Cryptocurrency lawyer states that the Drift incident may constitute "civil negligence"

MeNews · 2026-04-06T02:40:32+00:00

The lawyer said that the $280 million attack on Drift Protocol could have been prevented through standard security procedures and may constitute civil negligence. The attacker planned it for 6 months, hijacking developers’ devices via malicious links. The Drift team has confirmed that the attacker is linked to the earlier Radiant Capital incident.

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2026-04-06 02:40:32

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ME News message, April 6 (UTC+8). Attorney Ariel Givner said that the $280 million attack incident suffered by the Solana-based DeFi platform Drift Protocol could have been prevented through standard operating security procedures, and the conduct may constitute civil negligence. Because the Drift team failed to follow basic security procedures, including not storing signing keys in physically isolated systems and lacking due diligence on blockchain developers at industry conferences. The Drift team posted on the X platform that the attackers planned the operation for six months, first reaching out to the team in October 2025 at a major crypto industry conference. After the malicious actor built trust, they hijacked the developers’ devices through malicious links and implanted malware. Drift confirmed with medium-high confidence that the attackers behind this incident are the same group as the October 2024 Radiant Capital attack incident. A notice of a class-action lawsuit targeting the Drift Protocol has begun to circulate. (Source: ODAILY)

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