In brief Limit Break CEO Gabriel Leydon’s Twitter account was hacked on Wednesday and used to spread a scam link. The attacker successfully stole NFTs and crypto from users that interacted with the sc...
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OpenSea Now Auto-Detects and Blocks Stolen NFTs, Disables Scam Links
In brief OpenSea, the top NFT marketplace by trading volume, has launched new theft detection and prevention features. One feature detects and disables scam links shared on the platform, while the oth...
OpenSea Working Hard to Prevent Scammers from Flipping Stolen NFTs
OpenSea worried about NFT scams and aThefts. Since the last few months, crypto thefts and scams are constantly increasing, and several companies are working hard to overcome the risk of thefts and sc...
OpenSea announces new feature that freezes stolen NFTs
OpenSea is piloting a new security feature that will auto-detect malicious activity and freeze stolen NFTs, according to a blog announcement the NFT marketplace published on Wednesday. OpenSea unveils...
OpenSea Unveils Auto-Detect and Blocking of Stolen NFTs Feature
11 mins ago | 2 mins read NFT News OpenSea monitors for suspicious contract functionalities and behaviors. This tool will automatically check any user-entered links on the marketplace. Because of the ...
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...
$3B stolen in 2022 as of ‘Hacktober,’ doubling 2021
The month of October has broken all records for crypto exploits and the amount of digital loot pilfered — living up to its new moniker of “Hacktober” — according to the latest figures. On Oct. 31, blo...
Binance Hacked; Nearly $600 Million in BNB Stolen
It’s happened again, folks. Another hack is in the books, but this one was not only large, but also unexpected. The victim this time around is Binance, the largest and most powerful digital currency t...
FriesDAO hacked and $2.3 million stolen
Since the beginning of one of the harshest crypto winters, investors have been inundated with negative news. FriesDAO has been compromised. Unknown assailants have stolen $2.3 million in tokens from F...
Over $1M worth of ETH, NFTs stolen in phishing attack
A phishing scammer, who goes by the pseudonym “Monkey Drainer,” stole 700 Ethereum (ETH) tokens, worth around $1.05 million, over the past 24 hours, on-chain sleuth ‘ZachXBT’ pointed out in a Twitter ...
18 Months Jail Time for Hacker Who Sold Stolen Ed Sheeran Songs for Bitcoin
The person who stole unreleased songs by Ed Sheeran and other musicians has been sent to prison for a year and a half. He sold at least two of Sheeran’s songs on the dark web in exchange for bitcoin. ...
Edmonton Crypto Scams Have Stolen Nearly $6 Million
Scams, scams, and more scams. It appears that’s all the digital currency space is associated with as of late… That and falling prices. The idea of scams lessening anytime soon isn’t taking hold, espec...
Hacker Returns All Stolen Funds After Exploiting OlympusDAO
26 mins ago | 2 mins read Defi News The Olympus treasury holds a variety of assets including DAI and FRAX. OlympusDAO is a decentralized reserve currency system using the OHM token. Early this morning...
Mango Markets To Return Stolen Funds, Crypto Daily TV 21/10/2022
In Todays Headline TV CryptoDaily News: Crypto asset manager Valkyrie lost the biggest investor in its funding round. Months after announcing it had raised $11.15 million, crypto asset manager Valkyri...
Moola Market Hacker Returns $7.8 Million Of Stolen Funds
On Tuesday, a hacker exploited a vulnerability in the Celo-based Moola Market lending protocol and stole $8.4 million. But in a turn of events, the hacker restored 93.1% of the stolen cash on Wednesda...
Ethereum Alarm Clock exploit leads to $260K in stolen gas fees so far
A bug in the smart contract code for the Ethereum Alarm Clock service has reportedly been exploited, with nearly $260,000 said to have been swiped from the protocol so far. The Ethereum Alarm Clock en...
Hacker returns $7.8 million stolen from Moola Market
The Moola Market hacker has returned the majority of funds that were stolen though an exploit. On Tuesday, Moola Market, a lending protocol on the Celo blockchain, suffered an $8.4 million exploit. Ho...
$1M Stolen In BitKeep Wallet Hack
BNB Chain and Polygon-based tokens worth $1 million were siphoned off in the hack that took place in the early hours of Tuesday. Swap Feature Targeted In Hack Early on Tuesday, malicious actors targe...
Moola Market Hacker Gets a Bounty and Returns Stolen Funds
On the 18th of October, Moola Market – a decently sized crypto lending platform – was exploited via price manipulation of its native token, MOO, which has relatively low liquidity. However, CELO – an ...
197 NFTs stolen from LiveArtX as floor price falls through
LiveArtX has become the latest Web3 firm to fall victim to a hack this month. The NFT platform saw dozens of its Meta-morphic: Seven Treasures Collection NFTs being stolen after the platform’s Treasur...
197 NFTs of Seven Treasuries NFT Collection Stolen
5 hours ago | 2 mins read NFT News The vulnerability was exploited when an unauthorized user obtained the private key. The team reported that the smart contract had been changed after the event. Sever...
LiveArtX’s Seven Treasuries NFT Collection Stolen, Exploiter Breaks Floor Price
LiveArtX said the exploit apparently occurred after an individual gained access to the private key of the Seven Treasures collections, after which they could sell all the NFTs. A private key is a secr...
TempleDAO Hacker Moves Stolen Funds to Sanctioned Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash
According to data from block explorer, Etherscan, the attacker of the TempleDAO hack, has moved the funds stolen via the recently sanctioned crypto mixer, Tornado Cash. This information was first disc...
Cardano’s RayStake Will Hunt Down Recent Attacker Unless He Returns Stolen Funds: Details
Yuri Molchan Cardano’s Staking Center team promises to launch a “wanted” campaign on the hacker who drained funds from it recently Contents Details of the RayStake exploit Settlement offer to the hack...
Crypto Hacks Explode in October, With $718,000,000 Stolen From DeFi Sector in Just Two Weeks: Chainalysis
Decentralized finance (DeFi) crypto hacks are already on the rise this month, according to the blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. Chainalysis notes that October has been the most prolific month for...
Mango exploiter uses stolen funds to ditch community against developers
The hacker of the $100 million exploit of the Mango Markets seems to have voted for their own solution for giving the stolen funds back, using the very governance tokens taken in the attack. A person ...
Stolen Crypto Total Hits $3B as Hackers Reemerge After Quiet Summer: Chainalysis
Hackers have outdone themselves. With four new exploits reported on Tuesday, $718 million has now been stolen across 11 different DeFi protocols, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Af...
Mango Hacker Uses Stolen Funds to Pit Community Against Developers
The hacker behind the $100 million breach of the Mango Markets platform appears to have voted for their own solution for returning the stolen funds, using the same governance tokens taken in the hack....
Another Major Crypto Hack in Less a Week, $100M Stolen
The crypto industry has witnessed another major hack in less than a week, where a hacker has stolen $100 million from Mango Markets. The trading and lending platform hosted on the Solana blockchain wa...
North Korea Uses Stolen Crypto To Fund Its Nuclear Weapons Program
In recent months, North Korea has stolen over $300 million worth of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies via hacking and other sorts of mass cyberattacks. The objective is to fund the isolated state’s i...
Transit Swap Hacker Receives $690K for Returning $23M in Stolen Funds
The hacker that exploited cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator Transit Swap will be keeping $690,000 worth of Binance Coin (BNB) as a bounty reward for returning $23 million he stole fu...
Bitcoin SV Launches New Mining Software to Freeze Lost or Stolen Coins – crypto.news
Bitcoin SV (BSV) has released “Blacklist Manager,” the first software tool that enables BSV miners to freeze stolen or lost coins in compliance with court orders. The Bitcoin Association for BSV Creat...