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LI.FI and InsurAce Pitch Protection for Moving Crypto Between Blockchains

[Apr 18, 2023 10:29 AM] LI.FI partnered with risk cover protocol InsurAce to provide protection for users who are bridging their cryptoassets from one blockchain to another.

Safemoon Hacker Strikes Deal With Developers to Return $7.1M

[Apr 18, 2023 9:48 AM] 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.

Exploit targets crypto veterans, drains over $10M across 11 blockchains

[Apr 18, 2023 6:49 AM] Metamask developer Taylor Monahan brought the issue to light and said that no one knows how the exploit works yet.

Kyber Network Advises Liquidity Providers to Withdraw Funds Amid Vulnerability, Token Drops 2%

[Apr 17, 2023 6:23 AM] Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Kyber Network has advised liquidity providers on its Elastic product to withdraw funds after finding a potential vulnerability, it said in a tweet.

Crypto Exchange Bitrue Suffers $23 Million Hack

[Apr 14, 2023 10:30 AM] Singapore-based crypto exchange Bitrue has lost millions of U.S. dollars’ worth of ether and other coins in a hack. The trading platform suspended withdrawals until early next week to conduct additional security checks and promised to…

Crypto Exchange Bitrue Drained of $23M in Hack of Ether, Shiba Inu, Other Tokens

[Apr 14, 2023 4:56 AM] Bitrue said the affected wallet contained “less than 5%” of overall reserves.

Exploit Involving Aave and Yearn Helped Users Make Money

[Apr 13, 2023 2:05 PM] The exploiter paid back Aave users’ USDT debts on its V1 markets, making the total USDT borrowed stand at zero.

DeFi Protocol Yearn Finance Impacted in Nearly $11M Exploit That Occurred Via Aave Version 1

[Apr 13, 2023 12:50 AM] Losses may total over $11 million, data suggests.

Sushiswap Smart Contract Bug Results in Over $3M in Losses; Head Chef Says Hundreds of ETH Recovered

[Apr 9, 2023 9:30 PM] According to several reports, a bug introduced to the decentralized exchange (dex) protocol Sushiswap’s smart contract has resulted in more than $3 million in losses. The blockchain and smart contract security firm Peckshield explained the…

Rogue Validator Exploits MEV Bots on Ethereum, Resulting in $25.3M in Crypto Losses

[Apr 4, 2023 8:00 AM] On April 3, 2023, at Ethereum block height 16,964,664, a group of MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) bots were exploited for $25.3 million. An analysis of the exploit revealed that a renegade validator switched the MEV bots’ transactions and…

Huobi and Gala Games to Give $50M to Victims of pGala Scheme

[Apr 3, 2023 3:16 PM] The firms will compensate the scheme’s victims while fighting for millions in damages from the cross-chain bridge that covered up the token-printing scheme.

Euler Finance's offer to hacker: Keep $20M or face the law

[Mar 14, 2023 11:54 PM] The hacker committed a $196 million flash loan attack on the Ethereum-based lending protocol on March 13.

More than 280 blockchains at risk of ‘zero-day’ exploits, warns security firm

[Mar 13, 2023 11:30 PM] Dogecoin, Zcash and Litecoin have already patched the “critical” vulnerability, but hundreds of others may not have, risking billions’ worth of crypto.

Hacker returns stolen funds to Tender.fi, gets $97K bounty reward

[Mar 7, 2023 5:42 PM] The bounty, which was offered via an on-chain message was approximately $97,000 or approximately 6% of the exploit amount.

DeFi lender Tender.fi suffers exploit, white hat hacker suspected

[Mar 7, 2023 7:33 AM] DeFi lending platform Tender.fi sees $1.59 million of assets drained by alleged white hat hacker taking advantage of a misconfigured oracle.

$700,000 drained from BNB Chain-based DeFi protocol LaunchZone

[Feb 27, 2023 4:23 AM] BNB Chain-based DeFi protocol LaunchZone claims an exploit led to $700,000 of funds being drained from its liquidity pool, with its native token plunging in value

A Botched Heist: A Look At The Sloppy $8.5M Hack On Platypus Protocol

[Feb 17, 2023 5:18 PM] Avalanche-based Platypus Protocol, an AMM that was less than two weeks into launching it’s new stablecoin USP, suffered an $8.5M flash loan attack on Thursday. There’s plenty to talk about recently about stablecoins, but this story…

Mango Markets exploiter seeks to keep disputed funds paid as ‘bug bounty’

[Feb 15, 2023 11:56 PM] Attorneys representing Avraham Eisenberg argued he had already settled his dispute with Mango DAO and shouldn't have to pay back any more funds.

Wormhole hacker moves another $46M of stolen funds

[Feb 12, 2023 10:33 PM] The Wormhole exploiter appears to be seeking arbitrage opportunities with Ethereum-pegged assets.

Magic Eden to refund users after 25 fake NFTs sold due to exploit

[Jan 4, 2023 8:49 PM] Over two dozen fake NFTs were sold on the Magic Eden marketplace over a 24-hour period due to a "massive exploit" on the platform.

Mango Markets exploiter arrested on fraud charges — Maybe it WAS illegal

[Dec 27, 2022 6:59 PM] The Mango Markets exploiter previously called his attack on the crypto exchange “legal open market actions.”

Gemini Customer Data Leak Was Advertised for Sale on Hacker Forums for 30 BTC in September

[Dec 17, 2022 11:02 AM] On Dec. 14, 2022, the crypto exchange Gemini revealed that some Gemini customers have been the target of phishing attacks that the firm believes stem from a third-party vendor leak. While reports disclosed that Gemini’s leak was…

BNB Chain-Based Defi Protocol Ankr Suffers Major Exploit

[Dec 2, 2022 6:30 AM] Decentralized Web3 infrastructure provider Ankr has become the latest victim of a hacking attack targeting the defi space. The perpetrators who hit the platform were able to mint and steal a massive amount of tokens in a multimillion-dollar…

FTX hacker is now the 35th largest holder of ETH

[Nov 15, 2022 10:59 PM] The exploiter's Ethereum haul is worth an estimated $288 million at current market prices.