LayerZero Points to Kelp's Security Setup as Cause of $290 Million Exploit, Links Attack to North Korea's Lazarus Group
LayerZero has attributed the $290 million exploit of Kelp DAO to Kelp's own security configuration, stating that the protocol's single-verifier setup, which LayerZero had warned against, was the primary cause of the vulnerability. The attack, which LayerZero believes with preliminary confidence was carried out by North Korea's Lazarus Group and its TraderTraitor subunit, involved the compromise o…
April 20, 2026, 5:01 a.m.