$290 Million Kelp DAO Crypto Heist Blamed on North Korea
The hackers targeted LayerZero’s DVN, compromising certain RPCs and DDoSing others to trigger failover to the poisoned infrastructure. The post $290 Million Kelp DAO Crypto Heist Blamed on North Korea appeared first on SecurityWeek .
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The threat involves attackers targeting LayerZero's Distributed Validator Network (DVN) by compromising some Remote Procedure Call (RPC) endpoints and performing denial-of-service attacks on others. This forced the system to failover to attacker-controlled infrastructure, enabling the theft of approximately $290 million from Kelp DAO. Attribution points to North Korean actors. There is no information on affected software versions or available patches.
Potential Impact
The attack resulted in a significant financial loss of $290 million from Kelp DAO due to compromised infrastructure failover mechanisms. The disruption of RPC services via DDoS facilitated the redirection of operations to malicious infrastructure, enabling the theft. No further impact details or broader systemic effects are provided.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Given the lack of patch or official fix information, organizations using LayerZero DVN should monitor vendor communications closely for updates. No specific mitigations are provided in the source data.
$290 Million Kelp DAO Crypto Heist Blamed on North Korea
Description
The hackers targeted LayerZero’s DVN, compromising certain RPCs and DDoSing others to trigger failover to the poisoned infrastructure. The post $290 Million Kelp DAO Crypto Heist Blamed on North Korea appeared first on SecurityWeek .
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The threat involves attackers targeting LayerZero's Distributed Validator Network (DVN) by compromising some Remote Procedure Call (RPC) endpoints and performing denial-of-service attacks on others. This forced the system to failover to attacker-controlled infrastructure, enabling the theft of approximately $290 million from Kelp DAO. Attribution points to North Korean actors. There is no information on affected software versions or available patches.
Potential Impact
The attack resulted in a significant financial loss of $290 million from Kelp DAO due to compromised infrastructure failover mechanisms. The disruption of RPC services via DDoS facilitated the redirection of operations to malicious infrastructure, enabling the theft. No further impact details or broader systemic effects are provided.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Given the lack of patch or official fix information, organizations using LayerZero DVN should monitor vendor communications closely for updates. No specific mitigations are provided in the source data.
Threat ID: 69e74e6619fe3cd2cdc490b3
Added to database: 4/21/2026, 10:16:06 AM
Last enriched: 4/21/2026, 10:16:11 AM
Last updated: 4/22/2026, 7:08:40 AM
Views: 10
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