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North Korean Hackers Pose as Trading Firm to Steal $285M from Drift

  • Deeba Ahmed--HackRead
  • published date: 2026-04-06 11:09:26 UTC

North Korean hackers (UNC4736) posed as a trading firm for six months to infiltrate Drift Protocol, using social engineering tactics to steal $285M without suspicion.

Drift Protocol reveals that a North Korean state-linked group spent six months posing as a trading firm to execute a $285 million hack. Read about how the attackers managed to compromise the protocol… [+3440 chars]