Elliptic: Serangan Drift diduga dilakukan oleh kelompok peretas Korea Utara

CoinDesk member reports that blockchain analytics company Elliptic states that Drift Protocol suffered an attack loss of $285 million, and that “multiple indications” point to the DPRK hacker group supported by North Korea. Elliptic focused on on-chain behavior, money-laundering methods, and network-layer signals, all of which align with the previously linked attacks. Elliptic’s report said: “If confirmed, this will be the 18th DPRK attack operation Elliptic has tracked this year; to date, more than $300 million has been stolen.”
From a technical perspective, Elliptic analyzed the attack as “premeditated, carefully planned,” with early test transactions and pre-arranged wallets already in place before the main attack. After the attack was carried out, the funds were quickly consolidated and transferred across chains, converted into assets with higher liquidity, resulting in a structured, repeatable money-laundering process designed to both obscure the source of funds while retaining control.
This incident involves more than ten types of assets; funds were transferred across chains from Solana to Ethereum and other networks, further highlighting the importance of cross-chain traceability. Drift Protocol is the largest decentralized perpetual contract trading platform on the Solana blockchain; since the token was hacked, it has fallen by more than 40% to about $0.06.