A U.S. woman was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for assisting North Korean hackers in infiltrating cryptocurrency and technology companies, involving $17 million

According to ChainCatcher news reported by Cointelegraph, Arizona woman Christina Marie Chapman was sentenced to 102 months in prison for helping North Korean hackers forge identities and infiltrate over 300 U.S. companies (including cryptocurrency firms), with an amount involved exceeding $17 million. She was also ordered to forfeit $284,000 and pay $177,000 in restitution. This case is one of the largest North Korean IT infiltration cases prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice.