According to a post-mortem analysis provided by CertiK of the $5.8 million Lodestar Finance exploit that occurred on Dec. 10, 5. The hacker burned a little over 3 million in GLP, their profit on this...
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Hackers Stole More Than $5M From 2 Binance Chain Apps
Ankr, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol on the BNB chain, has been hit with a $5 million exploit. The hack occurred earlier Friday morning after the attacker took advantage of an unlimited mint ...
Hackers get away with $20 million in twin attacks on Ankr and Helio
According to an on-chain analysis by security firm BlockSec, Ankr (ANKR/USD) and stablecoin issuer Helio have lost about $20 million in a series of connected attacks. The first attack targeted a liqui...
Mango Market Hackers Goes Off- Target, But Still Frightens Aave This Time
Target On Aave This Time The most buzzing news in the crypto space today was the comeback of Avi Eisenberg. Last month, he attacked the Solana-based Mango Markets, totaling a huge sum of $116 mi...
‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Jordan Belfort admits losing $300k to crypto hackers
Former stockbroker, commonly known as the “Wolf of Wall Street,” Jordan Belfort, has admitted falling victim to a crypto hacking incident while stressing on the importance of regulating the sector. A...
Hackers steal $42M from Fenbushi Capital founder’s wallet
General partner at Fenbushi capital Bo Shen tweeted on Nov. 23 that malicious players stole $42 million from his personal wallet on Nov. 10. A total of 42M worth of crypto assets, including 38M in USD...
Mango Markets Hacker’s Plan To Short CRV Backfires
A crypto trader responsible for the Mango Markets exploit has seen his short position liquidated, thanks to a series of wild price swings in the CRV price. The trader, identified as Avraham Eisenberg...
Fenbushi Founder Bo Shen Loses $42M in Stablecoins, Bitcoin, Ethereum to Hackers
Bo Shen, the founding partner of venture capital firm Fenbushi Capital, took to Twitter on Wednesday to share the news of hackers stealing as much as $42 million in crypto from his personal wallet. Ac...
Mango Market hacker’s attempt to exploit Aave fails
Mango Market’s exploiter Avraham Eisenberg’s attempt to replicate his “highly profitable trading strategy” on Aave (AAVE) has failed, resulting in the loss of millions. CRV war was played out on #Aave...
FTX Hacker Can be Caught Now! Here’s Who Might Reveal the Hacker’s Identity
FTX is making huge headlines in recent times as it has shaken the entire crypto space. Bitcoin & altcoins have witnessed a massive drop of an average of 10% to 15%. Moreover, when the assets were ...
Investigators Need to get Alert After FTX Hacker’s This Move
The infamous hack on beleaguered crypto exchange FTX has got an update recently. The crypto wallet account said to belong to the hacker is reported to have some movements. Given the gap between the ti...
Twitter Account of Crypto Firm Gate.io Overtaken By Hackers
Hackers recently took over the Twitter account of popular digital currency exchange Gate.io and initiated a fake Tether giveaway to try and get people to send in their money – money they would have ne...
FTX Officials Says the Exchange Has Been Compromised by Hackers
The collapse of the FTX exchange has been received by shock amongst crypto users and industry experts. A recent news update has revealed that the FTX exchange was compromised by hackers. FTX Telegram ...
FTX was hacked; hacker’s identity found
Late on Friday, well over $600 million was stolen from the cryptocurrency wallets owned by FTX. Shortly thereafter, FTX announced on its authorized Telegram channel that the company had been hacked an...
U.S. Refines Imposed Sanctions On Tornado Cash To Tackle North Korean Hackers
Previously sanctioned Tornado Cash, an Ethereum-based crypto mixer that provides its community with identity secrecy in digital transactions via its open-source software is up again on the news cycle....
North Korean Hackers Attack On Israeli Crypto Firm
– Advertisement – Cybersecurity personnel has thwarted an attempted attack on an Israeli crypto firm masterminded by North Korean hackers. Hackers originating from North Korea recently a...
North Korean hackers used new methods to target Israeli crypto
Hackers from North Korea using “unfamiliar tools” have attempted to steal money from an Israeli crypto firm, presumably to fund the country’s secretive nuclear program, according to reports in Israel....
Deribit hackers move stolen ETH to this service because…
Barely a week after carrying out an exploit on Deribit‘s hot wallet, the perpetrators of this hack moved a portion of the stolen funds into Tornado Cash, the Ethereum mixer service. Decoding the Derib...
Deribit Hackers Turns to Tornado Cash to Launder Stolen Funds
The hacker who exploited the Deribit exchange’s hot wallet has started moving the stolen funds using the sanctioned cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash. According to data from Etherscan, the attacker ha...
Feds Seize Silk Road Hacker’s 50,676 BTC Worth Over $3,600,000,000 Ten Years After Massive Heist
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York has announced the largest cryptocurrency seizure in history, and the second-largest financial seizure ever. According to an announcemen...
Deribit hackers move stolen Ether to Tornado Cash crypto mixer
In the aftermath of the $28 million Deribit hack, the unknown exploiter is moving stolen funds using the decentralized cryptocurrency mixer, Tornado Cash. The Deribit hot wallet hacker has transferred...
Crypto Exchange Deribit’s Hackers Are Moving Stolen Funds – crypto.news
On Nov. 1, late in the evening (UTC), the crypto derivatives platform Deribit was compromised for $28 million. At 07:00 (UTC) the following day, the firm reported the incident via its official Twitter...
ImmuneFi Launches Whitehat Leaderboard to Incentivize Web3 Hackers
ImmuneFi, one of the most notable Web3 bug bounty protocols has announced the launch of a new Leaderboard feature for ethical hackers in Web3. As announced by the outfit, the Leaderboard will pull 20...
SKYWARD Token Dumps 95% as Hackers Drain Protocol’s Treasury
SKYWARD, the native token of NEAR-based platform Skyward Finance, plunged by 95% after the protocol’s treasury lost $3 million in a smart contract exploit. The attack occurred in the late hours of Wed...
Deribit Hot Wallet Hacked as Hackers Make Away with $28 Million – crypto.news
Deribit has just tweeted announcing a Hot Wallet Compromise as hackers make away with $28 million worth of clients’ funds. According to Deribit’s tweet thread, the hack happened on the 1st of November...
Hackers Drain $28 Million Worth of User Funds on Deribit
This year some of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges have been facing the menace of crypto hacks. In the latest development, crypto exchange Deribit has faced one such hack. The hackers have comprom...
Hackers attack Deribit hot wallets, steal $28M in crypto
Crypto derivatives platform Deribit was hacked for $28 million late evening (UTC) on Nov. 1. The incident was confirmed via its official Twitter account several hours later, at 07:00 (UTC) the followi...
Hackers have stolen $2.98B via exploits in the crypto industry so far
The cryptocurrency space has lost nearly $2.98 billion to DeFi hacks this year — almost double the $1.55 billion lost in 2021, according to a recent report by blockchain security firm PeckShield. #Pec...
DefiLlama Founder Challenges Hackers on Smart Contract; Offers 10 ETH Reward – crypto.news
Popular Twitter user and founder of DefiLlama, Oxngmi, is offering 10ETH to anyone who successfully hacks his new smart contract. Oxngmi Offers 10ETH to Hackers A Twitter user with the username Oxngmi...
Crypto Hackers Strike DeFi Liquidity Locking Project With $14,500,000 Exploit
The liquidity locking project Team Finance says crypto hackers made off with $14.5 million in digital asset tokens. Team Finance says they temporarily paused activity on their platform while investiga...
Crypto hackers stole more than $2.5 billion over three quarters in 2022
Cybercriminals are still aggressively exploiting blockchain technology and initiating scams, although the cryptocurrency industry is now experiencing a significant market correction. In the third qua...
Hackers Are Taking Advantage of Typing Mistakes to Steal Cryptocurrency – Security Bitcoin News
A group of hackers have taken advantage of typing mistakes in order to introduce malware to Android phones and Windows-based PCs. Using a technique called typosquatting, which consists of registering ...