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White hat: I returned most of the stolen Nomad funds and all I got was this silly NFT
24.8.2022
Metagame's founder, who's behind the NFT offering said he has no idea whether it'll actually incentivize hackers to return funds, but it'll "be cool if it does!"
White hat hackers have returned $32.6M worth of tokens to Nomad bridge
8.8.2022
The cross-chain bridge was drained of its assets in less than three hours
Nomad Announces a Multimilion Bounty for ‘White Hats’, Says USD 20M Returned Already
5.8.2022
Cross-chain messaging protocol Nomad announced a bounty of up to 10% for the return of the (majority of the) USD 190m stolen from the Nomad bridge on August 1.
Per the press release shared with Cryptonews.com,
“The bounty is for those who come forward now, and for those who have already returned...
White hat hacker attempts to recover 'millions' in lost Bitcoin, finds only $105
24.6.2022
“We didn’t make money, but we definitely made new friends," said Lavar Sanders, who originally purchased the Bitcoin in 2016
Why White Hat Hackers Are Vital to the Crypto Ecosystem
24.2.2022
White hat hacker Jay Freeman stopped a potential $750 million vulnerability from being exploited on three of Ethereum's layer 2 networks
$250K bounty 'not too low to be insulting,' says Coinbase white hat hacker
21.2.2022
The white-hat hacker responsible for discovering a crisis-level flaw in Coinbase API said the $250K bounty was not "too low."
White hat hacker paid DeFi’s largest reported bounty fee
30.9.2021
Cointelegraph spoke to the hacker for insights on the timeline of events, as well as the wider implications of bounty programs on DeFi's security landscape
White Hat Hacker Reveals High-Risk Vulnerability on SushiSwap
23.9.2021
A white-hat hacker recently took the DeFi sector by storm after allegedly speaking about high-risk vulnerabilities on SushiSwap. According to the anonymous hacker, the vulnerabilities can risk user funds worth billions of dollars. SushiSwap developers could not secretly fix the issue, resulting...
SushiSwap denies reports of billion dollar bug
23.9.2021
Claims by a self professed white-hat hacker about a major security risk to SushiSwap liquidity providers have been rejected by one of the exchange’s devs
White hat potentially saves SushiSwap $350M by finding ‘obvious’ exploit
18.8.2021
The security researcher found a flaw in a dutch auction smart contract that could have resulted in the loss of 109,000 ETH
Poly Network offers to on board 'Mr. White Hat' as chief security advisor
17.8.2021
“Poly Network has no intention of holding Mr. White Hat legally responsible," said the team
US State Department offers up to $10 million in crypto rewards to white hat hackers
17.8.2021
The United States is offering crypto assets to incentivize white-hat hackers to uncover state-sponsored actors and potential terrorists on the dark web
Poly Network hacker returns nearly all funds, refuses $500K white hat bounty
12.8.2021
"The poly did offered a bounty, but I have never responded to them. Instead, I will send all of their money back," said the hacker
Possible ‘white hat hacker’ exploits THORchain for $8M, proposes 10% bounty
23.7.2021
The white-hat hacker claims to have mercifully minimized the damage of their $8 million exploit in a bid to teach THORChain a lesson
Cover Protocol Attack Perpetrated by ‘White Hat,’ Funds Returned, Hacker Claims
28.12.2020
The decentralized finance (DeFI) insurance project Cover Protocol was hacked earlier Monday in an infinite printing scheme, causing the price of the Cover token to plunge. Hours later, a so-called ‘white hacker’ claimed responsibility for the attack, saying all funds had been returned....
Downvoted: Security Researchers Slam Voatz Over Stance on White-Hat Hackers
6.10.2020
A broad ruling on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act could “chill” security research by white-hat hackers, making tech less secure
MakerDAO Bounty Program Catches ‘Critical’ Bug Before Launch
3.10.2019
MakerDAO patched a "critical" bug in its upcoming Multi-Collateral Dai upgrade that could have put 10% of the system's total collateral at risk
Someone Just Hacked Binance Jersey’s Twitter Account
16.8.2019
An anonymous Twitter user has successfully hacked Binance Jersey's twitter account
White Hat Hackers Earn $32,000 for Finding Crypto Security Exploits in Last Two Months
20.5.2019
White hat hackers reportedly earned over $32,000 in bounties for finding security gaps in blockchain- and crypto-related projects in the last two months