"Slow Fog In-Depth Discussion: Kelp DAO rsETH × LayerZero Incident Is a Concentrated Outbreak of Systemic Risks in the DeFi Lego Structure" (Author: Slow Fog Security Team, Translated by Techub News)


Slow Fog states that this incident is the most severe outbreak of systemic risk in DeFi since 2026. Its fundamental cause is not due to coding errors but because Kelp adopted a single-point trust configuration lacking redundancy (1/1 DVN).
Hackers manipulated the verification network by replacing RPC node data, successfully injecting forged messages into the target chain and extensively minting rsETH, ultimately cashing out through lending protocols like Aave. Slow Fog warns that the compositional risk in DeFi is rapidly amplifying as layers stack, and the industry urgently needs to shift from traditional code verification to comprehensive "system audits" that cover cross-chain configurations and trust chains.
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