The China National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC), Beijing’s primary cybersecurity agency, has accused Washington of stealing 127,272 Bitcoin — worth more than $13 billion USD at today’s exchange rate — in a December 2020 hack. According to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/cryptocurrencies/china-accuses-us-of-carrying-out-13bn-bitcoin-hack” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/cryptocurrencies/china-accuses-us-of-carrying-out-13bn-bitcoin-hack” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Nikkei Asia, the CVERC outlined the details of the cyberattack on its WeChat account, saying that the stolen amount from five years ago came from LuBian, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency miners, and matches the amount the U.S….
