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76% of All Crypto Stolen in 2026 Is Now in North Korea

ID: 9a4b65a4-2315-5dd7-948f-b47450bbe7ef

STIX ID: report--9a4b65a4-2315-5dd7-948f-b47450bbe7ef

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
92/100

Date Published: 2026-05-01

Date Updated: 2026-05-01

Author: Nate Nelson

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The report details that DPRK-linked APTs have executed focused, low-frequency but high-reward cryptocurrency heists in 2025–2026—most notably a ~$1.5B theft from ByBit and ~\$285M–\$292M attacks against DeFi platforms Drift and Kelp—leveraging advanced social engineering and AI-assisted reconnaissance against governance and smart-contract weaknesses to convert stolen crypto into state funding.

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