Cyber-attacks by North Korea raked in $3bn to build nuclear weapons, UN monitors suspect

Report is said to show that attacks on cryptocurrency-related companies helped development of dictatorship's weapons programme

UN sanctions monitors are investigating dozens of suspected cyber-attacks by North Korea that raked in $3bn to help it further develop its nuclear weapons programme, according to excerpts of an unpublished UN report reviewed by the Reuters news agency.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) continued to flout security council sanctions," a panel of independent sanctions monitors reported to a security council committee, using North Korea's formal name.