US govt says North Korea stole over $659 million in crypto last year

North Korean state-sponsored hacking groups have carried out numerous large-scale cryptocurrency thefts—totaling hundreds of millions to over a billion dollars according to different estimates—using sophisticated social engineering, malware families (e.g., TraderTraitor, AppleJeus, info-stealers), and covert "IT worker" recruitment to gain access to enterprise networks; US, South Korea, and Japan warn these campaigns remain active and confirm attribution for several major heists including the July 2024 WazirX breach.