SEOUL, April 22 (UPI) -- North Korean-linked hackers were likely behind the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency over the weekend, a blockchain technology firm said, marking the latest in a series of high-profile cyber heists tied to Pyongyang.
KelpDAO, a decentralized finance platform that allows users to earn yield on crypto deposits, confirmed Tuesday its systems were breached in an April 18 attack that siphoned digital assets from its platform.
The company said a token linked to the Ethereum cryptocurrency was drained through a forged cross-chain message after parts of the underlying infrastructure were compromised.
The system relies on LayerZero, a blockchain interoperability protocol that enables communication between different networks.
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