Question 1

Who was behind the $292 million Kelp bridge exploit?

Accepted Answer

Chainalysis linked the April 18 attackers to North Korea's Lazarus Group, who compromised RPC nodes used by LayerZero's verification network and launched a simultaneous DDoS attack to redirect traffic to poisoned infrastructure.

Question 2

What does LayerZero's founder say about KelpDAO's claims?

Accepted Answer

Bryan Pellegrino said on May 5 that KelpDAO's account is "completely untrue," asserting that Kelp originally deployed with LayerZero's default multi-DVN configuration and later manually downgraded to the 1-of-1 verifier setup that was exploited.

Question 3

Why is KelpDAO migrating from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP?

Accepted Answer

Kelp announced the migration on May 5 as a direct response to the April 18 exploit, with the new CCIP integration already visible in Kelp's GitHub repository alongside the legacy LayerZero contract.

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LayerZero founder fires back at ‘completely untrue’ KelpDAO hack claims

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LayerZero founder fires back at ‘completely untrue’ KelpDAO hack claims

One sharp brief.Every day.

One sharp brief.
Every day.