Odaily Planet Daily News Crypto Detective ZachXBT posted on the X platform that his investigation found that since January 1, 2025, more than $16.58 million in payments have flowed to North Korean IT personnel hired as developers by various projects and companies, with an average of $2.76 million per month. Based on a monthly salary of $3,000-8,000 per person, it is equivalent to at least 345 to 920 positions being infiltrated. In one of the six clusters he monitored, he successfully tracked down 8 North Korean information technology workers who served in more than 12 projects, and the payment address funds flowed to two aggregated addresses.