North Korea’s crypto hackers have stolen over $2 billion in 2025
Elliptic analysis reveals that North Korea-linked hackers have already stolen over $2 billion in cryptoassets in 2025, the largest annual total on record, with three months still to go.
This brings the cumulative known value of cryptoassets stolen by the regime to more than $6 billion. According to the United Nations and various government agencies, these funds are believed to play a critical role in financing North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile development programs.
The actual figure may be even higher. Attributing cyber thefts to North Korea is not an exact science: Elliptic and other experts use a combination of blockchain analytics, observed laundering patterns, and intelligence sources to make an attribution. We…
