North Korean hackers didn't find a bug in Drift's code.


They used "durable nonces" — a legitimate Solana feature — to pre-sign $286 million in fraudulent transfers WEEKS before executing them.
Two signatures from tricked council members. Indefinitely valid transactions. Drained in under 60 seconds.
Elliptic says it's the 18th DPRK crypto op this year. $300M+ stolen in 2026 alone.
Meanwhile BTC slipped below $68K into negative gamma territory. Options market structure could turn a 5% dip into a 15-20% crash.
DRIFT-0.09%
SOL0.85%
BTC0.77%
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