Hackers stole more than $2.7 billion in cryptocurrency in 2025, setting a new annual high, based on estimates from blockchain-tracking firms including Chainalysis and TRM Labs. The losses came from attacks on centralized exchanges, decentralized finance (DeFi) projects, and other Web3 platforms.<\/p>\n
The largest single incident involved Bybit, a Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange, which disclosed a breach that drained about $1.5 billion worth of Ethereum (ETH) from one of its wallets. Bybit said the unauthorized transfer occurred during a wallet operation and told customers their assets were backed, even as the company worked with security partners to trace the funds.<\/p>\n
U.S. authorities later tied the Bybit theft to North Korean cyber actors. In a public notice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said the group it tracks as \u201cTraderTraitor\u201d was responsible for the $1.5 billion theft and had already begun converting and dispersing the stolen assets across thousands of blockchain addresses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 2025 total builds on a multi-year pattern of large-scale crypto breaches, with industry trackers citing continued pressure on security across exchanges and smart-contract systems as digital-asset activity expands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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