KelpDAO $290M Exploit Linked to Suspected Lazarus Group Attack

The post KelpDAO $290M Exploit Linked to Suspected Lazarus Group Attack appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News KelpDAO suffered a $290M exploit on April 18, 2026, after attackers used a highly targeted cross-chain message spoofing attack. According to post-incident analysis, North Korea’s Lazarus Group is the likely source. The attackers compromised and poisoned RPC nodes used by LayerZero’s DVN system, then triggered a DDoS to force failover to malicious nodes, allowing fake …