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North Korea: Cryptocurrencies |
| Question ID: |
1793439 |
| UIN: |
44895 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-08 |
| Asking Member ID: |
152 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recent $1.5 billion cryptocurrency theft by North Korea; what steps he has taken to trace th |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4523 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Catherine West
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| Answering Member handle: |
catherinewest1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@catherinewest1
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| Answer text: |
The UK Government is aware of reporting relating to the recent cyber activity linked to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, involving the cryptocurrency exchange ByBit. The UK has been consistent in challenging malicious cyber activity carried out ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |