{"id":5393,"date":"2022-04-16T08:37:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T06:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/16\/north-korea-nfts-and-a-hit-video-game-inside-a-500m-cryptocurrency-theft\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T08:37:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T06:37:22","slug":"north-korea-nfts-and-a-hit-video-game-inside-a-500m-cryptocurrency-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/16\/north-korea-nfts-and-a-hit-video-game-inside-a-500m-cryptocurrency-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea, NFTs and a hit video game: inside a $500m cryptocurrency theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another high-profile hack has raised more questions about the vulnerabilities of the blockchain<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, hackers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/mar\/30\/ronin-project-blockchain-cryptocurrency-heist\">made off with<\/a> what was then worth more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/mar\/30\/ronin-project-blockchain-cryptocurrency-heist\">$500m<\/a> from the systems of cryptocurrency network Ronin, in what is believed to be the second-largest cryptocurrency theft on record.<\/p>\n<p>Ronin was a juicy target for a hacker. The blockchain project supports the wildly popular Axie Infinity video game, which with an estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.covalenthq.com\/blog\/axie-part-one\/\">8 million players<\/a> has drawn comparisons to action-driven collecting games like Pok\u00e9mon Go.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/apr\/16\/nft-blockchain-north-korea-hack-ronin-axie-infinity\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/56e60d5034ecdee30a6660d74211bc551d209c7e\/0_131_6486_3892\/master\/6486.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d4d7cf04f4cfb8ea51d86f6d97aec985\" title=\"North Korea, NFTs and a hit video game: inside a $500m cryptocurrency theft\" \/>Another high-profile hack has raised more questions about the vulnerabilities of the blockchain<br \/>\nLate last month, hackers made off with what was then worth more than $500m from the systems of cryptocurrency network Ronin, in what is believed to be the second-largest cryptocurrency theft on record.<br \/>\nRonin was a juicy target for a hacker. The blockchain project supports the wildly popular Axie Infinity video game, which with an estimated 8 million players has drawn comparisons to action-driven collecting games like Pok\u00e9mon Go. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another high-profile hack has raised more questions about the vulnerabilities of the blockchain Late last month, hackers made off with what was then worth more than $500m from the systems of cryptocurrency network Ronin, in what is believed to be the second-largest cryptocurrency theft on record. Ronin was a juicy target for a hacker. The &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/16\/north-korea-nfts-and-a-hit-video-game-inside-a-500m-cryptocurrency-theft\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">North Korea, NFTs and a hit video game: inside a $500m cryptocurrency theft<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5393"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}