Crypto platform Drift Protocol has been drained of $280 million in a highly sophisticated heist, with security analysts already tying North Korea’s elite hacking units to the hit.

Posting initial details of the April 1st robbery to X, Drift said that the threat actors had gained access through a novel attack involving durable nonces, essentially reusing one‑time codes that were supposed to be temporary, “resulting in a rapid takeover of Drift’s Security Council administrative powers”.

Drift Protocol, a trading platform built on the Solana blockchain where users can make long‑term bets on crypto without actually owning the coins, said that the operation was not the result of a bug in its…