North Korea’s record-breaking $6.3 billion cryptocurrency heist targeting Binance poses a serious threat to global security. Since the 2010s, state-sponsored hackers have carried out malicious cyberattacks, generating illicit revenue to finance the country’s missile and nuclear programs. The Binance heist should serve as a wake-up call to the international community, highlighting the need to take North Korea’s digital asset theft seriously and develop coordinated countermeasures. The latest cryptocurrency heist has raised the alarm in South Korea. Concerned that it could be North Korea’s next target, Seoul is scrambling to strengthen its cybersecurity infrastructure against attacks by state-sponsored hackers. Officials from the Financial Services Commission and cryptocurrency exchanges met on Monday to discuss measures for protecting the country’s cryptocurrency market from attacks by TraderTraitor, an elite North Korean state-sponsored hacking group. South Korea has reason to be concerned about becoming Pyongyang’s next target. Inter-Korean relations have deteriorated despi