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North Korean Crypto Hacker's Failed Defection to South Korea: Captured in a Full Body Cast, Wheelchaired Back to Pyongyang
- TJWG's September 29 report details a North Korean state-sponsored crypto hacker operating out of China who attempted to flee to South Korea.
- The hacker was caught before completing his defection and, according to the report, suffered injuries requiring a full body cast.
- He was subsequently forcibly repatriated to Pyongyang in a wheelchair, underscoring the regime's harsh treatment of defectors involved in its crypto-theft operations.