OKX DEX aggregator suspended as Lazarus Group attempts attacks

After the discovery of an attempted attack on the Lazarus group in North Korea, OKX temporarily suspended its decentralized trade aggregator service.

The exchange made the announcement On March 17, citing safety problems and the need to correct the incomplete marking on blockchain explorers. According to their official declaration, the suspension will allow the OKX Dex aggregator to deploy new safety measures to avoid new abusive use.

“Recently, we have detected a coordinated effort from the Lazare group to abuse our DEFI services. At the same time, we have noticed an increase in competitive attacks aimed at undermining our work, “said OKX in his blog article. The exchange added that he had consulted the regulators before taking this stage.

Although the aggregator DEX is interrupted, the portfolio services remain available, although the creation of new portfolios is temporarily limited in certain markets. OKX has already implemented a certain number of safety improvements, such as real -time monitoring to stop malware in its centralized exchange and a pirate address detection system for its Dex Web3 aggregator.

In order to ensure that real dexals treatment transactions are identified rather than their aggregator, the platform has also said that it collaborates with blockchain explorers to rectify an incomplete labeling.

Despite the temporary suspension, OKX stressed that its web3 service is only a Dex aggregator and not a user active guard. The exchange further strengthens its security by implementing real -time monitoring systems to identify and block pirate addresses.

The Lazare group was linked to several cyber attacks targeting cryptocurrency platforms, including February 21, $ 1.5 billion hack. In their latest wave of attacks targeting the developers, the group has deployed six new malware packages on the node package manager platform for fly Identification creation and portfolio data.

Pirates also used false zoom calls to deceive the founders of cryptography in downloading malware. More than $ 1.3 billion in cryptocurrency were stolen by North Korean hackers in 47 attacks in 2024, which more than doubled the amount stolen The previous year, according to the analysis channel.