to better combat North Korea-linked crypto attacks, with South Korea's police "at the forefront" of tackling these threats. However, Chainalysis's country director Ryan Kwon said agreement aims to tackle all threats. "While North Korean-driven attacks are understandably a national security focus, this partnership isn't designed around a single threat. It's fundamentally about building institutional capability," Kwon told Cointelegraph. Signing ceremony of the MoU between Chainalysis and the Korean National Police Agency. Source: Chainalysis In April, crypto theft linked to North Korea topped $578 million, largely from attacks targeting Kelp DAO and the Drift Protocol. Research from CrowdStrike found that North Korea-affiliated...
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