North Korea Drives $2B Crypto Theft Year, Pushing All-Time Total To $6.75B : Research
The crypto sector faced yet another challenging year in 2025, with stolen funds continuing their upward trajectory, according to an update from Chainalysis which noted that their close examinations reveals a significant shift in crypto theft patterns, characterized by several key developments: the persistence of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a primary threat actor, the severity of individual attacks on centralized services, “a surge in personal wallet compromises, and an unexpected divergence in decentralized finance (DeFi) hack trends.”
According to Chainalysis, these patterns emerge “clearly from the data and reveal significant changes in how crypto theft is occurring across different platform types…
