Data: North Korea-linked crypto hacks total about $9.6 billion since 2019

October 30: Crypto data account unfolded. posted on X that North Korea-linked crypto hacks have involved a cumulative amount of about $9.6 billion since 2019. The Binance theft accounted for about $6.4 billion, or roughly two-thirds, of which about $3 billion has been frozen; that amount exceeds the combined total of the next nine largest hacks (about $5.4 billion). Other North Korea-linked incidents include Bybit ($1.4 billion), the Ronin cross-chain bridge ($624 million), Bitget ($387 million), Drift ($295 million) and Kelp DAO ($293 million), among others. unfolded. noted that attribution for recent incidents such as Binance, Bitget and Drift mainly comes from security firms and has not yet been confirmed by the FBI.