Key Highlights CertiK recorded $2.68 billion in gross crypto security losses in 2026, with five incidents accounting for almost 59% of the total. Bitget’s $387.5 million breach was the year’s largest reported crypto incident, while Bitget and Liquid Network together contributed about $706 million in losses. Elliptic said suspected North Korean hackers stole more than ...
Key Highlights North Korean hacking group WaterPlum, also known as Contagious Interview, stole at least $10.7 million by impersonating recruiters from legitimate crypto and AI companies to target software developers and IT professionals worldwide. The campaign infected over 30,000 devices across more than 100 countries and extracted funds or credentials from over 7,000 cryptocurrency wallets ...
Key Highlights A seven-nation intelligence coalition publicly attributed a global cryptocurrency theft campaign to the North Korean group WaterPlum (alias “Contagious Interview”), linking the operation to the 313 General Bureau of the Munitions Industry Department under the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea. Fake job recruitment schemes targeting software developers compromised over 30,000 ...
Kraken said compliance is central to its operations and that it uses blockchain analytics partnerships to monitor onchain activity and block assets linked to sanctioned…
Bitcoin wallets linked to the North Korean hacking group Lazarus transferred 244.148 BTC worth approximately $19.42 million, renewing attention on the group’s ongoing cryptocurrency activity….