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North Korean Hackers Break Records with $1 Billion Cryptocurrency Theft
Hackers carried out a record-breaking 20 attacks, the highest since 2016.
$428.8 million was stolen from DeFi platforms, marking a decrease from previous years.
Thursday, 25/01/2024 | 10:42 GMT
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Tareq Sikder
CryptoCurrency
Orbit Chain Confirms Hack: Loss Is Estimated at $82 Million
Hackers exploited Orbit Bridge, a bridging service of the cross-chain protocol Orbit Chain.
The developers did not officially reveal details of the loss.
Monday, 01/01/2024 | 05:19 GMT
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Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency
Security Gains in Cryptocurrency, Yet $2 Billion Lost to Scams and Hacks
The fund recovery rate surged from 2% in 2022 to an impressive 10% in the latest figures.
Ethereum faced substantial losses, losing about $1.35 billion in 170 incidents.
Wednesday, 27/12/2023 | 14:08 GMT
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Tareq Sikder
News
Are Crypto Cold Wallets Safe? Ledger Cites “Phishing Attack” behind the Hack
The hardware crypto wallet manufacturer calls the attack an “isolated incident.”
Hackers targeted a Javascript library used by DeFi platforms to connect with the hardware wallet.
Friday, 15/12/2023 | 06:57 GMT
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Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency
HTX's Troubles Continue: $258 Million Flows Out as Investors React to Cyberattack
After the exploit on November 22, HTX halted services, suffering a loss of $30 million.
Earlier, a hack resulted in the transfer of 4,999 Ether from a suspected Huobi hot wallet.
Monday, 11/12/2023 | 09:59 GMT
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Tareq Sikder
CryptoCurrency
From Binance to DeFi: Hacks, Bounties and Anonymous Security
After a Binance-linked wallet was hacked, crypto security concerns have come to the fore.
In DeFi, amid hacks and price manipulation, bounties and white hat hackers offer solutions.
Friday, 24/11/2023 | 11:00 GMT
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Sam White
CryptoCurrency
Hackers Target Crypto Gambling Platform: Stake.com Lost $41 Million
The attackers siphoned the cryptocurrencies from Ethereum, Polygon, and BSC blockchains.
Stake.com resumed deposits and withdrawals following the attack.
Tuesday, 05/09/2023 | 05:39 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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CryptoCurrency
Upbit Stops CRV Withdrawal as Curve Finance Loses Millions of Dollars to Exploit
BlockSec estimates that over $41M has been stolen from the hack.
Upbit says it wants to “ensure the safety of digital asset transactions.”
Monday, 31/07/2023 | 15:23 GMT
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Solomon Oladipupo
CryptoCurrency
Floating Point Group Halts Services After Loosing Up to $20M in Hack
The crypto broker estimates the loss to be between $15 million and $20 million.
It did not provide any details about the attack.
Thursday, 15/06/2023 | 06:45 GMT
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Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency
Atomic Wallet Users Lost $35 Million in Weekend Crypto Hack
The wallet developers claim that less than 1 percent of users were affected.
The largest five losses amounted to $17 million.
Monday, 05/06/2023 | 08:28 GMT
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Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency
Hacked Twitter Account of OpenAI CTO Promotes Crypto Scam
The tweet promoted the airdrop of a fraudulent OpenAI token.
No victims of the phishing scam came out yet.
Friday, 02/06/2023 | 07:54 GMT
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Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency
2016 Crypto Hack: Bitfinex Hid a Report that Flagged Security Flaws: OCCRP
Bitfinex allegedly failed to implement recommended technological controls.
Reacting, the crypto exchange criticized OCCRP's report as "incomplete" and "incorrect."
Friday, 26/05/2023 | 16:53 GMT
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Solomon Oladipupo
CryptoCurrency
FBI Is Reportedly Investigating 3Commas' API Leak
3Commas' CEO recently admitted to the leaked APIs.
Earlier, he denied such leaks and called some circulated leaked API databases fake.
Friday, 30/12/2022 | 06:12 GMT
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Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency
DeFi Protocol Mango Markets Manipulator Is Arrested
It was the first arrest by the US authorities for decentralized market manipulation.
He already settled with Mango Markets, paying back $67 million.
Wednesday, 28/12/2022 | 06:33 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Canadian Crypto Exchange Coinsquare Confirms Data Breach
User details like name, address, phone number and wallet address were compromised.
Passwords and held digital assets remain safe.
Monday, 28/11/2022 | 05:03 GMT
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Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency
Breaking: FTX Hacked: $1bn Drained from FTX and FTX US Accounts So Far
The hack came just hours after Sam Bankman-Fried resigned as the CEO.
Speculation is rife of an 'inside job'.
Saturday, 12/11/2022 | 07:31 GMT
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Finance Magnates Staff
Retail FX
Optus Hack: ASIC Warns Market Intermediaries against Possible 'Fraud'
Personal details of up to 10 million Optus customers were stolen.
Interestingly, the hacker assured deletion of the compromised data.
Wednesday, 28/09/2022 | 06:59 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Lost $160 Million to Hackers
Only the DeFi operations of the platform were affected.
Most of the siphoned funds were in stablecoins.
Tuesday, 20/09/2022 | 10:11 GMT
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Arnab Shome
CryptoCurrency
Over $6 Million Drained from Solana ‘Hot’ Wallets. Was ‘Luca Stealer’ Malware Involved?
Unofficial findings suggest the malware may have been used in the attack.
Bybit announced it is suspending SOL deposits and withdrawals.
Wednesday, 03/08/2022 | 08:34 GMT
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Matti Williamson
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Stablecoin Protocol Beanstalk Loses $182M in Flash Loan Attack
Hackers used flash loans to exploit the protocol.
$80 million from the siphoned proceeds were already sent to crypto mixers.
Monday, 18/04/2022 | 07:48 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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US Treasury Ties Lazarus Group to Ronin Hack, Sanctions ETH Address
Hackers siphoned $540 million worth of cryptos (at the time of the hack) from Ronin.
Anyone transacting with the sanction would risk US sanctions on themselves.
Friday, 15/04/2022 | 04:19 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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BlockFi Warns against Phishing Attacks after Vendor Data Breach
Client details of BlockFi that were stored on Hubspot were breached.
It assured that its internal systems are safe.
Monday, 21/03/2022 | 07:56 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Polygon Protocol QiDAO Exploited, At Least $13M in Crypto Stolen
Funds of the protocol’s early backers were siphoned.
User deposits are safe.
Tuesday, 08/02/2022 | 13:31 GMT
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Arnab Shome
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Hackers Steal Nearly $320 Million Worth of Crypto Assets from Wormhole
The network was exploited for 120,000 wETH.
The company is working to resolve the issue.
Thursday, 03/02/2022 | 08:32 GMT
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Bilal Jafar
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DeFi Protocol Qubit Finance Hacked, Lost $80 Million
Hackers exploited the deposit function to mint unlimited xETH.
It was the seventh-largest attack on any DeFi platform.
Friday, 28/01/2022 | 08:08 GMT
by
Arnab Shome
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