South Korean crypto exec and army captain arrested for spying for North
A 38-year-old chief executive of a crypto exchange and a 29-year-old active army captain has been arrested in South Korea for leaking military secrets to North Korea. Both are charged with "violating the national security law."
The two were paid in crypto "at the behest of a North Korean agent," South Korean police reported. Authorities determined the agent was from North Korea based on statements gathered from the two arrested individuals. The army captain allegedly passed on login information for South Korea's Joint Command & Control System, a military internal communications network, to the suspected North Korean agent.
The agent allegedly paid the crypto exchange executive $600,000 and the army captain roughly $38,000 in crypto. This is reportedly the first time a "civilian and active-duty military captain were caught trying to obtain military secrets" in South Korea, according to officials.
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