{"id":84543,"date":"2023-09-15T10:34:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T07:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=84543"},"modified":"2025-09-12T18:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:00:34","slug":"a-third-of-crypto-stolen-by-north-korea-linked-hackers-was-taken-in-two-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/a-third-of-crypto-stolen-by-north-korea-linked-hackers-was-taken-in-two-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"A third of crypto stolen by North Korea-linked hackers was taken in two attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of September 14, North Korean cybercriminals had stolen $340.4 million, a third of which came from just two attacks, according to Chainalysis.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The value of stolen crypto linked to North Korean hacking groups in 2023 is currently over $340.4M, compared to over $1.65B in total last year. DPRK remains a significant threat, accounting for 29.7% of cryptocurrency stolen via hacks so far this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X0xD6Zt2E6\">pic.twitter.com\/X0xD6Zt2E6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chainalysis (@chainalysis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chainalysis\/status\/1702435717777850615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They estimate that losses to the crypto industry from North Korea-linked hackers have fallen by 80% \u2014 in 2022 they stole a record $1.65 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the trajectory of attacks concerns experts. Over the past 10 days, the Lazarus Group hacked <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/lazarus-hackers-blamed-for-stake-breach-worth-41-million\">betting platform Stake<\/a> for $40m and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/experts-suspect-lazarus-group-hackers-of-coinex-breach-worth-55-million\">CoinEx exchange<\/a> for $55m.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe fact that this year\\&#8217;s figures have fallen does not necessarily indicate an improvement in security or a reduction in criminal activity,\u201d the Chainalysis report notes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Analysts warn that a single major breach could push the industry past the $1 billion stolen mark in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Chainalysis also found that since 2021 North Korean hackers have increasingly relied on certain Russian exchanges and crypto mixers to launder illicit funds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\\&#8217;ve observed instances of DPRK-linked hackers sending funds to Russian services since 2021. But this year\\&#8217;s transfer of $21.9M stolen from Harmony to a high-risk Russian exchange is an escalation of that activity. You can see examples of some of those transactions below. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S9cDxlk9Hu\">pic.twitter.com\/S9cDxlk9Hu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chainalysis (@chainalysis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chainalysis\/status\/1702435713227120965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe transfer this year of $21.9 million stolen from the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/hacker-steals-about-100-million-in-harmonys-horizon-cross-chain-bridge-attack\">cross-chain protocol Harmony<\/a> to a high-risk Russian exchange is an escalation of this activity,\u201d the experts said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chainalysis believes that stronger smart-contract checks will complicate life for hackers.<\/p>\n<p>As reported in some estimates, the cumulative damage to the crypto industry from Pyongyang-linked cybercrime <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/north-korea-earmarked-half-of-the-3-billion-stolen-in-crypto-hacks-for-its-nuclear-program\">amounted to $3 billion<\/a>. Half of that went to funding a ballistic missile programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of September 14, North Korean cybercriminals had stolen $340.4 million, a third of which came from just two attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[274,44,1202],"class_list":["post-84543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-chainalysis","tag-cybercrime","tag-north-korea-dprk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"31","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84545,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84543\/revisions\/84545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}