U.S. Sanctions Crypto Mixing Service Used by North Korea for First Time

The move is the first time the Treasury Department has sanctioned a cryptocurrency mixer, which are services that mix tokens with a larger pool in order to obscure their origins. While these services are general-purpose privacy tools similar to Tor, they’ve also become a fixture of crypto hacking campaigns.

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