Hacker Changes Heart, Returns $21M Bitcoin to South Korea:

Authorities requested local exchanges to freeze the hacker’s wallet to prevent liquidation.

Crypto theft totaled $3.4 billion in 2025, with North Korea-linked actors responsible for $2 billion.

South Korean prosecutors said they recovered 320.88 Bitcoin this week after the cryptocurrency was returned to an official wallet. At the time of writing, the coins were worth about $21.3 million, according to The Chosun Daily.