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

BlockBeats news, November 3 - According to TRM Labs, FBI advisories, and trading platform announcements, from 2022 to 2026, there were 12 cryptocurrency theft incidents involving North Korea-backed hackers or suspected links, with total losses amounting to 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, WazirX stolen $235 million. Additionally, 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 being carried out by TraderTraitor, while the other 8 cases are mostly attributed to the Lazarus group. The above amounts are converted based on valuations at the time of the incidents, and only some major cases are included, not a complete loss tally of all related cases.