Families holding decades-old judgments against North Korea are attempting to seize 30,765 ETH frozen on Arbitrum following last month’s rsETH exploit. The families have invoked a New York restraining notice in an effort to block Arbitrum from releasing the funds, citing alleged links between the attack and DPRK-linked hacking groups such as Lazarus.
Legal Claim and Frozen Assets
The action, announced on Arbitrum DAO forums, represents an effort by judgment holders to redirect the frozen ETH toward compensation for victims of decades-old North Korean terrorist acts. The families are leveraging the restraining notice as a legal mechanism to prevent fund release pending resolution of their claim. The connection drawn between the rsETH exploit and North Korea-linked hacking operations forms the basis for the legal intervention, though the specific details of how the restraining notice was filed or its current status remain unspecified in available reports.
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