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Multichain recovers $2.6M stolen funds, to reimburse losses on condition
19.2.2022
The cross-chain router protocol recovered nearly 50% of the total stolen funds and devised a compensation plan for eligible investors
Warning: How 'One Time Password' bots can steal all your crypto
17.2.2022
Scammers have been using advanced hacking bots on Telegram designed to trick investors into divulging their two-factor authentication, leading to accounts being locked and wiped out
Making sense of the Bitfinex Bitcoin billions
16.2.2022
What happened with the Bitfinex hack? What does it mean now that the U.S. has the Bitcoin? Why is LEO token mooning and why is Netflix involved?
OpenSea customer service migrating from Discord to Metalink to more adequately protect its community
15.2.2022
The NFT marketplace no longer intends to offer customer support over Discord DMs
Bitfinex money laundering: Husband faces pre-trial detention, wife gets bail
15.2.2022
The judge ordered pre-trial detention for Ilya Lichtenstein claiming he had the motive and the resources to flee and could become a flight risk
Report: 74% of stolen funds from ransomware attacks went to Russian-affiliated wallet addresses in 2021
14.2.2022
Russian hackers allegedly netted a profit of more than $400 million through crypto-ransomware in 2021
Netflix announces new series on Bitfinex hack involving 120,000 Bitcoin
12.2.2022
The Netflix documentary will be about a New York-based couple and their link to laundering nearly 120,000 BTC tied to the crime
Bunny and Qubit turns to DAO following $80 million bug exploit
11.2.2022
The exploit took place on the Ethereum-BSC bridge that saw the hacker use $185 million as collateral to steal $80 million worth of tokens from lending pools
Hacker: Elden Ring May Suffer Same Serious Online Exploits As Dark Souls III
10.2.2022
All PC versions of the Dark Souls games will remain offline for the foreseeable future, according to a new tweet from series publisher Bandai Namco, in order to fix at least one major security vulnerability. Further, the developers are working to ensure that the same serious vulnerability does...
DoJ seizes $3.6B in crypto and arrests two in connection with 2016 Bitfinex hack
8.2.2022
"The department once again showed how it can and will follow the money," said Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco
Polygon stablecoin QiDAO exploited for $13M on Superfluid vested contract
8.2.2022
Early information suggested that the stolen funds belonged to some of the early backers of the project and included team vested tokens
Binance user protection insurance fund reaches $1B valuation
1.2.2022
Binance started the Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) in 2018 by allocating 10% of the trading fee
Binance Announces SAFU Fund Has Reached $1 Billion
1.2.2022
Binance has announced one of its trademark features, the SAFU fund, has reached a milestone in its development. The SAFU fund, an acronym that stands for “Secure Asset Fund for Users,” has reached the amount of one billion dollars, securing the funds of users in case of a hacking...
Engineer hacks Trezor wallet, recovers $2M in 'lost' crypto
26.1.2022
Hacker helps Trezor One owner who forgot his wallet passcode and seed phrase to recover cryptocurrency funds valued over $2 million
Crypto.com shares details on security breach: 483 accounts compromised
20.1.2022
Approximately $33.8 million in crypto assets were stolen from Crypto.com following a security breach on Monday
Crypto.com breach may be worth up to $33M, suggests onchain analyst
19.1.2022
Crypto.com's loss in the latest security breach might have costed more than the reported $15 million
Most Defi Hacks in 2021 Had to Do With Centralization Issues, According to Certik
17.1.2022
Certik, a blockchain security and auditing firm, has reported that the most common attack vector for hacks in decentralized finance (defi) protocols had to do with centralization in 2021. This data is present in Certik’s latest report, where the company also examines the growth of defi...
Centralization Caused Most Decentralized Finance Hacks in 2021
12.1.2022
Centralization issues have emerged as the main attack vector in decentralized finance (DeFi), facilitating the largest share of the hacks -- with USD 1.3bn worth of user funds stolen in 44 DeFi attacks last year, according to a recent report by security-focused ranking platform CertiK.
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LCX loses $6.8M in a hot wallet compromise over Ethereum blockchain
9.1.2022
The hot wallet compromise was followed by an unauthorized transfer of eight types of ERC-20 tokens including ETH, USDC, LINK and MKR
ImmuneFi report $10B in DeFi hacks and losses across 2021
7.1.2022
The research reveals that crypto losses in the nature of exploits and rug-pulls saw a 137% rise in comparison to figure calculated in 2020