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Elliptic: North Korea-linked crypto thefts top $1.2B in 2026

  • —Elliptic tracked over 50 North Korea-linked incidents in 2026
  • —Total stolen funds reached about $1.2 billion
  • —Some Bitget funds overlap with addresses from the $1.5B Bybit hack
  • —The Bitget attack is attributed to the TraderTraitor group
Why it matters: It confirms the systemic scale of North Korean attacks and links the Bitget breach to last year's Bybit hack, raising pressure on exchanges.
Source: PANews
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