North Korean hackers cleaned out this wave, leaving only 1.7 million from 220 million, with the cross-chain bridge becoming an ATM.

ME News, June 2 (UTC+8): In the Kelp DAO cross-chain bridge attack, approximately $220 million in unfrozen funds have been almost entirely laundered. On-chain analyst Arkham Intelligence tracking shows that only about $1.7 million remains in the original attacker’s wallet. The hacker is believed to be linked to North Korea and previously launched a $292 million cross-chain bridge attack targeting LayerZero in April. Funds were transferred via privacy tools such as THORChain, Wasabi, Tornado Cash, and Umbra. The approximately $71 million in Ethereum frozen by the Arbitrum Security Council on April 20 is currently the only recoverable portion. In a report released on May 18, LayerZero attributed the attack to North Korea’s TraderTraitor organization. Kelp has migrated to C…