Evercrest Technologies Inc., the company operating KelpDAO, filed a civil lawsuit in British Columbia on September 24, 2026, against LayerZero Labs Ltd. and its co-founder and CEO, Bryan Pellegrino, over the April 18 exploit that drained 116,500 rsETH, then worth about $292 million, through KelpDAO's LayerZero-based bridge. Evercrest alleges LayerZero failed to disclose weaknesses in its technology and protect security infrastructure, while KelpDAO says LayerZero had reviewed and approved its deployment and configuration in writing. LayerZero has attributed the incident to KelpDAO's use of a single-verifier Decentralized Verifier Network configuration, which allowed a forged cross-chain message to pass after attackers compromised LayerZero's off-chain infrastructure. The case is recorded at Vancouver Law Courts under file number 267169. KelpDAO later moved its bridge toward Chainlink CCIP, and Aave said it restored rsETH backing in full by June 1 through transfers totaling 116,131.72 rsETH.