CertiK: North Korea has become a $6.75B problem for the crypto industry
May 13, 2026
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by Hannah Collymore
for CryptoPolitan

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CertiK estimates North Korean hackers have stolen roughly $6.75 billion in crypto since 2016. The scale underscores major security risks for crypto infrastructure, increasing scrutiny on exchanges, CEX/DeFi protocols and bridges and posing downside risk to market trust and adoption.
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CertiK estimates North Korean hackers have stolen $6.75 billion in crypto since 2016.