North Korea-linked groups stole two-thirds of global cryptocurrency
San Francisco-based TRM Labs reported that North Korea-linked hacking groups took $643 million in cryptocurrency in the first half of the year, representing 66.2 percent of $972 million in global crypto hack losses. Two April decentralized finance attacks—a $285 million breach of Drift on Solana and a $292 million hack of KelpDAO on Ethereum—accounted for $577 million of the totals. The sum is down from about $1.7 billion in the same period last year, but TRM cautioned that fewer mega-scale hacks explain the drop and that excluded illicit streams mean actual revenue could be higher.
North Korea-linked groups stole $643 million in cryptocurrency in the first half.
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TRM Labs published data on cryptocurrency thefts in the first half of the year. South Korea, the United States and Japan met in late June to coordinate on North Korean cyber threats. The next steps could include more joint action and…
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