North Korea (DPRK)

ForkLog 12.05.2026

CertiK Reports on North Korea’s ‘Industrialization’ of Crypto Theft

Hacker groups linked to North Korea have turned cryptocurrency theft into a large-scale state operation with their own money laundering infrastructure and a network of IT agents, according to analysts at CertiK.

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ForkLog 34 06.05.2026

Lawyers Reclassify North Korean Hack of Kelp as Credit Fraud

Lawyers for North Korean victims have changed their legal argument in the dispute over 30,766 ETH, which the Arbitrum team froze after the Kelp hack.

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ForkLog 60 05.05.2026

Aave Seeks Court Order to Release 30,000 ETH Seized by Hackers

The Aave team filed an emergency motion in a US federal court to lift the freeze on 30,766 ETH blocked by Arbitrum after the Kelp hack.

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ForkLog 50 04.05.2026

North Korea Dismisses Accusations of Cryptocurrency Hacks as ‘Absurd Slander’

North Korea's Foreign Ministry has rejected allegations of the country's involvement in cryptocurrency thefts. A ministry representative described media reports as a "political tool" of the United States.

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ForkLog 56 22.04.2026

Cybersecurity Experts Warn of New Wave of North Korean Hacker Attacks

Lazarus Group has discovered a new method of infiltrating victims' systems through ordinary work calls, according to cybersecurity expert Mauro Eldritch.

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ForkLog 88 20.04.2026

Investors pull more than $8.6bn from Aave after Kelp hack

Over two days Aave’s TVL plunged from $26.3bn to $17.7bn, according to DefiLlama.

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ForkLog 134 17.04.2026

Ethereum Foundation Scholar Uncovers 100 North Korean IT Agents in Web3 Firms

The Ketman project, funded by the ETH Rangers program, identified a hundred North Korean IT specialists working in crypto companies under false identities over six months.

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ForkLog 164 09.04.2026

Password ‘123456’ exposes a DPRK IT-worker network in crypto

North Korean IT specialists pose as ordinary developers to join crypto projects they later try to hack, said on-chain sleuth ZachXBT.

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ForkLog 85 06.04.2026

North Korean Agents Secretly Developed Code for Leading DeFi Projects for Seven Years

North Korean IT specialists have been integrating into DeFi projects for at least seven years, stated MetaMask developer Taylor Monahan.

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ForkLog 69 05.04.2026

Drift Protocol Reveals Details of $280 Million Hack

The cyberattack on Drift Protocol was described as a "structured infiltration operation requiring organizational support, significant resources, and several months of meticulous preparation."

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ForkLog 196 03.04.2026

North Korean Hackers Linked to $280 Million Drift DeFi Protocol Breach

North Korean group Lazarus (TraderTraitor) has been identified as responsible for the $280 million breach of the DeFi protocol Drift, according to experts from Diverg, TRM Labs, and Elliptic.

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ForkLog 167 03.03.2026

Hackers Pose as Venture Capitalists to Target Crypto Specialists

Analysts at Moonlock Lab have uncovered a large-scale attack on Web3 developers and crypto specialists. Hackers disguise themselves as venture capitalists.

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