> it's far more likely that it's easier to pretend to be from NK than for NK to do what they are being accused of

For all the hot air about "analysis" and "evidence" and crimes NK committed when Kim was a baby five presidents ago, it's extremely easy to know North Korea wasn't responsible for this:

Because the idea that any nation state could function in any capacity while simultaneously being so broke that a puny act of organized crime involving Bitcoins could make any difference is utterly beyond the realm of absurdity.

Nobody with even moderate critical faculties can seriously believe such a ridiculous premise, and the only thing anyone does by arguing it, sincerely or otherwise, is reduce their own credibility.