Someone Forged a Single Message and Walked Away With $292 Million of Restaked ETH

Apr 19, 2026 · 4 min read

Kelp DAO's rsETH bridge was drained in minutes after an attacker forged LayerZero cross-chain messages. Bad debt cascaded across Aave, Compound, and Euler. It's 2026's biggest DeFi hack — so far.