tldr; North Korea has significantly escalated its cryptocurrency theft activities, stealing at least $2.02 billion in 2025, a 51% increase from the previous year. This brings the total stolen by North Korean actors to $6.75 billion. The country relies on IT worker infiltration, Chinese-language laundering networks, and advanced techniques like cross-chain bridges and mixing services to obscure stolen funds. These activities highlight North Korea’s growing sophistication in exploiting the crypto ecosystem for financial gain.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
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tldr; North Korea has significantly escalated its cryptocurrency theft activities, stealing at least $2.02 billion in 2025, a 51% increase from the previous year. This brings the total stolen by North Korean actors to $6.75 billion. The country relies on IT worker infiltration, Chinese-language laundering networks, and advanced techniques like cross-chain bridges and mixing services to obscure stolen funds. These activities highlight North Korea’s growing sophistication in exploiting the crypto ecosystem for financial gain.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
we should cut off their internet connection.