DPRK-Affiliated Hacking Incidents Drop, but losses Increased 51% in 2025

North Korea (DPRK) state-affiliated hackers and threat actors were responsible for more than $2 billion in crypto losses in 2025, a 51% year-over-year increase, despite fewer attacks carried out by the group, according to cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. DPRK hackers represent the “largest” threat group targeting cryptocurrency users, as measured by the dollar amount of assets…

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On-call techie decided job was done and hit the bottle – just before his pager went off

Systems Lazy weekend of Grand Prix fun turned into a terrifying all-nighter ON CALL Welcome to another installment of On Call, The Register’s weekly reader-contributed column that celebrates the IT professionals who put their lives on pause to provide tech support at all hours. This week, meet a reader we’ll Regomize as “Jemaine.” In the early…

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