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Solana DEX Stabble Tells Users to Withdraw After Former CTO Is Flagged as North Korea-Linked

The newly installed team says funds are safe pending security audits.

Overview

  • Stabble asked liquidity providers to pull funds as a precaution after on-chain investigator ZachXBT linked a former CTO to a suspected North Korea-affiliated hacker identity.
  • The protocol’s total value locked fell about 62% from roughly $1.75 million to under $663,000, based on DeFiLlama data that tracks the value of assets left in a project.
  • The team said there was no exploit and explained it was acting on a message it received, describing the alerts as a step to protect user deposits.
  • Leaders said a new group took over the project about four weeks ago and plans fresh code audits and security checks before asking users to provide liquidity again.
  • The warning landed as Solana DeFi faces heightened scrutiny following a reported $285 million exploit of Drift linked to North Korea-related actors, with new security efforts announced for larger protocols.