North Korean Hackers Suspected in KelpDAO Hack, DeFi Custodial Assets Plunge Over ¥2 Trillion

2026/04/20 17:05 (Updated 2026/04/21 07:00)
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North Korean Hackers Suspected in KelpDAO Hack, DeFi Custodial Assets Plunge Over ¥2 Trillion

Impact Spreads to Major Protocols Including Aave

Impact Spreads to Major Protocols Including Aave

On April 20, the cross-chain interoperability protocol LayerZero released a statement on their official X, indicating that the TraderTraitor subgroup under the North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group might be tentatively involved in the KelpDAO exploit that occurred on April 18.

Immediately following the exploit, the on-chain analysis service Lookonchain reported...

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