Humanity Protocol H Token Jumps 210% After Exploit

Humanity Protocol’s H token rose about 210% to roughly $0.627 on Sunday, recovering some value after a June 8 exploit. The token had plunged more than 80% on the day of the breach and its market capitalization is near $1.1 billion, placing it around 64th by market value. The wider crypto market gained about 1% over 24 hours while H’s rise far exceeded that change.

Humanity Protocol published a report from security firm Quantstamp on June 12 that traced the breach to a phishing email impersonating South Korean exchange Bithumb. According to the report, a project director opened a malicious attachment that installed remote-access malware on the device. The attackers copied private keys and executed a coordinated cross-chain operation.

Quantstamp wrote, “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.”

On-chain investigator ZachXBT confirmed that earlier “sketchy MM/OTC” trading activity was separate from the private key compromise.

Despite the price recovery, the attacker retains control of the project’s BNB Smart Chain deployment and can mint new tokens, creating an ongoing risk to H’s supply and market stability.

Trading remained volatile in the days after the theft as buyers and sellers responded to the breach. Market participants are monitoring how quickly Humanity Protocol can remove the attacker’s access and implement its recovery plan.