Data: 12 North Korea-linked crypto theft cases total approximately $9.74 billion stolen, Binance accounts for 65%

November 3 — According to TRM Labs, FBI notices, and exchange announcements, from 2022 to 2026, 12 crypto theft incidents involving North Korea-backed hackers or suspected links resulted in total losses of approximately $9.74 billion. Among them, Binance suffered the largest theft at about $6.3 billion, accounting for 65% of the total listed cases.

Other major cases include: Bybit stolen $1.5 billion, Ronin/Axie Infinity stolen $620 million, Bitget stolen $388 million, DMM Bitcoin stolen $308 million, and WazirX stolen $235 million. In addition, Harmony Horizon and Atomic Wallet each suffered thefts of $100 million.

Regarding attribution, Binance, Bybit, and DMM Bitcoin were directly named by the U.S. government as TraderTraitor cases, while most of the other 8 cases were attributed to the Lazarus group. The above amounts are converted based on valuations at the time of the incidents and only include some major cases, not a loss tally of all related cases.