Breaches
KelpDAO Loses $290 Million in Cross-Chain Exploit as Lazarus Group Indicators Emerge
Attackers have drained approximately $290 million from KelpDAO in one of the largest DeFi exploits of 2026, targeting the protocol's rsETH liquid restaking configuration through a sophisticated infrastructure-level attack that bypassed verification controls without compromising private keys or exploiting a direct protocol flaw. The attack targeted the