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There’s an argument to be made that asset seizure and hacking wallets are not quite the same thing.

NK needs to pass some laws making crypto wallets outside of NK illegal. Then it can all be categorized under asset seizure.

>NK needs to pass some laws making crypto wallets outside of NK illegal. Then it can all be categorized under asset seizure.

Sure, it would be seizure anywhere they have jurisdiction.

Which isn't anywhere outside NK, rendering that point moot.

You’re overthinking this.

Just need to pass a law and then anything on the internet anywhere is fair game.

https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-gchq-get-foreign-hacking-au...

Wouldn't it be enough that someone located not-in-the-US to do any sort of business with a person in the US, for the US government to now consider that part of their jurisdiction and get involved? Just one random example from Wikipedia, but there are a bunch more cases of the US acting "outside of their jurisdiction": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutdown_of_Sky_Global

Similarly, I guess North Korea could look at things the same way.

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