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Bridge Exploits Cost $2B in 2022, Here’s How They Could Have Been Averted
2.6.2023
The bridges that are essential to our multi-chain cryptoverse are vulnerable to hacks. But an analysis of some of the biggest exploits of the past year reveals that applying multiple security measures in combination could have blocked the attacks, writes Gnosis co-founder Martin Koppelmann
Losses from crypto rug pulls outpaced DeFi exploits in May: Beosin
2.6.2023
Over $45 million was lost to exit scams in May while exploits on DeFi protocols racked up less than half that amount over the same period
A week filled with exploits and uncertainty for DeFi: Finance Redefined
26.5.2023
DeFi saw another multimillion-dollar rug pull this past week, and the Multichain saga continues to spiral out of control
Crypto Hacks Are Down and Hackers Tend to Return Stolen Money: TRM Labs Report
22.5.2023
The sanctions against Tornado Cash, as well as last year's arrest of the Mango Markets infiltrator, motivate hackers to return their loot, researchers believe
Lawmaker Warns US Default Risks Dollar’s Reserve Currency Status, Exploitation by China and Russia
10.5.2023
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee has warned that China and Russia would seek to exploit the chaos resulting from a U.S. default. He further cautioned that the U.S. dollar’s reserve currency status could be eroded if the U.S. defaults on its debt obligations. U.S. Lawmaker’s Debt...
Biden Aides Explore Minting $1 Trillion Platinum Coin as Solution to Impending Debt Default
4.5.2023
As the United States stares down the barrel of a potential debt default come June, a curious and intriguing solution has emerged: crafting a single $1 trillion platinum coin. This unusual tactic exploits a legal loophole that allows the Treasury Department to mint platinum coins of any value....
April’s crypto scams, exploits and hacks lead to $103M lost — CertiK
1.5.2023
The month was particularly bad for exploits, with the amount lost accounting for half of the total crypto exploited so far in 2023
Here's how much is lost to crypto hacks and exploits in Q1 2023
7.4.2023
BNB Chain had the largest number of incidents in the quarter, while Ethereum had the biggest amount lost
Rogue Validator Exploits MEV Bots on Ethereum, Resulting in $25.3M in Crypto Losses
4.4.2023
On April 3, 2023, at Ethereum block height 16,964,664, a group of MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) bots were exploited for $25.3 million. An analysis of the exploit revealed that a renegade validator switched the MEV bots’ transactions and seized various crypto tokens, such as 7,460 wrapped...
Huobi and Gala Games to Give $50M to Victims of pGala Scheme
3.4.2023
The firms will compensate the scheme’s victims while fighting for millions in damages from the cross-chain bridge that covered up the token-printing scheme
Openai’s GPT-4 Launch Sparks Surge in AI-Centric Crypto Assets
15.3.2023
Following Openai’s release of GPT-4, a deep learning and artificial intelligence product, crypto assets focused on AI have spiked in value. The AGIX token of the Singularitynet project has risen 25.63% in the last 24 hours. Over the last seven days, four out of the top five AI-centric digital...
ChatGPT V4 aces the bar, SATs and can identify exploits in ETH contracts
15.3.2023
GPT-4 completed many of the tests within the top 10% of the cohort, while the original version of ChatGPT often finished up in the bottom 10%
More than 280 blockchains at risk of ‘zero-day’ exploits, warns security firm
14.3.2023
Dogecoin, Zcash and Litecoin have already patched the “critical” vulnerability, but hundreds of others may not have, risking billions' worth of crypto
Euler DeFi Protocol Exploited for Nearly $185M
13.3.2023
The losses occurred over four transactions in dai (DAI), wrapped bitcoin (WBTC), staked ether (sETH) and USDC
7 DeFi protocol hacks in Feb sees $21 million in funds pilfered: DefiLlama
6.3.2023
DeFi platforms lost over $21 million to hackers throughout February, according to data released by DeFi project aggregator DefiLlama
Jump Crypto & Oasis.app counter exploits Wormhole hacker for $225M
25.2.2023
The counter exploit came after the High Court of England and Wales ordered Oasis.app to work with Jump Crypto to retrieve the stolen funds
Oasis Exploits Its Own Wallet Software to Seize Crypto Stolen in Wormhole Hack
25.2.2023
The High Court of England and Wales ordered the crypto platform to reclaim the stolen funds
DeFi exploits and access control hacks cost crypto investors billions in 2022: Report
13.2.2023
Cyber criminals used a variety of methods to siphon funds through hacks and exploits in 2022, amounting to over $2.8 billion in losses
Crypto exploit losses in January see nearly 93% year-on-year decline
1.2.2023
Around $8.8 million was lost to crypto exploits in January, a massive decline from the figures this time last year
Forspoken Release Trailer Exploits Bogus Accolades
23.1.2023
Everything about the leadup to the release of Forspoken, Square Enix’s big new open-world action RPG, has been a lowkey mess. But you wouldn’t know that from the launch trailer which stays upbeat on the modern-day magical adventure by taking a bunch of words out of context and spinning them into...