Nicole Perlroth

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To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll · Ep. 6: The North Korea Model · 14 Jul 2026 podcast

Second, he began to embrace the new technologies that he thought could make money for them.

Remember, how did North Korea make money before cyber came along as an option to them?

They counterfeited $100 bills.

But the fact of the matter is the world's moved to a more casual society.

And he was actually ahead of the curve here.

So we saw Kim move from plain old cyber attacks that were...

meant to send a message.

The Sony hack was the classic example and the one that woke all of us up.

To learning how to steal from central banks, to learning how to get inside cryptocurrency wallets and drain those out.

And they've done it time and time again.

They've turned sanctions evasion into an art form.

But they got so good at it that it's clear that they are becoming a model for other countries.

Ultimately, the money is going to all of his favorite projects.

But his most favorite project are his nuclear weapons projects.

If North Korea was going to survive as a global pariah, the regime knew it needed nukes.

the ultimate deterrent against the world's superpowers, especially the United States.

If the past decade proved out anything, it's what happens to countries when they give up their nuclear leverage.

See Libya.

See Ukraine.

Now we head overseas to the fast-moving changes in Ukraine, signaling the Russians appear to have won this round, taking control of their prize, Crimea.

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