Inside North Korea's hacker pipeline: hand-picked prodigies stealing crypto for Pyongyang
- —North Korea's state cyber force numbers about 8,400, mostly under the Reconnaissance General Bureau
- —Chainalysis: North Korea stole ~$2.02 billion in 2025 out of $3.4 billion globally
- —Attacks target employees via fake recruiters, hiring tests and developer laptops
- —UN panel: cyber activity accounts for roughly half of North Korea's foreign currency income
Why it matters: Employee-focused attacks and fake IT workers remain the biggest threat to exchanges and custodians.
Source: 動區 BlockTempo