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Bitcoin scammers impersonate police, Sunray Finance $2.7M drain: Crypto-Sec
4.11.2024
Scammers pretended to be police and demanded BTC for missing court dates, while an attacker minted a huge number of SUN tokens and dumped them
Bitcoin scammers impersonate police, Sunray Finance $2.7M drain: Crypto-Sec
4.11.2024
Scammers pretended to be police and demanded BTC for missing court dates, while an attacker minted a huge number of SUN tokens and dumped them
Misspelling Soneium on Google could drain your crypto wallet: Scam Sniffer
22.10.2024
Web3 security firm Scam Sniffer says a malicious crypto-draining link can appear for some Google users when they search for Sony’s new blockchain
TON-based wallet drainer shuts down, eyes Bitcoin
7.10.2024
A TON-based wallet drainer claimed it is shutting down operations due to the lack of whales in the network.
Telegram bot Banana Gun’s users drained of over $1.9M
19.9.2024
So far, at least 36 victims suffered losses amounting to nearly $2 million worth of Ether
Coinbase-posing scammers steal $1.7M from a user amid a string of attacks
8.7.2024
A victim who claims to have lost $1.7 million said a scammer called them claiming to be from Coinbase and sent emails that looked like they came from the crypto exchange
Coinbase-posing scammers steal $1.7M from a user amid a string of attacks
8.7.2024
A victim who claims to have lost $1.7 million said a scammer called them claiming to be from Coinbase and sent emails that looked like they came from the crypto exchange
Bittensor’s TAO Slides 15% After $8M Wallet Drain Attack
3.7.2024
The blockchain was paused early Wednesday to contain the exploit, with security researchers suspecting a private key leakage
Hack of a single multisig wallet could drain 12 Ethereum L2s of $121M
22.5.2024
One wallet has upgrade permissions for 12 Ethereum scaling networks, but Conduit founder Andrew Huang says it can’t transact without three signatures which would take a trio of physical attacks
Fraudsters Partially Drain Assets from Crypto Investment Firm BlockTower’s Main Hedge Fund
15.5.2024
Digital asset investment firm BlockTower Capital faces a major setback after fraudsters compromised its main hedge fund. Bloomberg reported that the stolen funds remain unrecovered, and the hackers haven't been caught yet.
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Hackers Drain Funds from Defunct DeFi Lending Protocol Yield Protocol
30.4.2024
Yield Protocol ceased operations in December 2023, citing challenges with diminishing business demand and mounting global regulatory pressures.
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Hedgey Finance Suffers Dual Exploits, Losing $44.7 Million in Funds
19.4.2024
Hedgey Finance exploits have rocked the DeFi platform, resulting in a $44.7 million loss. Hackers targeted the Token Claim Contract across Ethereum and Arbitrum networks, utilizing flash loans to drain funds. Explore the aftermath, ongoing investigations, and the platform's response to these...
Polygon Labs CEO Condemns Ethereum Layer 3 Networks Amid Surge in Meme Coin Trading
1.4.2024
Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron has lashed out at layer 3 (L3) networks on the Ethereum blockchain, claiming they are unnecessary for scaling the network and only serve to drain value from the mainnet.
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44-Day Bitcoin Drain: Coinbase and Binance Shed 76,179 BTC in Less Than 2 Months
1.4.2024
Recent figures show that over a span of 44 consecutive days, 76,179 bitcoins, worth $5.41 billion, have been moved out of Coinbase and Binance, the two leading cryptocurrency exchange and custodial firms by reserve size and total trade volume. Robinhood Bucks Trend With Bitcoin Inflows as Coinbase...
GBTC Experiences Its Largest Daily Drain Yet, Nearly 239,000 BTC Gone in Under 70 Days
19.3.2024
According to the latest statistics, Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) experienced its most significant outflow on March 18, 2024, totaling $643 million. Onchain experts have closely observed GBTC’s activities as a considerable number of bitcoin have been moved out of the trust’s...
Crypto Exchange Bitforex Suspends Withdrawals Following $56.5M Drain From Hot Wallets
27.2.2024
Bitforex, a centralized cryptocurrency exchange, abruptly halted user withdrawals. This sudden action occurred just moments after a reported $56.5 million was removed from the platform’s hot wallets. According to online crypto investigator Zachxbt, the Bitforex team has ceased all communication...
New BTC ETFs Hold Over 178,000 Bitcoin, Drain Massive Liquidity From Market
9.2.2024
TDLR: Nine ETFs have collectively accumulated a total of 177,949 Bitcoin BlackRock and Fidelity Dominate with Nearly 75% GBTC Bitcoin Reserves declined but still hold a higher number of BTC than all the nine funds combined According to recent reports, the nine new spot Bitcoin ETFs, which were...
Blockchain Security Firm Says Pink Drainer Responsible for $4.4 Million LINK Exploit
29.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Tomasz Bidermann Cryptocurrency hacking group, Pink Drainer has been linked to the recent $4.4 million LINK user drain, increasing the number of their victims to 9,068 with a total of $18.7 million stolen. According to on-chain analytics firm Etherscan, another user has fallen...
Fake Crypto Websites on Google Ads Drain $3 Million in Christmas Phishing Scam
26.12.2023
Scammers drained $3 million in crypto from victims this Christmas using fake websites promoted on Google ads. Image by Fareed Mindalano, DALL-E 3. A new report reveals that scammers stole over $3 million in cryptocurrency from victims this holiday season using fake crypto websites promoted through...
Yearn.finance Ask Traders to Return Gains Following $1.4 Million Multisig Error- What’s Going On?
14.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Sergey Nivens Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols Yearn.finance has called on arbitrage traders to return excess profits they accrued as a result of a multi-signature scripting error that led to a $1.4 million drain. In a Dec 11 GitHub post, the protocol’s contributor...