US EditionNorth Korean hackers allegedly stole record $2.02 billion of cryptocurrency in 2025. Here's how they did it
North Korean hackers focused on fewer but larger cryptocurrency thefts in 2025, with the top three hacks accounting for 69% of service losses, Chainalysis said.
- In 2025 Chainalysis revealed North Korean hackers siphoned a record $2.02 billion in cryptocurrency, previewing its Crypto Crime 2026 report.
- Shifting tactics, North Korean hackers targeted centralized exchanges and core infrastructure, combining social engineering with exploits and executing fewer but larger thefts including a $1.5 billion February breach.
- On-Chain data shows more than 60 percent of North Korean-linked movement volume is in transfers below $500,000, splitting funds to many addresses and forming a footprint for compliance teams and detection systems.
- Analysts say Pyongyang-linked actors now account for roughly three-quarters of major crypto service compromises in 2025, bringing the total stolen to approximately $6.75 billion since records began.
- Chainalysis urges the cryptocurrency industry and compliance and detection teams to adopt pattern-based surveillance tools and adaptive defenses, warning that evolving laundering patterns require more sophisticated strategies.
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N. Korea ramps up cybertheft following $2.3 bil. crypto haul: report
North Korea has refined its cryptocurrency hacking operations, carrying out fewer but far more lucrative attacks on major targets and deploying increasingly sophisticated laundering techniques to evade detection, according to a report by the blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. In a preview of its Crypto Crime 2026 report, Chainalysis revealed that North Korean hackers siphoned a record $2.02 billion in cryptocurrency in 2025. This 51 percent …
North Korean hackers allegedly stole record $2.02 billion of cryptocurrency in 2025. Here's how they did it
North Korean hackers reportedly stole a record over $2 billion of crypto this year, Chainalysis researchers said, noted a 51% jump compared to 2024. Here's how they managed to pull off these heists
North Korea Leads Global Crypto Hacks With $2bn In 2025
NORTH Korea–linked hacking groups has stolen more cryptocurrency than anyone else in 2025, siphoning off more than $2 billion as their operations became fewer but more targeted and higher impact, according to new research. North Korean hackers stole about $2.02 billion worth of digital assets from January through early December, up 51 per cent from a year earlier, global blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis said in a report released this week. …
North Korea Just Had Its Biggest Year Ever Stealing Cryptocurrency
The Unprecedented Crypto Heist Wave from In a shocking escalation of cyber threats, has marked 2025 as its most lucrative year yet for . Hackers linked to the isolated regime have pilfered over $2.02 billion in digital assets since January, shattering previous records and highlighting the growing vulnerability of the crypto ecosystem. This surge represents more than a 50% increase compared to 2024, pushing the total haul from North Korean-sponso…
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