Humanity Protocol H Token Rises 210% After June 8 Exploit

Humanity Protocol’s H token rose about 210% on Sunday to near $0.627 after collapsing more than 80% on June 8 following a security breach. The token’s market value reached about $1.1 billion, placing it around 64th by market capitalization. The broader crypto market gained about 1% over the same 24 hours.

Humanity Protocol published findings on June 12 from security firm Quantstamp tracing the breach to a phishing email that impersonated a South Korean exchange. A company director opened a malicious attachment that installed remote-access malware on the device. The attacker copied private keys and carried out a coordinated cross-chain operation to move funds.

Quantstamp detailed technical indicators it says are characteristic of North Korean-affiliated intrusions. The report stated: “The tooling and tradecraft point to DPRK involvement. The Hancom-signed loader, the use of Stas’m RDP Wrapper, binaries disguised as Microsoft Defender’s Network Inspection Service, and a hidden GuestUser profile are all patterns Quantstamp describes as characteristic of North Korean intrusions.”

An on-chain investigator, ZachXBT, confirmed that suspicious market-making and over-the-counter trading activity observed after the exploit was not connected to the key compromise itself.

Quantstamp’s report notes the attacker still controls the protocol’s BNB Smart Chain deployment and can mint tokens on that chain. Humanity Protocol published a recovery plan intended to contain the threat. Investigators and the project’s developers are working to lock down affected deployments and trace stolen assets.