Monad ağı üzerinde çalışan DeFi protokolü Echo Protocol, hacker'ların bin adet eBTC basmasıyla 77 milyon dolar kaybetti. Çalınan fonların bir kısmı Tornado Cash'te aklanırken, saldırının operasyonel hatalardan kaynaklandığı belirtildi.
Kuzey Koreli Lazarus hacker grubunun KelpDAO saldırısı sonrası Aave'de likidite normalleşmeye başladı. Ana WETH havuzundaki likidite 448 milyon dolara ulaştı.
Crypto projects with more than $3 billion in total value locked have migrated their cross-chain infrastructure to Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) following a $292 million exploit at KelpDAO, which heightened scrutiny of bridge security across decentralized finance. Chainlink confirmed the migration wave, saying four protocols, including KelpDAO, Solv Protocol, Re, and Tydro, had begun […] The post Chainlink emerges as the unlikely $3B winner of KelpDAO exploit as DeFi projects dump LayerZero appeared first on CryptoSlate.
The rsETH crisis resulted in $200 million in bad debt on Aave's books, despite not a single line of its contracts misbehaving. On Apr. 18, attackers that Chainalysis preliminarily linked to Lazarus compromised RPC infrastructure, forced a failover to poisoned nodes via DDoS, and injected false data into a 1-of-1 DVN configuration on KelpDAO's rsETH […] The post After the $16.5 billion in exploits, DeFi is now being forced toward the controls it once resisted appeared first on CryptoSlate.
The move follows two nine-figure exploits of DeFi protocols Drift and KelpDAO in April, as DPRK hackers shift to social engineering tactics.
En seulement 4 mois en 2026, les hackers nord-coréens ont dérobé 577 millions de dollars, soit 76 % des pertes liées aux hacks crypto. Les attaques contre Drift (285 M$) et KelpDAO (292 M$) ont mobilisé des mois de préparation incluant des rencontres physiques avec des employés des protocoles. Les fonds ont été blanchis via Ethereum et THORChain, provoquant une sortie de 13 milliards des plateformes de prêt en 48 heures.
Geçtiğimiz hafta sonu yaşanan KelpDAO hack saldırısında en büyük zarar gören protokol konumundaki Aave için DeFi dünyasının adımları sürüyor. Son olarak Aavenin "kurtarılması" için oluşturulan DeFi United birliğine Consensys kurucusu Joseph Lubin de katıldı. Lubin, 30 bin ETH destek sağlayacak.
The official DeFi United site shows over 69,550 ETH raised from 222 wallets across 1,623 transfers, all aimed at restoring rsETH backing, acting as DeFi's emergency recapitalization desk. The effort is the closest thing the industry has built to a lender of last resort, assembled without a regulator, a central bank, or a mandate. Aave's […] The post DeFi lost $13B this month as the KelpDAO rescue shows both the best and worst of DeFi appeared first on CryptoSlate.
A coalition of DeFi protocols, branded 'DeFi United,' is mobilizing to cover a massive shortfall on Aave caused by the $292 million KelpDAO bridge exploit. Major players including Mantle, Lido, and individual founders are pledging assets to prevent a systemic collapse.
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KelpDAO'nun LayerZero destekli köprüsü Cumartesi akşamı hack'lendi ve saldırgan 116.500'den fazla rsETH çaldı. Saldırgan Aave'de teminat gösterdiği varlıkları son 1,5 günde 75.700 ETH'ye çevirerek 175 milyon doların üzerinde değere ulaştı. ThorChain protokolünü tercih eden hacker, kimlik doğrulama gerektirmemesi ve zincir değişiminin takibi zorlaştırması nedeniyle Bitcoin'e geçiş yapıyor. Arbitrum'da yönetimin daha önce hacker'ın 30 bin ETH'sine el koyması, Bitcoin'de böyle bir 3. taraf olmaması nedeniyle tercih sebebi.
KelpDAO'nun LayerZero destekli köprüsünden 116 binden fazla rsETH token çalındı ve kısa sürede Aave'de teminat olarak kullanıldı. Olayın ardından 4 gün içinde Aave'den 15.1 milyar dolar çekildi. DeFi sektöründe toplam kayıp 17.8 milyar dolara ulaşırken, Aave'nin TVL'si 48.5 milyar dolardan 30.7 milyar dolara düştü. Hacker 80 milyon dolarlık varlığı ThorChain üzerinden aklarken, Arbitrum yönetimi 71 milyon dolarlık varlığı dondurdu.
CoinDesk reports that KelpDAO suffered a $290 million exploit on Saturday, making it 2026's biggest crypto hack. Two blockchain servers hosted by LayerZero were compromised during the heist.
In just under three weeks, cyber operatives linked to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have stolen more than $500 million from crypto DeFi platforms. This marks a drastic escalation in Pyongyang’s state-sponsored campaign to bankroll its weapons programs through cryptocurrency theft. Drift and KelpDAO drive North Korea's over $500 million DeFi exploits Notably, […] The post North Korea hit crypto for $500M+ this month — and the $6.75 billion threat is not over yet appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Michael Saylor and Tom Lee continued to buy BTC and ETH in big size, while Aave published its incident report from the KelpDAO exploit.
The Arbitrum Security Council has frozen 30,766 ETH ($71.5 million) allegedly linked to the KelpDAO exploit that stole $292 million on April 18. The emergency action, taken after law enforcement provided information about the exploiter's identity, moved the funds to an intermediary wallet accessible only through Arbitrum governance votes. The freeze has sparked debate over layer-2 governance trade-offs between rapid security response and decentralization.
Arbitrum's emergency response to the KelpDAO exploit has sparked praise and criticism over the network's ability to freeze stolen assets.
Week-end explosif en DeFi : exploit de 293 M$ sur le bridge KelpDAO via LayerZero, 200 M$ de mauvaise dette sur Aave et un bank run massif de 8 milliards. LayerZero et Kelp s’accusent mutuellement. L’article Piratage à 293 millions : LayerZero et KelpDAO se déchirent sur les responsabilités est apparu en premier sur Journal du Coin.
Ethereum 2. katman ağı Arbitrum, cumartesi akşamı yaşanan KelpDAO saldırısıyla bağlantılı bir adres tespit etti. Güvenlik Konseyi, adresteki 30.766 ETH'ye (71.5 milyon dolar) el koyarak Ether'leri başka bir adrese transfer etti. Güvenlik güçleriyle yapılan görüşmeler sonucunda hacker'ın kimliğine ilişkin bilgiler edinildi. Uzmanlar saldırının arkasında Kuzey Koreli Lazarus hacker grubunun olduğunu iddia ediyor.
DeFi dünyası, 2022 çöküşünden bu yana en ağır dönemlerinden birini yaşıyor. KelpDAO'ya yönelik 290 milyon dolarlık zarara yol açan saldırının ardından ilk 20 zincirde toplam kilitli değer 7 milyar dolar eridi.
KelpDAO's $292 million rsETH exploit landed at the wrong moment for DeFi. Roughly $10 billion left the sector over the weekend, after confidence had already been shaken by Drift Protocol's April 1 breach and Venus's March post-mortem. That combination makes DeFi's problem harder to ignore. Open DeFi is still alive, but it is losing the case for being […] The post Six years after “DeFi Summer” is the sun already setting on the decentralized finance revolution? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
DeFi TVL fell by $13B after the KelpDAO exploit, and now the Vercel CEO is saying "highly sophisticated" actors used AI for its exploit.
LayerZero attributed the $292 million KelpDAO bridge exploit to North Korea's Lazarus Group's TraderTraitor subunit. Attackers drained 116,500 rsETH on Saturday by exploiting a single-verifier architecture, nearly stealing an additional $100 million before being stopped. The attack triggered $10 billion in withdrawals from Aave and exposed critical vulnerabilities in cross-chain bridge security.
A $292 million exploit at KelpDAO set off a broad retreat across decentralized finance over the weekend, draining roughly $10 billion across the DeFi industry and forcing multiple protocols to freeze markets tied to rsETH. The breach began late Saturday when an attacker drained about 116,500 rsETH from KelpDAO’s cross-chain bridge. The stolen tokens were […] The post DeFi users pull $10 billion out of the market as $292 million exploit sparks bank-run optics appeared first on CryptoSlate.
