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US Authorities Extradite UK Citizen Behind 2020 Twitter Hack, SIM Swap Crypto Theft
10.5.2023
Twenty-three-year-old Joseph O’Connor, known by his handle PlugWalkJoe, was arrested in Spain in 2021
CoinDesk Turns 10: How The DAO Hack Changed Ethereum and Crypto
9.5.2023
The $60 million hack in 2016 led to a controversial revision of the blockchain, and was a factor leading to the ICO boom starting the following year, argues David Z Morris. This feature is part of our “CoinDesk Turns 10” series
DEUS Finance Stablecoin Hack Leads to $6 Million Loss – Here's What Happened
8.5.2023
DeFi protocol DEUS Finance lost more than $6 million in a hack over the weekend which exploited a vulnerability in the stablecoin DEI, but a large chunk of it has now been recovered.
According to blockchain security firm PeckShield, the attack targeted DEUS Finance’s own stablecoin DEI on...
DEUS Finance loses $6M following stablecoin hack
6.5.2023
The attacker targeted both the BNB Smart Chain and the Arbitrum network. CoinMarketCap data shows that DEI price dropped 30% following the security incident
The Legacy of Mt. Gox: Why Bitcoin’s Greatest Hack Still Matters
4.5.2023
The fall of the Japanese exchange in 2014 saw 750,000 bitcoin go missing, putting crypto’s future in doubt. The event reverberates to this day
Today in Crypto: Poloniex to Pay $7.6M in Settlement with US Authority, Complaint Alleges Coinbase Violated Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act, 3AC-founders’ OPNX Reprimanded by Dubai Regulator
2.5.2023
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: Today in Crypto: Poloniex to Pay $7.6M in Settlement with US Authority, Complaint Alleges Coinbase Violated Illinois'...
Level Finance confirms $1M exploit due to buggy smart contract
2.5.2023
An attacker manipulated a “claim multiple” bug in a Level Finance smart contract to steal more than 214,000 LVL tokens from the exchange
Think Like a Hacker: OPSEC Tips To Ensure Crypto Security
30.4.2023
Ron Stoner is the Head of Security at US-based crypto security specialist Casa.__________
Operational security, or OPSEC, is the process of performing risk management by defining what information you are trying to secure, what is required to achieve that goal, and then taking the practical steps...
Russian Bitcoin Wallets Unmasked by Anonymous Hacker – Here's What Happened
28.4.2023
Bitcoin wallet addresses controlled by Russian security services have been revealed by an unknown person or group, according to blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis.
In a now-deleted tweet originally posted on Thursday, Chainalysis said that close to 1,000 Bitcoin addresses claimed to belong...
Russian Bitcoin Wallets Allegedly Exposed by Apparent Hacker
27.4.2023
A mysterious bitcoiner used the OP_RETURN field to call out wallets controlled by FSB and GRU
Today in Crypto: Hackers Using Victims’ AT&T Email Addresses to Steal Crypto, Revolut Partners with Koinly, Kraken Fights IRS, Circle Launches Mainnet Protocol for USDC Transfers Between Ethereum & Avalanche
27.4.2023
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: Today in Crypto: Hackers Using Victims’ AT&T Email Addresses to Steal Crypto, Revolut Partners with Koinly, Kraken Fights...
zkSync-Based DEX Merlin Drained of $1M During Public Token Sale Despite ‘Audit’
26.4.2023
The project garnered hype among Crypto Twitter users for its attractive yield offered on deposits
Three North Koreans Sanctioned for Involvement in Crypto-Linked Hacking Group – Here's What Happened
25.4.2023
The US Department of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has sanctioned three individuals that allegedly supported North Korea through illicit financing and malicious cyber activity.
In a Monday press release, the US Treasury claimed that the three individuals provided material support to the Lazarus...
KuCoin to reimburse victims of the short-lived Twitter account hack
24.4.2023
The crypto exchange announced that it will fully reimburse all the verified asset losses from the fake giveaway promotion
Hack negotiations: Why do platforms with ineffective bounty programs pay a higher price
24.4.2023
Steven Walbroehl, a former bounty hunter, said that companies would sometimes downplay bug discoveries and not pay bounties, claiming that the bugs were not critical
Mysterious Hack Drains $10 Million from Crypto Whales and Early Crypto Investors – What's Going On?
19.4.2023
A mysterious hack has drained more than $10 million worth of ETH and other tokens from a large number of crypto whales.
The theft was first reported by a developer for the popular browser-based wallet MetaMask known as Tay, who wrote on Twitter on Tuesday that “Its rekt my friends & OGs who...
MetaMask denies claims of wallet exploit in 'massive' $10M hack
19.4.2023
MetaMask stated its security team is working with others in the Web3 wallet space to uncover the source of this exploit
Safemoon Hacker Strikes Deal With Developers to Return $7.1M
18.4.2023
A hacker that exploited decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Safemoon has agreed to return 80% of the stolen funds valued at $7.1 million, according to on-chain data
Hundred Finance Suffers $7 Million Loss in Optimism Hack – Here's What Happened
17.4.2023
Multi-chain lending protocol Hundred Finance has fallen victim to a hacking attack which enabled the theft of about $7 million worth of crypto. The attacker accessed the funds via Optimism, an Ethereum layer-2 blockchain.
"Once again we hope the hacker will reach out back to us and we will...
Hundred Finance loses $7 million in Optimism hack
16.4.2023
The attacker reportedly manipulated the exchange rate between ERC-20 tokens and hTOKENS to steal over $7 million from the protocol