On April Fools' Day, the Hyperbridge blockchain <button class="define-target" id="bridge">bridge</button> project posted a tweet claiming that the North Korean Lazarus hacking group had drained $37&nbsp;million from the project. A linked blog post contained a Rickroll GIF and an explanation of "Why Hyperbridge can't be hacked".<p>The following day, a Hyperbridge developer posted a screenshot of a blockchain transaction, writing "Lmao the uniBTC exploiter is testing Hyperbridge. I hope you have a quantum computer bro". Another commenter replied, "Rule #1 dont actively provoke attackers".</p><p>About two weeks later, an attacker was able to forge a transaction to change the admin rights for the Polkadot/Ethereum bridge contract, allowing them to mint 1&nbsp;billion DOT tokens. They were able to cash out about $237,000 due to limited liquidity.</p><p>The April Fools' posts have since been deleted.</p>

"Hyperbridge exploited less than two weeks after April Fools’ day hack prank"

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