The DAO is a organization tracked across 2 threat clusters and 2 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed December 24, 2025; most recent activity February 2, 2026.
The DAO was the original decentralized autonomous organization on Ethereum, created to fund ventures through on-chain governance. It gained notoriety after a recursive-call vulnerability led to a multi-million ETH loss and a controversial Ethereum hard fork to restore funds, establishing a foundational cautionary tale about smart contract security and DeFi governance. Its case remains a key reference in cybersecurity for smart contract risk, governance failure modes, and incident response in decentralized ecosystems.
Gnosis Chain executed a hard fork to recover $9 million stolen during the Balancer hack in November 2025. The hard fork effectively blocked the hacker's access to the stolen funds and restored them to users. This…
The DAO, a significant project in Ethereum's history, is re-emerging by establishing a security fund worth $220 million. This fund is sourced from over 75,000 Ether that remained unclaimed after the infamous hack in…