# Evercrest Technologies

Type: Company

Source: Cyber Intelligence Brief — https://getcyberbrief.com/entity/evercrest-technologies
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## Timeline

- **2026-09-23**: Civil claim filed — Evercrest Technologies files a notice of civil claim in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against LayerZero and Bryan Pellegrino.
- **2025-04-18**: Bridge exploit drains $292M — Attacker disables third-party nodes, causing the verifier to confirm 116,500 rsETH locked on Unichain when none were; tokens are minted unbacked. KelpDAO pauses bridges within about an hour.
- **2025-03-06**: Malware installed on developer machine — An attacker places malware on a LayerZero developer's computer and begins tampering with LayerZero nodes.
- **2025-01**: LayerZero risk statement — LayerZero says a compromised verifier could at most fail to verify a message correctly.
- **2024-03**: 1-of-1 verifier setup directed — LayerZero allegedly instructs Evercrest to use a 1-of-1 setup with LayerZero's own verifier.
- **2024-02**: LayerZero allegedly approves draft code — LayerZero tells KelpDAO's developer that its draft code is "good" and there is "[n]o problem" using the default configuration.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### $292M rsETH Hack Traces to Malware on LayerZero Dev Machine
2026-09-25 11:46:47 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

The exploit allegedly started with malware on a LayerZero developer's computer on March 6, 2025, leading to node tampering and a 1-of-1 verifier failure that minted 116,500 unbacked rsETH. The civil claim exposes supply-chain and endpoint security gaps in cross-chain bridges.
Full story: https://getcyberbrief.com/story/kelpdao-rseth-exploit-malware-layerzero

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