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DeFi Protocol Conic Finance Hacked for 1,700 Ether
21.7.2023
Roblox Leak Reveals 4,000 Developers' Detailed Personal Information
20.7.2023
Megalithic game-thing Roblox doesn’t exactly have the best of reputations. Accusations of exploitation of children’s labor are hardly a good look, and this week also saw staff reporting that there has been little effort to address the lack of diversity at the studio. On top of all that, today it’s...
Major Setback: Smart Contract Exploit Results in Over 200 Ethscriptions Being Nabbed
17.7.2023
According to its creator, a new protocol allowing the creation and sharing of digital objects on Ethereum has experienced a significant setback due to a major hack in its main marketplace.
Ethscriptions, a novel method to create Ethereum assets launched last month by Tom Lehman, co-founder...
Another Hack On Arbitrum Seeks Rodeo Finance To Lose $885k, DigiToads Code Proven To Be Super Secure
17.7.2023
The world of decentralized finance has once again been shaken by a recent security breach on the Arbitrum network, resulting in Rodeo Finance (RDO) suffering a significant loss of $885,000. Amidst the incident, DigiToads (TOADS) is the latest crypto project that stands out for its exceptional...
How easy is a SIM swap hack and how does one guard against it?
17.7.2023
As SIM swap attacks are often seen as non-demanding in terms of technical skills, users must pay due diligence to their identity security
Crypto lender Geist Finance shuts down permanently over Multichain hack
14.7.2023
The $29 million TVL lending platform is shutting down because its oracles are misreporting Multichain token values after the exploit
Chainalysis Report: Significant Decline Seen in Crypto Scams in 2023
13.7.2023
2023 has so far been a meager year for crypto scammers, according to a new report from blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis.
So far in 2023, crypto-related crime, measured as inflows to “known illicit entities,” has fallen 65% compared with the same period last year.
At the same time,...
Leveraged Yield Protocol Rodeo Finance Initially Loses $1.7 Million in ‘Force-Investment’ Hack
13.7.2023
Rodeo Finance, a leveraged yield protocol on Arbitrum, was on July 10 a victim of a “force-investment” hack in which almost $1.7 million was reportedly stolen. According to Rodeo Finance, about $810,000 has been recovered so far and there are plans to freeze the stolen funds. Protocol...
US Government Transfers $300 Million Worth of Seized Silk Road Bitcoins
12.7.2023
On July 12, 2023, onchain data shows the U.S. government transferred 9,800 bitcoins (BTC), worth just over $300 million. These bitcoins originally came from James Zhong’s Silk Road hack. In March, the Department of Justice also moved a similar amount of bitcoins associated with Silk Road....
New York prosecutor charges hacker over $9M exploit of Solana-based exchange
12.7.2023
A skilled computer security engineer has been charged with wire fraud and money laundering related to an attack on a decentralized exchange
Multichain Executor has been 'draining' AnySwap tokens: Report
11.7.2023
The contract has used an “anySwapFeeTo” function to transfer hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of tokens to itself, which on-chain sleuth Spreek suspected may have been malicious
NFT Lender Gondi Goes Live, Raises $5.3M Round Led by Hack.vc
11.7.2023
Developer Florida Street's seed round features Hack.vc, Foundation Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Pantera Capital, 6th Man Ventures and others
Rodeo Finance Exploited For $888,000 In Another DeFi Hack on Arbitrum Network
11.7.2023
Arbitrum Network-based Rodeo Finance lost 472 ether ($888,000) in a DeFi exploit today.
Blockchain security firm PeckShield revealed that the Rodeo Finance hacker transferred the stolen funds from Arbitrum to Ethereum.
Further analysis revealed that the attacker exchanged the stolen tokens...
Multichain's ‘mysterious withdrawals’ have whiffs of a ‘rug pull’ — Chainalysis
11.7.2023
Chainalysis told Cointelegraph that they were “describing it as a possible rug pull,” based on an analysis of Multichain’s spurious transactions and internal problems
DeFi Platform Arcadia Finance Falls Victim to $455K Hack on Ethereum and Optimism
11.7.2023
Arcadia Finance has joined the growing list of DeFi protocols to lose funds in hack exploitation. The hackers leveraged a code vulnerability to siphon about $455,000 from the protocol’s Ethereum and Optimism vaults.
Blockchain sleuth PeckShield alerted about Arcadia’s exploitation in a July...
Arcadia Finance hacker used reentrancy exploit, team demands return of funds
10.7.2023
In a post-mortem report, Arcadia Finance developers said an attacker stole funds by liquidating a vault before it could perform a health check, interrupting the app's normal flow of operations
Today in Crypto: BIS Presents Seven-Point Plan to Prevent CBDC Cyber Attacks, Multiple Scam Warnings Are Issued, Preliminary Hearing for Terraform Co-Founder Daniel Shin Held on Monday
10.7.2023
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'Scammers' impersonate Crypto Twitter users on Threads as users near 100M
10.7.2023
Threads are already seeing potential crypto scammers arrive on the platform as Crypto Twitter personas warn of impersonators on the app
True Horror Is Mario Kart x Resident Evil's Camera Angles
10.7.2023
The original Mario Kart isn’t the easiest game in the series, especially if you weren’t raised on its Mode 7-induced peculiarities, but that’s a relative thing. It’s fine, it’s still easy to look at, it’s easy to play, that’s why they’re still selling trillions of copies of Mario Kart games to this...
Over $765K worth of NFTs stolen after SIM swap attack on GutterCatGang
8.7.2023
The bad actors utilized a fake GutterCatGang airdrop scam to drain people’s wallets, with at least $700,000 worth of NFTs being stolen from a single address