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North Korean operatives stole $2 billion last year—and financial firms are the next target

  • Amanda Gerut--Fortune
  • published date: 2026-05-14 12:00:00 UTC

A new CrowdStrike report shared exclusively with Fortune reveals DPRK-linked hackers tripled their attack pace in a single quarter and U.S. financial firms are in their crosshairs.

North Koreas army of cyber operatives stole a record $2 billion in digital assets last year, fueled by the largest financial theft ever reported$1.46 billion stolen in a single operation from crypto … [+8941 chars]