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Solana Drift Protocol drained of $285M via fake token and governance hijack


A fake token worth a few thousand dollars turned into a $285 million drain on Drift Protocol in 12 minutes. Attackers hijacked governance through durable nonces and social engineering. TRM Labs and Elliptic point to North Korea.

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