A lawyer representing victims of North Korean terrorism has intervened in the Arbitrum DAO forum, asserting that the release of 30,765 ETH frozen after the rsETH exploit should be blocked, as it could be used to satisfy decades-old judgments against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The claims stem from various incidents, including the 1972 Lod Airport massacre and the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, where North Korea was found to have provided support or supplied weapons.
Although the plaintiffs won their cases, North Korea has never paid, and the families have been seeking to seize any available North Korean assets to satisfy their judgments. The lawyer's filing argues that the frozen ETH, linked to the Lazarus Group hacking unit, qualifies as North Korean property under U.S.
enforcement law, giving the families a senior claim on the funds. The Arbitrum DAO delegates are now faced with a difficult decision, weighing the competing interests of the rsETH depositors and the families of North Korean terrorism victims.