Hyperliquid Denies North Korea Hack Amid Lazarus Group Fears
Hyperliquid, a leading crypto-derivatives platform, has rejected claims of a possible hack by North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group even as on-chain data indicates suspicious activity on the platform. “There has been no DPRK exploit- or any exploit for that matter- of Hyperliquid,” the company said on Discord. “All user funds are accounted for. Hyperliquid Labs takes OpSec seriously. No Vulnerabilities have been shared by any party. To be clear, there was never any allegation of any exploit on Hyperliquid.” Hyperliquid said it was aware of reports regarding suspicious activity linked to alleged DPRK addresses, and on-chain data indicated that North Korea-linked wallet addresses made significant ETH deposits and withdrawals from the platform on December 23. There were withdrawals exceeding $256 million in the last 30 hours, Dune analytics shows, marking Hyperliquid’s largest single-day outflow. MetaMask Researcher Slams Hyperliquid MetaMask securi...