Decentralized finance company Drift has temporarily suspended withdrawals and deposits following a security breach that has resulted in significant losses. The platform acknowledged an ongoing attack and is actively working to address the situation.
According to blockchain security firm CertiK and crypto analytics firm Arkham, hackers have potentially stolen between $136 million and $285 million in cryptocurrency. If these figures are accurate, this incident could become one of the largest crypto thefts of 2026 so far, as reported by the Rekt leaderboard, a platform tracking crypto thefts by magnitude.
The perpetrators behind the attack remain unidentified, and Drift has yet to provide further details regarding the breach. In the past, security experts have attributed numerous crypto thefts to North Korea, which reportedly amassed over $2 billion in stolen digital assets to fund its nuclear weapons program and evade international financial restrictions.
Source: TechCrunch