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ZachXBT

@zachxbt

Apr 8

1/ Recently an unnamed source shared data exfiltrated from an internal North Korean payment server containing 390 accounts, chat logs, crypto transactions.

I spent long hours going through all of it, none of which has ever been publicly released.

It revealed an intricate ~$1M/month scheme of fraudulent identities, forged legal documents, and crypto-to-fiat conversion.

Enjoy the findings!

2/ A DPRK IT worker had their device compromised via infostealer. Extracted data included IPMsg chat logs, fake identities, and browser history.

Digging through the IPMsg logs revealed this site being discussed:
luckyguys[.]site

An internal payment remittance platform, essentially a Discord-style messenger used by DPRK IT workers to report payments back to their handlers.

3/ The site's default password was 123456, which remained unchanged for ten users.

The user list included roles, Korean names, cities, and coded group names consistent with DPRK IT worker operations.

Three companies which appeared are currently OFAC sanctioned: Sobaeksu, Saenal, & Songkwang.

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ZachXBT

@zachxbt

Apr 3

1/ Welcome to the Circle $USDC files.

$420M+ in alleged compliance failures since 2022, including fifteen cases of the US-regulated stablecoin issuer taking minimal action against illicit funds.

2/ Circle operates USDC, a centralized stablecoin pegged 1:1 to USD, marketed as a regulated company with a robust compliance program.

Its token contract includes a freeze/blacklist function, and its terms of service explicitly state it reserves the right to restrict access for suspected illicit actors "in its sole discretion".

The company is incorporated in the US, currently headquartered in New York City, and subject to US federal / state financial regulations.

https://x.com/zachxbt/status/2039566991858794981

3/ On April 1, 2026, Drift Protocol was exploited for $280M.

The exploiter used CCTP to bridge 232M+ USDC from Solana to Ethereum across 100+ transactions over six consecutive hours. 10+ additional DeFi protocols across the Solana ecosystem were indirectly impacted.

Despite the attacker laundering funds over six consecutive hours across Circle's own native bridge, no USDC was frozen.

The attacker has been linked to DPRK by Elliptic.

Theft address:
HkGz4KmoZ7Zmk7HN6ndJ31UJ1qZ2qgwQxgVqQwovpZES

https://x.com/zachxbt/status/2039566991858794981

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ZachXBT

@zachxbt

Mar 23

1/ I uncovered a coordinated network of 10+ accounts manufacturing viral panic about war and politics to drive traffic to crypto scams.

Strategy:
>Purchase accounts with followers
>Doompost multiple times per day
>Repost content from alt accounts
>Promote fake giveaway or scam
>Change username

2/ Example: @wanglaurentceo

They started by purchasing an account with followers and use AI to create a fake Asian version of Mario Nawfal.

(User ID 1804235884826333184)

3/ Here’s related accounts reposting to boost the reach of posts about exaggerated or fake news.

This causes them to go viral each day with millions of views and thousands of likes / replies.

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ZachXBT

@zachxbt

Feb 26

1/ Meet @WheresBroox (Broox Bauer), one of the multiple @AxiomExchange employees allegedly abusing the lack of access controls for internal tools to lookup sensitive user details to insider trade by tracking private wallet activity since early 2025.

2/ Axiom is a crypto trading platform founded by Mist & Cal in 2024. After going through Y-Combinator's Winter 2025 batch, it quickly became one of the most profitable companies in the space, generating $390M+ in revenue to date.

I was retained to investigate allegations of misconduct at Axiom after receiving reports.

3/ Broox is a current Axiom senior BD employee based in New York.

In the clip Broox states he can track any Axiom user via ref code, wallet, or UID and claims he can "find out anything to do with that person".

He also describe researching 10-20 wallets initially and slowly increasing over time "so it does not look that suspicious"

In a separate clip from the same recording, Broox sets ground rules for how to request lookups from him and then says he'll send the full list of wallets.

The full recording is a private call of the group members strategizing.

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ZachXBT

@zachxbt

Jan 25

https://x.com/zachxbt/status/2014685263327351116

In case you are curious how John Daghita (Lick) was able to steal $40M+ from US government seizure addresses.

John’s dad owns CMDSS, which currently has an active IT government contract in Virginia.

CMMDS was awarded a contract to assist the USMS in managing/disposing of seized/forfeited crypto assets.

It still remains unclear at this point how John obtained access from his dad.

https://x.com/zachxbt/status/2014685263327351116

Update: The CMDSS company X account, website, & LinkedIn were all just deactivated

Update: John Daghita (Lick) began trolling again on Telegram shortly after my post

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ZachXBT

@zachxbt

Jan 23

1/ Meet the threat actor John (Lick), who was caught flexing $23M in a wallet address directly tied to $90M+ in suspected thefts from the US Government in 2024 and multiple other unidentified victims from Nov 2025 to Dec 2025.

https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1931216174903398723

2/ Earlier today John got into a heated argument with another threat actor known as Dritan Kapplani Jr. in a group chat to see who had more funds in crypto wallets.

In 'The Com' this is known as a band for band (b4b).

However the entire interaction was fully recorded.

https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1931216174903398723

3/ In part 1 of the recording Dritan mocks John however John screenshares Exodus Wallet which shows the Tron address below with $2.3M:
TMrWCLMS3ibDbKLcnNYhLggohRuLUSoHJg