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Drift Protocol Exploit: Why “Social Trust” Is The Newest Cybersecurity Gap
A $285 million theft from Drift Protocol reveals how North Korean state actors used months of sophisticated social engineering—including in-person relationship building at industry conferences—to exploit human trust and bypass technical security controls. The incident demonstrates how traditional cybersecurity measures can be circumvented when threat actors invest in cultivating legitimacy, raising critical questions about insider risk, approval processes, and the convergence of remote IT worker
Crowell & Moring LLP