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Why North Korea hacks crypto instead of evading sanctions like Russia and Iran

North Korea's six-month infiltration campaign at Drift rattled a crypto industry already reeling from billion-dollar exploits.But as the news settled, a bigger question came...

North Korean Cyber Spies Are No Longer Just Remote Threats

This month’s $285 million exploit on Drift, a decentralized exchange (DEX), was the largest crypto hack in over a year, when exchange Bybit lost...

How North Korea’s 6-month long secret espionage program has crypto community rethinking security

When Drift disclosed the details behind its $270 million exploit, the most unsettling part wasn’t the scale of the loss — it was how...

Solana Exchange Stabble Warns Users to Pull Liquidity After North Korean Hacker Scare

In brief Solana exchange Stabble urged users to pull liquidity after its former CTO was alleged to be a North Korean hacker. The firm's total value...

North Korean Hackers Infiltrated Crypto For Seven Years

North Korean IT workers have been embedding themselves in crypto companies and decentralized finance projects for at least seven years, according to a cybersecurity...

Drift says $270 million exploit was a six-month North Korean intelligence operation

A six-month intelligence operation preceded the $270 million exploit of Drift Protocol and was carried out by a North Korean state-affiliated group, according to...

‘We Are Ready to Speak’: Drift Beckons North Korea-Linked Hackers Following $285M Exploit

In brief The team behind Drift, a Solana-based decentralized exchange, signaled on Friday that it wants to negotiate with hackers linked to North Korea. If the...

Elliptic flags $285 million Drift exploit as a likely North Korea-linked operation

Elliptic said Thursday the $285 million Drift Protocol exploit, the largest this year, carries “multiple indicators” of North Korea’s state-sponsored DPRK hacker group involvement.The...

North Carolina Lawmakers Propose State Bitcoin Reserve

North Carolina lawmakers introduced legislation on Wednesday to create a state-controlled Bitcoin reserve.  Senate Bill 327, titled the North Carolina Bitcoin Reserve...

Bitrefill blames North Korea-linked Lazarus hacker group for compromising 18,500 purchase records

Cryptocurrency payments and gift card platform Bitrefill has blamed the North Korea-linked hacking group Lazarus for a cyberattack on March 1, 2026, that compromised...

Bitrefill Discloses Cyberattack, Points To North Korea’s Lazarus Group

Crypto e-commerce platform Bitrefill said it was the target of a cyberattack earlier this month that resulted in stolen funds and limited...

US Treasury Sanctions Alleged $800 Million North Korean IT Worker Fraud Operation

The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned six individuals and two entities linked to a North Korean government scheme, which it alleged used fraudulent...