# How Crypto Companies Can Break the Breach Cycle

DevFeed: [How Crypto Companies Can Break the Breach Cycle](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-crypto-companies-can-break-the-breach-cycle-29673.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/how-crypto-companies-can-break-the-breach-cycle/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Jack Pitts)

Published: 2025-03-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [API keys](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api-keys.md>), [Critical Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/critical-infrastructure.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>)

Tags: [api-keys](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-keys.md>), [breach](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/breach.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [credentials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/credentials.md>), [critical-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/critical-infrastructure.md>), [crypto](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/crypto.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines how static API keys and stale privileges contribute to breaches at crypto companies. It describes the difficulty of applying traditional security controls to elastic, ephemeral, and dynamically provisioned infrastructure, and discusses approaches intended to improve security while maintaining engineering velocity.

## Source excerpt

North Korean hackers stole $1.9 billion using stolen API keys. Learn why static credentials keep getting compromised and how Teleport breaks the cycle.