North Korea is now blamed for more than 3 of EVERY 4 dollars hacked in crypto. Here's its share of all crypto stolen in hacks each year: 2020: 7% 2021: under 10% 2022: 22% 2023…
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🚨North Korea is now blamed for more than 3 of EVERY 4 dollars hacked in crypto. Here's its share of all crypto stolen in hacks each year: 2020: 7% 2021: under 10% 2022: 22% 2023: 37% 2024: 39% 2025…
🚨North Korea is now blamed for more than 3 of EVERY 4 dollars hacked in crypto. Here's its share of all crypto stolen in hacks each year: 2020: 7% 2021: under 10% 2022: 22% 2023: 37% 2024: 39% 2025: 63% 2026: 85% (so far) In total, its hackers have stolen $12.8 BILLION in crypto since 2017, per TRM Labs. In just nine months of 2025, its hackers stole at least $1.65 BILLION, per 11 governments. That's 3.5 times what North Korea earned from ALL of its legal exports that year. Those governments say the money funds its weapons programs. The FBI also blamed it for the $1.5 BILLION Bybit hack in February 2025. Its hackers work in units run by North Korea's main spy agency, per the US Treasury. The most infamous ones: Lazarus Group: tied by the FBI to the $620 MILLION Ronin hack in 2022 Andariel: one alleged member has a $10 MILLION US bounty over ransomware attacks on hospitals TraderTraitor: the FBI's name for the hackers behind the Bybit, DMM Bitcoin and Binance thefts And it isn't just crypto. Governments have also blamed it for: Sony Pictures: thousands of computers knocked out in 2014 Bangladesh's central bank: $81 MILLION stolen in 2016 WannaCry: about 300,000 computers hit in 150 countries, including Britain's NHS NASA and two US Air Force bases: breached, per a 2024 US indictment US hospitals: hit with ransomware, with one Kansas medical center paying about $100,000 Sanctions keep coming, but North Korea's hackers haven't slowed down.
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