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Blockchain games are attracting record investment, but what about the security risks? Roisin Kiberd takes a look
What do Kim Jong-un, distributed ledgers and animated axolotls have in common? Quite a lot it turns out; all three played a role in the largest cryptocurrency breach of all time. In March this year, Axie Infinity, a blockchain-based game where players collect the aforementioned axolotls, was compromised by Lazarus, a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group, which made off with $625 million (€600 million) in cryptocurrency.
One month before the breach, Axie Infinity became the ...
