#PEPE‏ ChainCatcher reports that on platform X, on-chain researcher ZachXBT stated: the creator of Pepe, Matt Fury, and projects associated with his platform ChainSaw, such as Replicandy and Peplicator, were attacked in mid-June, likely due to accidental hiring of North Korean IT specialists.

The attackers gained control over the contract permissions for issuing and selling NFTs, causing the minimum price to drop to zero. Preliminary total losses exceed 1 million dollars, of which about 310,000 dollars were stolen from projects related to ChainSaw.