TL;DR Breakdown An on-chain sleuth may have found the actors behind the majority of NFT Discord hacks. About 18 hacking incidents in the Ethereum ecosystem resulted in a total loss of $636 million. Th...
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Axie Infinity Hackers Still Laundering The Theft Funds Amid US Sanctions
Last Month, Axie Infinity got Sniped by attackers who inflicted approximately $600 Million in damage. But apparently, the hackers are not yet done with their unethical acts. It is to look ...
Hackers Infiltrate Popular Web3 Lifestyle App, Stepn
– Advertisement – Blockchain security firm alerts crypto users about Stepn phishing sites. Popular blockchain security firm, Peckshield, has revealed that there are now several phishing ...
Binance CEO says exchange seized $5.8 million from Axie hackers
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, CEO of the Binance crypto exchange, said his team was able to seize $5.8 million from North Korean hackers who last month stole $600 million from the Axie Infinity play-to-earn ga...
Binance Recovered $5.8 Million From the Axie Inifity Hackers, Says CZ
Binance’s CEO reported earlier today that the company recovered nearly $6 million out of the $600 million stolen in the hack against the Ronin Network. These are among the first funds on the move sinc...
FBI, US Treasury Department Warn About North Korean-Backed Crypto Hackers
Leading American agencies, including the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Treasury Department, alerted that North Korean-sponsored hackers seek to exploit cryp...
Danger In Crypto, U.S. Warn Of Surge In Attacks By Hackers
Several U.S. federal agencies issued a joint warning about an increase in crypto-related hackings. Posted as an alert by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau...
DeFinance Founder Warns Top Crypto Organisations Of North Korean Hackers
Arthur Cheong, the founder of DeFinance Capital, says North Korean hackers are attacking big crypto organizations. Cheong has partnered with a cybersecurity expert, Jun Hao, to understand the situati...
FBI Issues Alert Concerning Malicious State-Sponsored North Korean Hackers Targeting Crypto Firms – Bitcoin News
On April 18, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Treasury Department, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) report co...
Cybersecurity agency issues warning over North Korean hackers 1
TL; DR Breakdown Cybersecurity firm warns crypto market about hackers The outfit wants a conscious approach to security Hackers stole $400 million in 2021 Cybersecurity outfit CSIA, in conjunction wit...
North Korean hackers are targeting leading crypto organizations
Arthur Cheong, the founder of DeFiance Capital, believes North Korean hackers are actively looking to compromise top crypto organizations. He shared this information through a tweetstorm on April 15, ...
Sanctioned Crypto Wallet Linked to North Korean Hackers Keeps On Laundering
CoinDesk has not been able to confirm when the oracle integration went live. Either way, it only affects Tornado Cash’s front-end, meaning savvy users can still interact with the smart contracts power...
Who Are The Hackers Behind $625 Million Crypto Theft?
The Lazarus Group has operated for more than 10 years with the North Korean government’s blessing, stealing and laundering more than $200 million in cryptocurrencies every year since 2018. getty...
North Korean Hackers Behind $600,000,000 Attack on Axie Infinity (AXS), According to U.S. Treasury
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is indicating that North Korean hackers appear to be behind the massive $600 million hack on an Axie Infinity (AXS) bridge last month. The Office of Foreign Assets ...
Lazarus Hackers from North Korea get linked to the $625M Crypto Theft
TL;DR Breakdown A few weeks back, a staggering $625 million was wiped from the Ronin Bridge. The US Treasury Department accuses the Lazarus Group of being involved in the crypto theft. Ronin Bridge co...
North Korean Hackers Linked to $615M Ronin Bridge Heist
The Lazarus hacking group in North Korea has been linked with the crypto industry’s largest-ever hack according to the U.S. Treasury and blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. The U.S. Treasury and FB...
US Treasury Connects North Korean Hackers to $622M Axie Infinity Exploit
In brief The U.S. Treasury added an Ethereum wallet address to its sanctions list today, tying it to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. It’s the same address tied to last month’s $622 mill...
US Officials Tie North Korea’s ‘Lazarus’ Hackers to $625M Crypto Theft
“Identification of the wallet will make clear to other VC actors, that by transacting with it, they risk exposure to US sanctions. This demonstrates Treasury’s commitment to use all available au...
Hackers exploit WonderHero NFT game, WND plummets 50%
TL;DR Breakdown A hacker has broken into WonderHero, a well-known multi-platform GameFi for iOS and Android devices that is thought to be a hack with a private key. The WND token’s value plummeted by ...
Crypto Hackers Mark Successful First Quarter. Here’s How Much They’ve Made
Crypto hackers have been making off with billions of dollars from the market every year. These hackers who find vulnerabilities in the products being used by investors have been known to cart away hun...
Hackers Stole Over $1.22 Billion From DeFi Market This Year Alone
The DeFi market lost over $1.22 billion to hackers in the first three months of 2022 alone, according to bug bounty platform Immunefi. The figure is nearly eight times more than the $154 million lost ...
Inverse Finance loses $15.6 million to hackers
TL; DR Breakdown Inverse Finance suffers breach The hacker breached the platform through Keep3r Inverse Finance wants to create a new Oracle Hackers have continued to run riot in the crypto sector des...
Hackers Steal $15.6 Million From Ethereum-Based Lending Protocol Inverse Finance
Hackers are at it again, and this time an open-source protocol for lending becomes the latest victim. Inverse Finance, a borrowing technology built on top of the Ethereum blockchain, said Saturday tha...
How hackers and geopolitics could derail the planned energy transition
This image shows an onshore wind turbine in the Netherlands. Mischa Keijser | Image Source | Getty Images Discussions about the energy transition, what it means and whether it’s actually underwa...
Hackers Rob $600 Million in Crypto Heist
Hackers have stolen $600 million from a blockchain network that is connected to the Axie Infinity online game. It is one of the biggest cryptocurrency attacks. A computer called nodes operated by Axie...
Russian Hackers Target NATO And Eastern European Militaries, Google Says
Topline Russian hackers accused of targeting U.S. and Ukrainian organizations have set their sights on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and multiple Eastern European countries, Google’s Threat A...
Crypto hackers steal over $700 million from Ethereum blockchain in 2022 Q1
Crypto hacks continues at alarming rate this year The Ethereum Blockchain has recorded the most attacks this year. Industry players look to lawmakers to curb crypto hacks. The first quarter of 2022 ha...
Hackers Snatch $600 Million From Axie Infinity’s Ronin Bridge
As per official Twitter channel for Ronin network and official Discord of Axie Infinity, they received damage of $612 Million by hackers. Attacker utilized private keys to make fraudulent withdrawals,...
Axie Infinity developers’ Ronin Network loses $615 million to hackers
Ronin Network, an Ethereum-based sidechain created by Axie Infinity developer Sky Mavis to support its popular non-fungible token-based game, was exploited by an unknown hacker (or a group) and lost r...
Hackers Sink New NFT Collection Causing Loss of $2M
The most anticipated non-fungible token (NFT) launch of the year is in tatters following a series of exploits by hackers. At the start of the year, TheShifters.io nursed the ambition of being a succes...
North Korea using hackers to raise revenue via crypto heists
North Korea has been employing hackers to finance some state operations via “crypto heists”, according to a report by cybersecurity firm Mandiant. “The country’s espionage operations are believed to b...