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Hacker bungles DeFi exploit: Leaves stolen $1M in contract set to self destruct
22.4.2022
A hacker apparently so thrilled by a successful theft left behind over $1 million in a smart contract that was set to destruct, permanently ensuring the crypto could never be moved
Jump Crypto Replaces $320 Million in Ethereum Taken From Wormhole Exploit
4.2.2022
On February 2, 2022, the Wormhole Network’s ethereum ↔ solana bridge was exploited for 120,000 WETH (wrapped ethereum) worth $320 million and the following day, the team explained that “all funds have been restored and Wormhole is back up.” The team has also said...
The 4th Largest Crypto Theft Shows DeFi Weakness as Hacker Nets USD 325M in Solana's Wormhole
3.2.2022
The DeFi bridge between Solana (SOL) and other blockchains Wormhole lost wETH 120,000 (USD 325m) in a hack, once again stressing the weaknesses of this nascent sector. The team offered the hacker a USD 10m bounty if they return the funds.
In their latest update (12:41 AM UTC), Wormhole...
Wormhole Network’s Cross-Chain Bridge Exploited for Over $250 Million in Ethereum
3.2.2022
Reports indicate that the Wormhole Network’s ethereum ↔ solana bi-directional bridge has been exploited by an attacker for 93,750 ether or more than $250 million using today’s ethereum exchange rates. The developers behind the Wormhole Network have told the public the network...
Hacker Siphons $80 Million From Qubit Cross-Chain Bridge, Largest Defi Exploit of 2022 to Date
28.1.2022
Findings stemming from a recent report published by the security-focused blockchain firm Certik indicate that the Binance smart chain ↔ Ethereum bridge called Qubit has been hacked for $80 million. Data shows on January 27, 2022, an attacker siphoned a number of tokens from an exploit...
Santa Hackathon? Visor Finance Marks 7th Hack in December
22.12.2021
Liquidity management decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Visor Finance is the latest victim of a DeFi hack, with the protocol estimated to have lost USD 8.2m worth of digital assets - and becoming the 7th crypto establishment to get exploited in the last month of the year....
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What Did We Learn from the MonoX Hack?
17.12.2021
Gleb Zykov is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of HashEx, a blockchain advisory and security audits company._____...
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MonoX Team Confirms Exploit, USD 30M+ Might Be Stolen
30.11.2021
Around USD 31m seems to have been stolen from decentralized finance (DeFi) platform MonoX....
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Latest DeFi hack targeting BSC sees $12.7M in Bitcoin stolen from pNetwork
20.9.2021
Roughly $12.7 million worth of tokenized Bitcoin has been stolen from the BSC-based cross-chain composability platform pNetwork
Zabu Finance Suffers First Big Exploit in Avalanche Defi, Loses $3.2 Million
15.9.2021
Zabu Finance, a decentralized yield farming protocol on Avalanche, suffered the first big hack related to the chain. The protocol was the victim of an exploit that allowed an attacker to steal $3.2 million in tokens, according to reports. The core of the exploit happened due to a vulnerability...
Poly Network hack exposes DeFi flaws, but community comes to the rescue
16.8.2021
The DeFi hacker’s initial intentions remain unclear, but they refused to accept a $500,000 bounty after returning all funds
Poly Network Hacked for More Than $600 Million — Hacker Trolls Project Saying ‘It Could Have Been a Billion’
10.8.2021
On August 10, the decentralized finance (defi) project Poly Network suffered a loss of over $600 million according to various reports. The hack follows a recent Ciphertrace report on how defi-related hacks and fraud in 2021 have already surpassed 2020. The Poly Network hack on Tuesday is well above...
Defi Project Rari Capital Hacked for $10M in Ether, Project’s Pool Drained for 2,600 ETH
9.5.2021
Reports from the decentralized finance project Rari Capital detail that the protocol’s ethereum pool has experienced a recent exploit. Rari Capital says they are assessing the situation and the team removed funds from the recent Alpha Finance Lab integration. At first, the project’s...
DeFi hacks and exploits total $285M since 2019, Messari reports
29.4.2021
Decentralized finance platforms on the Ethereum network have lost about $285 million to rogue actors since 2019
$50M reportedly stolen from BSC-based Uranium Finance
28.4.2021
Uranium Finance joins the growing list of hacked projects on the Binance Smart Chain network
DeFi aggregator raided by five hackers on launch day
5.4.2021
Four malicious hackers and one white-hat have gone to town on ForceDAO during its launch day
Dev says $31 million Meerkat Finance exploit was a 'test'; will return funds
6.3.2021
DeFi is "flourished by human greed," according to a developer for the exploited project
Warp Finance adds Chainlink oracles to protect against flash loans
8.1.2021
Warp Finance's hack for $8M could have been prevented with better oracles, team says
Cover Protocol suffers infinite minting attack, price tanks 97%
28.12.2020
Cover, the peer-to-peer coverage market, is the latest DeFi project to suffer an attack
Origin Dollar compensation plan marks progressing maturation of DeFi space
13.12.2020
Traders and developers are trending towards greater DeFi depositor protections in unison