North Korea attack victims intensify their rights protection efforts, seeking to recover the $71 million stolen assets from Aave.

Golden Finance reports that on May 6th, the proxy lawyer representing victims of North Korean terrorism currently argues that the $71 million rsETH theft incident on the Aave platform in April should be classified as fraud rather than ordinary theft, in order to maintain the court’s freeze on the involved funds.
Legal documents cite the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, claiming that the frozen Ethereum assets belong to North Korea’s state property; at the same time, they question whether the Aave platform is qualified to dispute the asset freeze—since its own terms of service state it does not control user assets.
This dispute stems from a cross-chain bridge vulnerability attack, which was attributed to the Lazarus Group of North Korea, resulting in the theft of approximately $230 million worth of assets from Aave.
The Manhattan Federal Court will hold a hearing on May 6th, and the funds raised by the decentralized finance recovery fund have already exceeded four times the amount involved in this case, which is $71 million.