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Frax Finance X hacked, CEO suspects ‘inside job’ at Elon Musk's office
3.6.2024
Frax Finance's X account was hacked on June 1 without a password breach, leading CEO Sam Kazemian to suspect insider involvement
Solana Meme Coin Factory Pump.Fun Compromised by 'Bonding Curve' Exploit
16.5.2024
The exploiter may not be making any money from the attack
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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Near Protocol ‘darkness’ and ‘sovereignty’ tweets raise hack suspicion
9.5.2024
The unusual messages, including a Morse code video and gothic-font tweets, left the crypto community puzzled. Near Protocol has not yet commented on the incident
Trezor Clarifies Security Breach: Phishing Attack Identified as Cause of Compromised X Account
22.3.2024
On March 21, SatoshiLabs, the company behind Trezor hardware crypto wallets, announced that the recent compromise of its X (formerly Twitter) account resulted from a phishing scam and not a SIM-swap attack as earlier suspected. The hardware wallet also shared that only its X social media account...
Hackers Take Over Crypto Hardware Wallet Trezor’s X Account – What’s Going On?
20.3.2024
Trezor's breach is suspected to be a SIM-swap attack and according to reports, the compromised account began promoting a fake token sale.
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Microstrategy’s X Account Hacked, Promotes Airdrop Scam
26.2.2024
MicroStrategy’s X account was compromised on Monday Asia time with followers being directed to a phishing website under the domain name “Microstralegy” promoting an airdrop of “MSTR token.”
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Axie Co-Founder’s Personal Accounts Breached for $8M, Ronin Bridge Unaffected
23.2.2024
Personal accounts of Axie Infinity co-founder Jeff “Jihoz” Zirlin compromised, resulting in an $8 million Ethereum loss, while the Ronin blockchain's operation was claimed to remain unaffected.
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Privacy not compromised in tokenized KYC Solution for Web3
14.2.2024
The IOTA Foundation has created a mechanism for certifying Web3 users while protecting their privacy. The entire identification procedure is tokenized, giving users the ability to authenticate their identity in Web3 apps. Walt.id, IDnow, Bloom Wallet, and SPYCE.5 all provided assistance to the IOTA...
Binance Freezes $4.2 Million in Stolen XRP; Ripple Investigation Aided by XRP Ledger Foundation
3.2.2024
After the unauthorized access of Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen’s personal holdings, Binance CEO Richard Teng revealed that the platform had successfully “managed to freeze $4.2 million” of the compromised assets. Teng elaborated that Binance is committed...
South Korean Web3 Music Service Somesing Loses $11.58 Million in Token Exploit
29.1.2024
Somesing, a popular blockchain-based social karaoke platform in South Korea, has fallen victim to an exploit resulting in the loss of approximately $11.58 million. In a recent Medium post, the platform revealed that 730 million of its native token SSX had been compromised. The attack targeted...
Community Notice: Algorand Foundation CEO’s X Account Hacked
26.1.2024
The Algorand Foundation reported that its CEO Staci Warden’s X account was compromised, leading to unauthorized posts on the account. The compromised account posted offensive content, including derogatory language and false statements about the Algorand community. CEO Staci Warden X’s...
SEC Got SIM Swapped: How Hacker Gained Control of SEC’s X Account
24.1.2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has admitted that a SIM swap attack compromised its X account, where a fake announcement about the approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) was posted. “The unauthorized party obtained control of the SEC cell phone number...
SEC confirms Twitter hack, Denies Bitcoin ETF approval
10.1.2024
Gary Gensler, the SEC chairperson, recently confirmed that the SEC Twitter/X account was compromised. The chairperson stated that the US Securities and Exchange Commission has yet to approve any Bitcoin ETF product. While the X/Twitter account was compromised, the unidentified party released...
Cybersecurity Risks in the Cryptocurrency Industry
10.1.2024
Source: iStock / JuSun The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) social media account being compromised is concerning. Impersonations and hacks are nothing new in the cryptocurrency space but could the hack have been avoided? After the post, the SEC started an internal market manipulation...
X Confirms US SEC’s Official Account Was Hacked, No Insider Error Detected
10.1.2024
SEC Chair Gary Gensler. Source: screenshot of a YouTube video / Yahoo Finance The official X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was compromised when it posted the fake spot Bitcoin ETF approval announcement, X has confirmed. SEC’s Account did not Have a 2FA Set Up Upon...
SEC’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval Post Unauthorized — Chair Gary Gensler Says SEC’s X Account Was Compromised
10.1.2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s X account announced the approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Tuesday. However, minutes later, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler claimed that the agency’s social media account was compromised and the post was unauthorized. Some...
Bitcoin Price Prediction as Gary Gensler Says Official SEC Account is ‘Compromised’ – What’s Going On?
9.1.2024
Source: DALL·E The Bitcoin price just saw a sudden pump to new yearly highs near $48,000 after the US SEC’s official X account tweeted that spot Bitcoin ETFs had gained approval, for the BTC only to then drop as much as $3,000 to briefly below $45,000 after SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said that...
SEC Has Not Approved Bitcoin ETFs, but Its Hacked X Account Briefly Said Otherwise
9.1.2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved any spot bitcoin ETF applications as of Tuesday afternoon, despite a tweet from the regulator's X (formerly Twitter) account saying they had been, the agency's chair said
Official X Account of Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Compromised – What’s Going On?
5.1.2024
Source: Pixabay/Werner Moser The X account (formerly Twitter) of blockchain security company CertiK has been compromised with bad actors posting a phishing link to a wallet drainer. On Jan 5, it was revealed that CertiK’s X account was a victim of a phishing attack with several calls from the wider...