INSIGHT: North Korean operatives reportedly met Drift Protocol staff in person for months before siphoning $285M in record social engineering hit

INSIGHT: North Korean operatives allegedly spent months building trust through in-person meetings with Drift Protocol employees before stealing $285M, described as the largest social engineering attack ever recorded against a crypto protocol. North Korean hackers are responsible for 76% of total crypto hack losses in 2026, according to @TRMlabs.