KelpDAO suffers $290 million heist tied to Lazarus hackers

2026-04-21T07:23:31Z02134a2a8b166108189909ed52f6885ed26cfc4e960b4c046468f8d8d3ac4406
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What happened

A cluster of high-impact security incidents and trends: a $290M crypto heist against KelpDAO is attributed to North Korean Lazarus actors; 26 malicious iOS wallet apps impersonating popular wallets (MetaMask, Coinbase, Trust Wallet, OneKey) were found in China's Apple App Store stealing seed/recovery phrases; the Gentlemen ransomware affiliate is now leveraging a ~1,570‑host SystemBC botnet for bot-powered attacks; Seiko USA suffered a website defacement with alleged Shopify customer DB theft; Vercel disclosed a breach with stolen data being sold; Microsoft warns of growing abuse of Teams for外

Why it matters

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bleepingcomputer
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02134a2a8b166108189909ed52f6885ed26cfc4e960b4c046468f8d8d3ac4406
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2026-04-21T07:23:31Z
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