The KelpDAO incident began with a false bridge message—and became a wider DeFi credit event because the compromised asset was trusted by other protocols. The KelpDAO exploit began with a false bridge message. LayerZero provides cross-chain messaging infrastructure, which DeFi projects use to pass instructions between blockchains and facilitate cross-chain transactions. In this case, attackers manipulated the off-chain verification systems used by LayerZero to make it appear t