Arbitrum just rugged the North Koreans for $71M – possibly the most important DeFi recovery of 2026

Rickler Feed (@rickler_feed), Apr 21, 2026, 05:02 UTC

Arbitrum just rugged the North Koreans for $71M – possibly the most important DeFi recovery of 2026 This night Arbitrum's Security Council forcibly moved 30,766 ETH (~$71M) out of the KelpDAO exploiter's wallet on Arbitrum One – without the attacker's private key, without a reorg, without rewriting history. The mechanism: an ArbitrumUnsignedTxType (EIP-2718 type 0x65) – privileged ArbOS system tx only the chain itself can inject through the sequencer, controlled by the 12-of-N Security Council. The attacker's key still signs – but the chain moved the ETH. Functionally a state-level clawbac…

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