The Drift Protocol says that the $280+ million hack it suffered last week was the result of a long-term, carefully planned operation that included building “a functioning operational presence inside the Drift ecosystem.” […]
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North Korean Hackers Pose as Trading Firm to Steal $285M from Drift
North Korean hackers (UNC4736) posed as a trading firm for six months to infiltrate Drift Protocol, using social engineering tactics to steal $285M without suspicion.
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Managing Brand Drift: A Framework for Multi-Channel Batch Asset Production
In this post, I will talk about managing brand drift and discuss the framework for Multi-Channel batch asset production. The primary challenge for creative teams today is no longer just generating a high-quality image; it is generating a hundred high-quality images that all feel like they belong to the same campaign. When an asset moves…
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North Korea–linked hackers drain $285M from Drift in sophisticated attack
Drift lost $285M in a sophisticated attack, likely by North Korea, who used nonce-based tricks to gain control and quickly drain funds Drift suffered a $285 million cryptocurrency heist in a highly sophisticated attack likely linked to North Korea. Threat actors used durable nonce accounts to pre-sign and delay transactions, while also compromising multisig approvals…
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Drift Loses $285 Million in Durable Nonce Social Engineering Attack Linked to DPRK
Solana-based decentralized exchange Drift has confirmed that attackers drained about $285 million from the platform during a security incident that took place on April 1, 2026. “Earlier today, a malicious actor gained unauthorized access to Drift Protocol through a novel attack involving durable nonces, resulting in a rapid takeover of Drift’s Security Council administrative powers,” the&
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Drift loses $280 million as hackers seize Security Council powers
The Drift Protocol lost at least $280 million after a threat actor took control of its Security Council administrative powers in a planned, sophisticated operation. […]
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Plumber: Open-source scanner of GitLab CI/CD pipelines for compliance gaps
GitLab CI/CD pipelines often accumulate configuration decisions that drift from security baselines over time. Container images get pinned to mutable tags, branches lose protection settings, and required templates go missing. An open-source tool called Plumber automates the detection of those conditions by scanning pipeline configuration and repository settings directly. What Plumber checks Plumber reads a…