North Korea’s Lazarus Group has been identified as the likely perpetrator behind the $292 million theft from Kelp DAO, a decentralized finance protocol, marking the largest DeFi exploit of 2026. The April 18 attack targeted the platform’s cross-chain bridge infrastructure, draining 116,500 rsETH tokens before spreading contagion across major lending protocols and triggering over $15 billion…

FBI Director Kash Patel has filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick, accusing the magazine of publishing false claims that he has a drinking problem jeopardizing national security. The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, follows an April 17 article alleging “conspicuous inebriation and…