In brief
- The Ethereum Foundation reported that a six-month program helped detect around 100 DPRK IT workers across 53 crypto projects.
- The report follows a record-breaking year for North Korean hackers, who stole around $2 billion worth of crypto in 2025.
- Meanwhile, two individuals that helped DPRK IT workers infiltrate U.S. companies received multi-year prison sentences in the U.S.
North Korea’s hacking spree has kept the crypto industry on high alert for years, but the Ethereum Foundation has indicated that the tide could turn in a matter of months.
Establishing a program with blockchain security groups helped expose around 100 IT workers associated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Swiss nonprofit said in a blog…
