Lazarus Group: North Korea’s Most Profitable Company
Lazarus Group: North Korea’s Most Profitable Company North Korea’s state hackers have booked an estimated $14.1B in “revenue” from crypto theft since 2017. That is about 42% of the country’s entire 2025 economy. And 2026 alone brought in $7.3B, more than 2017–2025 combined. The jackpot came on Oct 29: ~$6.3B drained from Binance, starting with one compromised laptop and including a single $2.53B ETH transfer. Elliptic calls it the largest theft of any kind in history, 4× the Bybit hack. So far $2.84B has been frozen. Blockchain analysts attribute the attack to Lazarus’ TraderTraitor unit, bu…
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