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Defi Protocol Founder Tricked, Hacked for $8 Million in Personal Funds
16.12.2020
Nexus Mutual founder and chief executive officer Hugh Karp’s personal wallet address has been hacked for more than $8 million. The attacker, a member of the Nexus defi protocol, tricked Karp into signing a transaction that transferred funds to the hacker’s own address. The attacker...
$pickle in a pickle as attacker swipes $20 million in “evil jar” exploit
21.11.2020
The perils of decentralized finance in the spotlight yet again after the latest major DeFi exploit
Hackers Drain $2 Million in DAI From Defi Protocol Akropolis
13.11.2020
Decentralized finance (defi) protocol Akropolis was on Thursday hacked for $2 million in DAI, in the latest flash loan attack to hit the nascent defi industry. The attacker pilfered the platform’s Ycurve pool in batches of $50,000 in the stablecoin DAI. This particular pool allows investors...
Failed Sybil Attack Targeted Monero Users, Privacy Is Safe
11.11.2020
Monero was targeted by an attempted Sybil attack that ultimately failed, according to reports from project developer Riccardo Spagni. AttackerContinue Reading
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Defi Protocol Harvest Finance Hacked for $24 Million, Attacker Returns $2.5 Million
26.10.2020
Decentralized finance (defi protocol) Harvest Finance was hacked on Monday for $24 million. The attacker targeted the protocol’s liquidity pools, performing an arbitrage attack using a large flash loan – a type of uncollatarized loan – but later returned $2.5 million. In seven...
Defi Platform Bzx Recovers Stolen $8.1 Million From Hacker
17.9.2020
Decentalized finance (defi) protocol Bzx has recovered the $8.1 million it lost to a hacker a few days ago. The company claims it was able to track down the cyber thief, whom it refused to name for legal reasons, through their on-chain activity. Cornered, the attacker returned the loot. “All...
Ethereum Classic 51% Attack: Okex Crypto Exchange Suffers $5.6 Million Loss, Contemplates Delisting ETC
18.8.2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Okex reveals it suffered the $5.6 million loss as a result of the double-spend carried out by the attacker(s) in Ethereum Classic 51% attack. Okex says it fully absorbed the loss as per its user-protection policy while insisting that the attack did not cause any loss to...
Ethereum Classic Attacker Nets USD 1.7m, Bitfinex Loses USD 1m + More News
7.8.2020
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The Ethereum Classic (ETC) attacker made at least USD 1.7m during the second attack on the network yesterday, according to Bitquery...
Ethereum Classic Attacker Successfully Double-Spends $1.68M in Second Attack: Report
7.8.2020
The attacker attempted to double-spend roughly $3.3 million during the second attack
‘Sophisticated’ Hacker Plunders $450,000 From Defi Protocol Balancer
29.6.2020
Decentralized finance (Defi) protocol ​Balancer was on Sunday hacked for more than $450,000 worth of cryptocurrency. In two separate transactions, an attacker targeted two pools containing Ethereum-based tokens with transfer fees – or so-called deflationary tokens. Pools with Sta...
Lendf.Me Attacker Screws Up, Returns All the Stolen Funds
21.4.2020
The person(s) that attacked Lendf.Me, the lending protocol in the "decentralized finance protocol" dForce network - actually returned the money they had stolen, allegedly because they broke the number one rule in hacking: don't reveal your identity.
As reported yesterday, Lendf.Me...
Weekend Attack Drains Decentralized Protocol dForce of $25M in Crypto
19.4.2020
dForce appears to have lost control of $25 million in bitcoin and ether held in its decentralized lending protocol
South Korean Crypto YouTuber’s Attacker Flees to Australia + More News
13.1.2020
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There have been further developments in the case of a South Korean cryptocurrency YouTuber who was left badly injured...
Vertcoin Network Sabotaged by Another 51% Attack
2.12.2019
The Vertcoin (VTC) blockchain was 51% attacked on Sunday, December 1, which saw 603 VTC blocks replaced by 553 blocks from the attacker. This is the second time the ASIC resistant Vertcoin chain was ambushed, as the network suffered a 300-block reorg a year ago. Also read: Cryptocurrency Projects...
Honest Nodes Spoiling a Theft Attempt Is Not a 51% Attack, BCH Devs Detail
27.5.2019
A number of Bitcoin Cash detractors and media publications have recently been spreading a false narrative that the BCH network was ‘51% attacked.’ In reality, however, honest nodes used their hashrate to stave off attacker nodes that were attempting to steal funds on the network. Also...
Bitcoin Cash Miners Undo Attacker’s Transactions With ‘51% Attack’
24.5.2019
Two mining pools recently carried out a 51 percent attack on the bitcoin cash blockchain