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# UNC4736 (Citrine Sleet / Gleaming Pisces)
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**Type:** Organization (Threat Actor)
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**Status:** Active
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**Domain:** Internet Finance
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**Also Known As:** AppleJeus, Golden Chollima
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**Attribution:** North Korean state-sponsored
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## Overview
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UNC4736 is a North Korean state-sponsored threat actor group specializing in cryptocurrency theft through sophisticated social engineering and supply chain attacks.
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## Timeline
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- **2025-10** — Began six-month social engineering campaign against Drift Protocol, posing as quantitative trading firm. Attended crypto conferences, deposited $1M+ to build credibility, integrated Ecosystem Vault for privileged access.
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- **2026-04-01** — Executed $285M Drift Protocol exploit using compromised multisig keys obtained via malicious TestFlight app and VSCode/Cursor IDE vulnerability. Used Solana durable nonce feature to maintain transaction validity for 8+ days.
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- **2026-04** — TRM Labs traced fund flows back to Radiant Capital attackers, confirming connection to previous DeFi exploits. |