Cybercrime experts say organized crime gangs tied to North Korea and others have been retooling from hacking banks to bitcoins. The value of a bitcoin traded below $1,000 before 2017, but last year it hit a mid-December peak of $19,850. Cybercriminals who got in on the bitcoin-theft action before November 2017 and waited until December 2017 to cash out could have more than doubled their profits. North Korea has been tied to numerous bitcoin heists, including the attempted theft of nearly $1 billion from Bangladesh’s central bank.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/anatomy-cryptocurrency-phishing-campaign-a-10593