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FTX to give a 'one-time' $6M compensation to phishing victims
24.10.2022
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said the exchange won’t be “making a habit of compensating” users that are “phished by fake versions of other companies.”
An Unknown Miner Commands More Than 51% of BSV’s Hashpower, Consecutive Strings of Empty Blocks Makes Chain Unreliable
23.10.2022
A single miner has managed to overtake a large portion of the Bitcoinsv (Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision) blockchain capturing more than 80% of the hashrate on October 17. Today, the unknown miner’s hashpower commands around 54% of the Bitcoinsv’s computational power and during...
Defi Platform Moola Exploited for $8.4 Million in Incident Described as ‘Incredibly Simple Attack’
19.10.2022
Moola, a decentralized finance (defi) lending and borrowing platform, was recently exploited for $8.4 million in what has been described as an “incredibly simple attack.” Moola responded to the attack by pausing all activity on the platform. The defi platform also told the attacker(s)...
Celo Protocol Moola Market Loses Over $10M in Market Manipulation Attack
19.10.2022
Over 93% of the stolen funds were returned to the protocol shortly after the attack, developers said
Moola Market attacker returns most of $9M looted for $500K bounty
19.10.2022
The attacker has scored about a half-million dollar “bug bounty” after choosing to return a majority of the cryptocurrency they exploited from the Celo-based lending protocol
G4 TV Is Being Shut Down Only A Year After Being Relaunched
17.10.2022
A month after suffering a number of key layoffs and departures, the ill-fated attempt to reboot the 2000s gaming channel G4 TV is over, with its owners announcing that they’ll be shutting the network down.Read more
Barely halfway and October already the biggest month in crypto hacks: Finance Redefined
14.10.2022
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has labeled October 2022 as “the biggest month in the biggest year ever for hacking activity."
French police use Twitter crypto sleuth's research to catch scammers
13.10.2022
The alleged fraudsters built a BAYC and MAYC NFT focused website that masqueraded as a service to animate the apes but instead phished victims details to steal their NFTs
Solana-Based Defi Protocol Mango Markets Loses $117 Million in Hack, Exploit Allegedly Revealed in Project’s Discord in March
12.10.2022
According to various reports, the Solana-based trading and lending platform Mango Markets was hacked as a malicious actor was able to siphon $117 million from the protocol. An analysis of the hack published by Certik explains that the attacker manipulated the price of the project’s native token...
Attack of the zkEVMs! Crypto’s 10x moment
12.10.2022
Attack of the zkEVMs! Crypto’s 10x moment
12.10.2022
Sovryn Network Encounters First Successful Attack After 2 Years
10.10.2022
Sovryn Network recently announced encountering a successful attack after two years of operation. Safety measures placed on the platform kept the exploit limited, resulting in a substantial recovery of funds. The attack was aimed at the legacy Lend protocol to withdraw funds illegally. Developers...
Seven Bored Apes Holder Tricked via Phishing Attack
10.10.2022
Fraudulent phishing activities have always posed a major threat to investors’ wallets. Time and again, several investors within the crypto world have been tricked and made to suffer huge losses. Recently, a serial scammer stole Seven Bored Apes worth $700K from a labored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC)...
Final Fantasy 14 Is Under Attack By Hackers, Square Enix Says
7.10.2022
Hackers never let folks catch a break, and massively multiplayer online role-playing games are always a target for heinous acts of data collecting. The latest victim? Square Enix’s super popular Final Fantasy XIV, which the company announced yesterday is currently experiencing “an attack by a third...
You Can't Play Overwatch 2 Right Now Because It's Under Attack
4.10.2022
If you’ve been having trouble getting into Overwatch 2 on launch, you’re not alone. Blizzard president Mike Ybarra announced on Twitter that the Overwatch 2 servers are currently undergoing a “mass” distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. This is likely the main culprit for the connection...
EU Lawmakers Attack Amazon’s Involvement in Digital Euro Project
29.9.2022
Cross-party lawmakers cited worries over data privacy and taxation as they demanded a U-turn on the controversial European Central Bank decision to let Amazon participate in the digital euro project
Wintermute suffers $160M attack, Kraken CEO departs and US bill aims to ban algo stablecoins: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 18-24
24.9.2022
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Hackers Attack EthereumPoW and ETH Vanity Addresses, Binance Partners With Ukrainian Varus, FTX Has $1BN for Acquisitions & Bailouts + More News
19.9.2022
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ETHW confirms contract vulnerability exploit, dismisses replay attack claims
19.9.2022
The proof-of-work fork of the Ethereum blockchain was targeted by a cross-chain contract exploit
OFAC Sanctions 7 New Bitcoin Addresses Allegedly Associated With Iran-Related Ransomware Activities
14.9.2022
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has published a specially designated nationals list update (OFAC’s SDN List) that lists a number of individuals accused of being involved with Iran-related ransomware. The list further shows seven bitcoin addresses that...