A cyberattack has targeted Pepe NFT projects associated with Matt Furie, creator of the original Pepe the Frog character. According to reports, this attack was orchestrated by North Korean hackers, leading to losses totaling more than $1 million. Beyond this NFT-based focus, the breach is a jarring wake-up call for...

Meme tokens mostly live by the sword of virality and a dedicated community. A dark security cloud has recently reared its ugly head to shake this dynamic ecosystem. One North Korean hacker, or perhaps several, has made off with more than $1 million. Their bad faith efforts zeroed in on...

Web3 was going to be the next big thing, wasn’t it? Decentralized, trustless, and impervious to the whims of governments and corporations. And yet, here we are, sifting through the virtual debris of a Pepe NFT intrusion reportedly masterminded by the Hermit Kingdom. A meme coin and international espionage. Who...

The NFT space, though revolutionary and explosive, is not outside of security risks. As we saw with the recent hack of the creator of Pepe the Frog, this is a very real and emerging danger for creators. Significant threats to collectors also occur because of these breaches. These occurrences have...

The gut punch is real. We’re discussing something way beyond just a bad day for crypto, or a hiccup on the NFT front. Otherwise, we’re witnessing a major blow to the hopes of African artists, entrepreneurs and communities. They were excited about decentralized finance (DeFi) and NFTs as the new...

The recent exploit against NFT projects associated with Pepe the Frog creator Matt Furie is more than just another crypto heist. It’s a horrible, horrible, horrible, light-shining spotlight on a crisis that is systemic and that threatens the entire underpinning of the digital asset ecosystem. ZachXBT's findings, linking the attack...

A few weeks ago, we revealed how North Korean hackers leveraged campaigns related to Matt Furie, creator of Pepe the Frog. They escaped with nearly $1 million. The attack started on June 18th, 2025. It required relinquishing ownership of Furie’s Replicandy project to an externally owned address (EOA). This incident...

Pepe creator and NFT world adversary Matt Furie was… well, put it this way. When a North Korean hacking group snuck onto his project and hijacked his mission, Gov. Furie had previously collaborated and co-founded project Chainsaw to release multiple NFT collections. After their smart contracts were hacked, the project...