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Destiny 2 Cheat Developer Claims Bungie Hacked Them In New Lawsuit
21.9.2022
It’s been a wild week for hackers making off with video game studios’ private files and using publishers’ services for their own gain. But this time, it’s a major studio accused of doing the hacking. A group of Destiny 2 cheat makers are suing Bungie for hacking into one of their computers. They...
Hacked Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Has $200M in Outstanding DeFi Debt
20.9.2022
Cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute has $200 million in outstanding DeFi debt to several counterparties, according to data provided by Nansen
Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Hacked for $160M, OTC Services Unaffected
20.9.2022
Cryptocurrency market maker and liquidity provider Wintermute has lost $160 million in a hack relating to its DeFi business, according to a tweet from the company's founder and CEO
Bitcoin Interest-Bearing Accounts Were Conceived Over Ten Years Ago, but the Idea Took 8 Years to Catch On
8.9.2022
While decentralized finance (defi) has created a plethora of protocols that make it so crypto assets can gather a yield, ten and a half years ago a bitcoin exchange called Bitcoinica introduced the first interest accruing system for bitcoin deposits. Despite being the first to test the waters...
NFT Projects Keep Getting Their Discord Servers Hacked - Here’s Why
8.9.2022
In an unexpected development, non-fungible token (NFT) fraud watchdog Rug Pull Finder (RPF) has been successfully targeted by a smart contract exploit that allowed two persons to seize more than 450 NFTs, as per the entity. RPF offers its customers assistance which includes services related...
Another 5,000 Bitcoin Sourced From Mt Gox Wake up After Close to 9 Years of Dormancy
5.9.2022
Last week Bitcoin.com News reported on two old bitcoin addresses created in 2013 sending 10,001 bitcoin to a myriad of wallets. Heuristics and clustering techniques indicate that the bitcoins were associated with Mt Gox, roughly around the same time the exchange was hacked in June 2011. Five days...
Nifty News: Bill Murray’s wallet hacked, FIFA’s tokenized highlights, Muse tops charts, and more…
5.9.2022
The Bill Murray 1,000 NFT drop generated 119.2 ETH worth of sales as part of a charity fundraiser, but hackers managed to steal a hefty 110 ETH from that total
PwC Venezuela Twitter account hacked, attacker shills fake XRP giveaway
4.9.2022
An attacker gained access to PwC Venezuela’s Twitter account and has been actively posting cryptocurrency phishing links for the last 8 hours at the time of the writing
Elon Musk-crypto video played on S. Korean govt's hacked YouTube channel
4.9.2022
The hacked YouTube account was restored within four hours following a proactive intervention from the South Korean government, confirmed a local news agency
South Korean Government’s Youtube Channel Hacked to Play Crypto Video With Elon Musk
4.9.2022
The official Youtube channel of the South Korean government has been hacked on Saturday and those who did it, broadcasted a cryptocurrency-related clip. The video also featured billionaire and crypto enthusiast Elon Musk, local media reported quoting sources in Seoul. Hackers Air Interview With...
Comedian Bill Murray’s Wallet Hacked for $186K Worth of Ethereum After NFT Charity Auction
3.9.2022
American actor and comedian Bill Murray saw 119.2 ethereum drained from his wallet on September 1, 2022, after Murray held a non-fungible token (NFT) charity auction. Statistics show that most of the tokens and NFTs in Murray’s wallet have been moved, and roughly $556 in token value remains....
Mt Gox Creditors Updated, Trustee Says Rehabilitation Custodian Is ‘Currently Preparing to Make Repayments’
2.9.2022
On August 31, 2022, the Mt Gox trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi explained in a recent letter that the rehabilitation custodian is “currently preparing to make repayments” to Mt Gox creditors. Trustee Updates Mt Gox Creditors — Repayment Date and Exchange Still Unknown Last week...
Popular Media Platform Plex Hacked, Advises Users To Change Passwords
24.8.2022
If you make use of the popular personal media server Plex on your Xbox, PlayStation, smart TV, or just about any other device, you’re going to want to update your password.Read more
Can Web3 be hacked? Is the decentralized internet safer?
21.8.2022
Security stands as one of the most crucial features as, in a Web3-powered world, tools and applications hosted over the blockchains go mainstream
Defi Attacker Siphons $570,000 From Curve Finance, Crypto Exchange Fixedfloat Freezes 112 Ethereum
10.8.2022
Reports indicate that the decentralized finance (defi) protocol Curve was hacked for $570,000 in ethereum after people noticed that Curve’s front end was exploited. The attackers then tried to launder the funds via the crypto exchange Fixedfloat, and the trading platform’s team...
DeFi Protocol Curve.Finance Hacked; $570K Stolen
9.8.2022
Users have been advised not to use curve.fi and curve.exchange until the source of the hack is located
Once-hacked for $77M, Beanstalk's algo stablecoin protocol relaunches
8.8.2022
Beanstalk Farms stablecoin protocol was relaunched on Aug. 6 with the team working to hopefully reclaim the $100 million market cap of its BEAN stablecoin prior to the hack in April
Solana-hacked crypto could be claimed as a tax loss: Experts
5.8.2022
Australian, Canadian & U.K. crypto investors may potentially claim hacked crypto as a tax loss, but U.S. investors will miss out, according to tax experts
Circle Invested in 2 Hacked Crypto Companies, Adding to Its Headaches Amid Stablecoin Scrutiny
4.8.2022
The venture-capital arm of the USDC stablecoin issuer backed Nomad and Slope, which were both exploited this week
Pakistani Politician Imran Khan’s Instagram Account Used to Promote Crypto Giveaway Scam
2.8.2022
Imran Khan, a former prime minister of Pakistan and current chairman of one of the largest political parties in the country, has confirmed that his Instagram account was compromised and hackers used it to promote a cryptocurrency giveaway scam. Imran Khan’s Instagram Account Hacked, Used...