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Wonderland reveal and Wormhole hacked, Jan. 28–Feb. 4
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance newsletter. It’s been a tumultuous week of doxxing, hacks, bailouts and new highs in the decentralized finance space. Read on to ...
Wormhole restores hacked $300M through VC funding in largest ever DeFi bailout
The decentralized finance space experienced its first major setback of the year on 3 February when over $321 million in Ether were stolen from the cross-chain network Wormhole. While it was not the fi...
$2 million in crypto recovered from hacked Trezor wallet
Three years after it became apparent that Dan Reich couldn’t access his Trezor One hardware wallet, a computer engineer and hacker, Joe Grand, has come to his rescue. Trevor one owner loses access to...
Cross-Chain Crypto Platform Hacked for Staggering $320,000,000 Worth of Ethereum (ETH)
A Solana-based blockchain bridge has been hacked to the tune of $320,000,000 worth of leading altcoin Ethereum (ETH). Wormhole, a cross-chain platform that allows users to transfer crypto assets betwe...
Solana’s Wormhole bridge gets hacked for $200 million (80K ETH)
The popular Solana Wormhole bridge has just fallen victim to hackers at an exploit of 80K ETH (212.3 million). According to Etherscan, 80,000 in Wrapped ETH (WETH) was transferred into the hacker’s wa...
Qubit Finance Crypto Platform Hacked; A Lot of Money Is Gone
It’s happened again, folks. Another crypto hack is in the books and a lot of money has been stolen. This time, the victim is a digital currency platform known as Qubit Finance, a defi trading arena. T...
Binance Smart Chain, Ethereum Crypto Bridge Hacked for $80 Million
An exploit in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Qubit Finance enabled one hacker to walk away with $80 million in stolen crypto yesterday. The specific smart contract flaw that enabled the attack...
Binance Smart Chain Protocol Qubit Finance Hacked For $80M
Key Takeaways A hacker has stolen 206,809 BNB worth $80 million from Qubit Finance. The hacker exploited a vulnerability on the protocol’s Ethereum bridge. The Qubit team has offered a bounty of...
DeFi Protocol Qubit Finance Hacked, Lost $80 Million
Qubit Finance, a Binance Smart Chain-based decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, was recently attacked, resulting in the theft of more than $80 million worth of cryptocurrencies Cryptocurrencies ...
Bitcoin Could Be Hacked with Extremely Powerful Quantum Computers, British Researchers Say
Alex Dovbnya British researchers argue that hacking Bitcoin with quantum computers could be possible in the future Mark Webber, a quantum physicist at the University of Sussex, argues that breaking Bi...
Russian crypto exchange Latoken hacked by former “disgruntled employee”
The Twitter account of Russian exchange Latoken has been hacked by a hacker who has shared content on Twitter claiming the cryptocurrency exchange is a scam. Latoken is a crypto exchange that was foun...
String Of Leading Crypto Youtube Channels Hacked With ‘One World Cryptocurrency’ Scam Video
Earlier this morning, a mysterious video called “One World Cryptocurrency” was posted across numerous popular crypto/ finance YouTube channels – without the owners’ permission. The video has all the a...
30 YouTube Channels Hacked; Is it Another Reason for Bloggers to Switch to Decentralized Streaming Platforms?
Jan 24, 2022 at 12:12 // News Numerous YouTube accounts were hacked on January 23. Anonymous scammers used them to stream a video about a fake giveaway designed to trick users into giving away money. ...
Crypto exchange’s Twitter gets hacked by ‘disgruntled employee’
The Twitter account of the Russian crypto exchange Latoken seems to have been breached by a hacher that started posting allegations that the exchange is a scam. According to the posts, the exchange is...
YouTube Accounts of Several Crypto Influencers Hacked
The official YouTube channels of several top cryptocurrency influencers were hacked on Sunday to post unauthorized videos and asking for cryptocurrencies from followers. The compromised YouTube channe...
400 Accounts of Crypto.com Hacked, CEO Confirms all Affected Clients Reimbursed
Kris Marszalek, CEO of Crypto wallet provider and trading platform Crypto.com, confirmed at least 400 accounts have been hacked, saying he would be more than willing to share information about Tuesday...
Crypto.com Hot Wallet Hacked, No Funds Lost Says the Exchange
In a blow to its public image, Crypto.com, the most prominent digital bank in the Asia-Pacific region, was hacked, leaving some customers reporting losses between 2-5 ETH. A small proportion of the Cr...
MultiChain users at risk of Getting Hacked, as Six Cross-Chain Tokens Experiences Vulnerability
Multichain (previously Anyswap), a Cross-chain Router Protocol (CRP) that allows for on-chain asset interoperability, has warned its users that they might be at risk of getting hacked. To forestall th...
Animoca Brands’ Lympo NFT platform hacked for $18.7 million
Sports NFT minting platform and Animoca Brands subsidiary Lympo suffered from a hot wallet security breach and lost 165.2 million LMT tokens worth $18.7 million at the time of the hack. A short Medium...
Electric Car Owner Says His Hacked Tesla Model 3 Mined up to $800 a Month Mining Ethereum – Mining Bitcoin News
According to the 2018 Tesla Model 3 owner, Siraj Raval, he mined up to $800 a month in crypto assets with his hacked-out electric car. Similarly, Chris Allessi, the owner of a Tesla Model S tethered a...
LCX Exchange Hacked, $6.8M Transferred to Hackers Wallet
Crypto hacks continue as we enter 2022, with Peckshield recording losses of $6.8M in Ethereum-based tokens from Liechtenstein-based LCX AG. LCX AG has suffered a security breach that has seen one of i...
“Elon Musk” Dogecoin Scam Promoted by Hacked Twitter Account of Indian Medical Association
Alex Dovbnya Elon Musk impostors highjacked some major Indian Twitter accounts The official Twitter account of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) was compromised by Elon Musk impersonators on Sunday...
India: Three institutional handles hacked, renamed to ‘Elon Musk’ to promote crypto
Less than a month after Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was hacked, major institutional handles in India were reportedly renamed “Elon Musk” over the weekend. Following which, screensh...