Home›Crypto›Market Structure›Humanity Protocol to refocus on operational security a…

Humanity Protocol to refocus on operational security after $36M hack

The June exploit was linked to a compromised employee laptop, after certain production keys from the mainnet launch were backed up there.

Reported · Written up by our desk · Market Structure

Humanity Protocol said its founder will shift the company’s cybersecurity focus to operational security after a June exploit that enabled attackers to steal $36 million in Humanity tokens, according to Cointelegraph.

Terence Kwok said the breach traced back to a compromised employee laptop, where production keys from last year’s mainnet launch had been inadvertently backed up. He cited admin hot wallet keys and a quorum of multisig owner keys across both chains as part of what was stored on the device.

Kwok said the incident reflects a broader change in hacking tactics, with malicious actors increasingly targeting staff-level vulnerabilities and operational shortcomings rather than only exploiting smart contract code.

Cointelegraph also cited Quantstamp, which attributed the phishing-based delivery of malware to North Korea-linked threat actors and noted that phishing has driven most of the first quarter crypto losses, totaling $508 million, alongside a broader April tally of $578 million tied to those actors.

More like this

Sources