$2.02 Billion Stolen in 2025, Chainalysis Reports

In a staggering escalation of state-sponsored cybercrime, North Korean hackers stole a record $2.02 billion in cryptocurrency during 2025, according to Chainalysis’s preview of the 2026 Crypto Crime Report released on December 18, 2025. This marks a 51% increase from 2024 and pushes the DPRK’s cumulative theft since tracking began to approximately $6.75 billion. North Korea accounted for roughly 59-60% of the total $3.4 billion stolen globally in hacks that year, with DPRK-linked actors responsible for a record 76% of all service-level compromises by value. The report highlights a strategic shift: fewer attacks but higher impact, including the massive $1.5…