{"id":51638,"date":"2025-10-08T07:01:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=51638"},"modified":"2025-10-08T07:01:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:01:39","slug":"north-korean-hackers-set-a-record-with-2-billion-crypto-heist-in-2025-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=51638","title":{"rendered":"North Korean Hackers Set A Record With $2 Billion Crypto Heist in 2025: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>North Korean hackers have stolen over $2 billion\u00a0in cryptocurrency this year, setting a new annual record, according to blockchain analysis firm Elliptic. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hackers Shift Tactics<\/h2>\n<p>The $2 billion theft surpasses the previous record of $1.35 billion set in 2022, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elliptic.co\/blog\/north-korea-linked-hackers-have-already-stolen-over-2-billion-in-2025\">blog post<\/a> published by Elliptic said. This year&#8217;s losses are largely driven by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/02\/43886224\/bybit-founder-confirms-1-4-billion-ethereum-hack-blames-masked-transaction\">February&#8217;s\u00a0$1.46 billion theft<\/a>\u00a0from cryptocurrency exchange Bybit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The known value of cryptoassets stolen by the regime now amounts to more than $6 billion, a figure that could be an underestimate, Elliptic said. <\/p>\n<p>The firm\u2019s study, which is based on over 30 hacks carried out in 2025, found that while crypto exchanges remain the main targets, hackers have &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/25\/10\/48093204\/north-korean-hackers-set-a-record-with-2-billion-crypto-heist-in-2025-report\" alt=\"North\" korean hackers set a record with billion crypto heist in report>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean hackers have stolen over $2 billion\u00a0in cryptocurrency this year, setting a new annual record, according to blockchain analysis firm Elliptic. Hackers Shift Tactics The $2 billion theft surpasses the previous record of $1.35 billion set in 2022, the blog post published by Elliptic said. This year&#8217;s losses are largely driven by February&#8217;s\u00a0$1.46 billion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-51638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}