Humanity Protocol, Kelp DAO Hacks May Be Work of Same Attacker
Summary
- Funds stolen from Humanity Protocol (H) and Kelp DAO converged into a single route, offering evidence that the same party may be behind the two hacking incidents.
- Kelp DAO suffered about $292 million in losses in an infrastructure breach targeting a LayerZero (ZRO) bridge, and the possibility was raised at the time that North Korean hacking group Lazarus was involved.
- Humanity Protocol lost about $32 million in assets in the hack, and ZachXBT said the latest fund-flow analysis provides new evidence against insider-involvement claims, though it has not yet been confirmed whether the same attacker was responsible.
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New evidence suggests the recent hacks of Humanity Protocol (H) and Kelp DAO may have been carried out by the same attacker.
Odaily reported on June 27 that on-chain sleuth ZachXBT said funds stolen from Humanity Protocol and Kelp DAO converged into a single route about an hour earlier. The transaction trail, he wrote, is new evidence suggesting the two breaches may have been carried out by the same party.
Kelp DAO suffered about $292 million in losses on April 18 in an infrastructure compromise targeting a LayerZero (ZRO) bridge. At the time, industry participants raised the possibility that North Korean hacking group Lazarus was behind the attack.
Humanity Protocol was hacked on June 9, with about $32 million in assets stolen.
ZachXBT said the latest fund-flow analysis provides new evidence against earlier theories of insider involvement. It has not been officially confirmed, however, that the same hacker was behind both incidents.
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