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First Mover Asia: Crypto's ‘Learn-on-the-Fly’ Ethos on Display as Bridge Hack Damage Reaches $2B
5.8.2022
Bitcoin and ether kept sliding, but barely. Meanwhile a corporate partnership announcement was enough to send Coinbase shares soaring (and short-sellers running for cover)
Solana’s Investigation Indicates Wallet Exploit Tied to Slope Mobile App
4.8.2022
Following the Solana wallet attack, the Solana Status team updated the public and detailed that the wallet addresses affected by the breach were tied to Slope mobile wallet applications. The team further stressed that “there is no evidence the Solana protocol or its cryptography...
Crypto Exchange ZB Exchange Loses Nearly $5M in Suspected Hack, Pauses Withdrawals
4.8.2022
The self-titled “world’s most secure” exchange may be the third crypto company to suffer a multi-million dollar exploit this week
Solana Blames Slope Wallet for Hack While Slope Says that 'Nothing is Yet Firm'
4.8.2022
The team behind the Solana (SOL) blockchain has tied the widespread hack that affected over 8,000 wallets and resulted in the loss of over USD 8m worth of funds to the closed-source Slope wallet.
"After an investigation by developers, ecosystem teams, and security auditors, it appears affected...
The US Gets Another Crypto Regulation Idea, USD 9M Returned to Nomad, Zipmex 'Stabilizes' + More News
3.8.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. __________...
Read More: The US Gets Another Crypto Regulation Idea, USD 9M Returned to Nomad, Zipmex 'Stabilizes' + More News
Solana Suffers Exploit — Close to 8,000 SOL-Based Wallets Have Been Compromised
3.8.2022
The Solana smart contract project is suffering from issues once again after it was discovered that close to 8,000 Solana-based wallets have been compromised. Solana is asking victimized wallet owners to complete a survey and the team stressed that “engineers are investigating the root...
Solana wallets 'compromised and abandoned’ as users warned of scam solutions
3.8.2022
Solana users have been urged to move their funds to cold storage and be alert to possible scams after a major exploit of thousands of wallets sees more than $8 million stolen
SOL Token Holds Price Support After Million-Dollar Hack Brings Bad Optics for Solana
3.8.2022
Early Wednesday, an unknown attacker drained at least $5 million worth of SOL and other tokens from Solana digital wallets
SOL Drops as Thousands of Wallets Attacked on Solana
3.8.2022
SOL, the native token of the Solana network, dropped following reports that thousands of wallets have been drained in apparently still ongoing attack.
Per blockchain auditor OtterSec, over 5,000 Solana wallets have been drained in the past few hours....
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Ongoing Solana-based wallet hack has already seen millions drained
3.8.2022
NFT marketplace Magic Eden noted that it “seems to be a widespread SOL exploit at play" and called on users to revoke permissions for any suspicious links in their Phantom wallets
Solana Wallets Targeted in Latest Multimillion Dollar Hack
3.8.2022
Non-custodial Solana wallet Phantom appears to be the latest victim of an exploit, with users reporting that their funds have been drained unknowingly
Nomad DeFi Bridge Drained of At Least USD 150M in 'Chaotic' 'Decentralized Robbery'
2.8.2022
Cross-chain messaging protocol Nomad, which allows users to send and receive tokens between different blockchains, was drained of at least USD 150m after experiencing a security exploit that allowed bad actors to spoof messages. ...
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Axie Infinity Developer Denies Wrongdoing Following Ronin Hack-Related Crypto Transfer Discovery
29.7.2022
In the aftermath of the March hack of the Ronin blockchain, Vietnamese game developer Sky Mavis, the entity behind the blockchain-based game Axie Infinity (AXS), is rejecting accusations of wrongdoing as some USD 3m worth of its native AXS token had reportedly been moved from Ronin to a Binance...
Phishing risks escalate as Celsius confirms client emails leaked
29.7.2022
It is not the first time Celsius' customer emails have been exploited and leaked online
Solana-based stablecoin NIRV drops 85% following $3.5M exploit
29.7.2022
The $3.5 million flash loan attack Solana-based Nirvana Finance saw the price of its stablecoin NIRV and native token ANA fall around 85% apiece
Main Types of the Most Popular Hacking Attacks During IDO
29.7.2022
Dima Dimenko is the co-founder of 111PG, a community of crypto protection-focused Ukrainian white hackers.__________
Hacking attacks can cause massive financial and reputational damages during the Initial Dex Offerings (IDOs). This is why protection against these types of attacks should be...
US GPD Slips Again, Another DeFi Protocol Attacked, Zipmex Seeks Protection + More News
28.7.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. __________...
Read More: US GPD Slips Again, Another DeFi Protocol Attacked, Zipmex Seeks Protection + More News
Ethereum Classic Climbs 124% in 2 Weeks, Hashrate Spikes, KRW Captures 20% of ETC’s Trade Volume
28.7.2022
Roughly six years ago in July 2016, an Ethereum hard fork was used to address the infamous DAO hack. This specific fork saw the chain split into two factions, and a new crypto asset called ethereum classic was introduced to the crypto community. For years now both chains have co-existed using...
NFT Hacks Via Discord Could Be Connected - Analysts
27.7.2022
An analysis of recent hacks targeting non-fungible token (NFT) projects carried out through the social media platform Discord shows that many of them are part of a larger string of attacks, according to blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs.
Such attacks have rapidly risen over the past three...
Harmony Proposes Issuing ONE Tokens to Reimburse Victims of $100M Hack
27.7.2022
Harmony decided against using its treasury funds, citing the project’s longevity