CertiK Report: North Korean Hackers Cause About 60% of Digital Asset Theft by 2025, Attack Mode Shifts to 'Offline Penetration' Odaily Planet Daily News: Web3 security company CertiK has released the "Skynet North Korea Encryption Threat Report". Data shows that since 2016, North Korean hacker groups have cumulatively looted approximately $6.75 billion in digital assets. In 2025 alone, the theft losses it caused amounted to $2.06 billion, accounting for nearly 60% of the total annual losses in the global cryptocurrency industry (including the $1.5 billion Bybit theft). As of early 2026, this threat trend is still ongoing, with losses accounting for approximately 55%. The report emphasizes that the attack mode of North Korean hackers has undergone a fundamental transformation, upgrading from simply exploiting code vulnerabilities to a national level attack system that combines social engineering, deep supply chain attacks, and "physical penetration". In the recent Drift protocol incident, attackers even spent six months lurking in offline industry conferences, building trust through real funds and interpersonal communication before carrying out attacks. CertiK security experts warn that in the face of systematic attacks at this level, the purely technical defense line has become weak. Cryptocurrency institutions urgently need to fully implement the "zero trust" recruitment model, strengthen third-party supply chains, set up fund circuit breakers, and work with professional security agencies to build a full lifecycle defense system covering code auditing, 24/7 risk monitoring, and on chain anti money laundering/KYT (understand your transactions) fund tracking.