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North Korea long-con social engineering crypto theft

April 5, 2026payloadartist, The Hacker News

payloadartist jokes that Lazarus is the top web3 bug bounty hunter after describing North Korean hackers spending months building trust to steal hundreds of millions; The Hacker News details a 6-month trust-building operation before a $285M theft from Drift.

spend 6 months cosplaying as a quant fund.
make $270M from the $1M initial investmet
North Korea-linked hackers spent 6 months building trust before stealing $285M from Drift.
They posed as a trading firm, met contributors in person, deposited $1M+
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