Hyperbridge exploited two weeks after April Fools' hack joke
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April 14, 2026
On April Fools' Day, the Hyperbridge blockchain bridge project posted a tweet claiming that the North Korean Lazarus hacking group had drained $37 million from the project. A linked blog post contained a Rickroll GIF and an explanation of "Why Hyperbridge can't be hacked".The following day, a Hyperbridge developer posted a screenshot of a blockchain transaction, writing "Lmao the uniBTC exploiter is testing Hyperbridge. I hope you have a quantum computer bro". Another commenter replied, "Rule #1 dont actively provoke attackers".About two weeks later, an attacker was able to forge a transaction to change the admin rights for the Polkadot/Ethereum bridge contract, allowing them to mint 1 billion DOT tokens. They were able to cash out about $237,000 due to limited liquidity.The April Fools' posts have since been deleted. "Hyperbridge exploited less than two weeks after April Fools’ day hack prank" , Protos Tweet by 0xMarforio
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