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Web3 Suffers Record Losses: North Korean Hackers and Weak Key Security Blamed

Web3 Suffers Record Losses: $3.95B to Hackers

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Written by Dario Cesaro
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Web3 platforms experienced a staggering $3.95 billion in losses in 2025, a significant increase from the previous year. A new report from Hacken highlights that over half of these losses are directly linked to North Korean threat actors, with poor key management and operational security failures being the primary drivers, rather than simple coding errors.

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