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Add as a preferred source on GoogleThe FBI also linked Lazarus Group to the $620 million Ronin theft in 2022.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) attributed the $1.5 billion theft from Bybit in February 2025 to North Korea, linking the exchange breach to the country.
The FBI uses the name TraderTraitor for hackers behind the Bybit theft.
A separate FBI attribution concerned the Ronin hack in 2022. The bureau linked Lazarus Group to that theft, which was valued at $620 million.
The Oct. 31 segment relayed analysts’ suspicions of North Korean government backing and critics’ argument that tighter oversight could help restore investor confidence.
Calls held 57.96% of outstanding positions and 52.29% of 24-hour volume, while a $58,000 Deribit put topped individual-contract trading.
Darkfost put the total at $11.87 billion and compared it with 35% of North Korea’s gross national income for 2025. The analyst called a Binance-related operation the group’s most profitable.
