North Korea's Crypto Theft Tactics Are Evolving, with DeFi Being a Prime Target
Less than three weeks after hackers linked to North Korea used social engineering to breach the crypto trading firm Drift, another major exploit, this time on Kelp, has occurred. Kelp, a restaking protocol connected to LayerZero's cross-chain infrastructure, demonstrates an evolution in North Korea-linked hackers' methods, now exploiting fundamental assumptions in decentralized systems, not just …
April 20, 2026, 9:17 p.m.