There was a scorching political debate underway on who ought to take accountability for countering North Korean hacks focusing on South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges. Not too long ago, South Korea’s monetary watchdog made it clear that they don’t see this subject as any of their enterprise.

According to Fn Information, the Monetary Companies Fee, or FSC, has replied to a written inquiry from the Nationwide Meeting’s Political Affairs Committee on October 23. The FSC says that they’re not liable for the crypto stolen throughout assaults from hackers sponsored by the Kim Jong-un’s regime, resembling Lazarus Group, on crypto exchanges.

Per the report, the watchdog argued that crypto exchanges don’t fall beneath their jurisdiction with out offering extra particulars on the matter. They forwarded the accountability to the Ministry of Overseas Affairs and the Korea Communications Fee, or KCC.

However each the Ministry and the KCC imagine that the FSC remains to be liable for any damages suffered by crypto corporations, as these are associated to monetary issues. The pair cite the FSC’s place “in control of the administration and supervision of digital asset suppliers resembling cryptocurrency exchanges.”

Consultant Seong Il-jong, an opposition get together secretary of the Nationwide Meeting’s Political Affairs Committee, doesn’t agree with the FSC’s stance. He reminded them that “with the passage of the revised South Korean crypto invoice, all crypto-related issues grew to become the duty of the Monetary Companies Fee.”

Again in February, it was reported that Lazarus Group focused a number of crypto exchanges in 2019. One of many assaults concerned the creation of a faux, however sensible buying and selling bot web site that was provided to staff of DragonEx trade.

Additionally, in August, a report from the U.S. Military mentioned that North Korea now has greater than 6,000 hackers stationed in international locations resembling Belarus, China, India, Malaysia, Russia, amongst others.