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Bankrupt Cryptopia exchange distributes $225M to hack victims

[Dec 20 8:32 AM] Initially owing creditors $4.2 million, Cryptopia’s liquidator Grant Thornton has distributed at least $225 million in crypto to hack victims in December.

US Bitcoin ATM operator reports data breach of 58K customers

[Dec 12 12:20 PM] Byte Federal, operator of 1,300 Bitcoin ATMs in the US, urged its customers to reset login credentials following a massive data breach.

Dogecoin flaw exploited by hacker, crashes 69% of nodes

[Dec 12 10:30 AM] Security researchers claimed that the vulnerability could have been used to crash the entire Dogecoin network.

Clipper DEX says recent $450K hack wasn’t caused by private key leak

[Dec 2 5:40 AM] A $450,000 hack on Clipper was likely from a withdrawal vulnerability, not a leak, the decentralized exchange said.

South Korea confirms North Korea behind $50M Upbit hack

[Nov 21 7:32 AM] South Korea said North Korean hackers Lazarus and Andariel were behind the $50 million Upbit hack in 2019, with the stolen crypto now valued at over $1 billion.

Razzlekhan's Husband Gets Five Years Prison Sentence for Bitfinex Hack

[Nov 15 4:48 AM] For her role in the theft and laundering of around 120,000 bitcoin, Razzlekhan will receive her sentence on Nov. 18.

DeltaPrime exploited for $4.8M worth of ARB and AVAX tokens

[Nov 11 9:53 AM] The DeFi liquidity protocol paused operations on the Arbitrum and Avalanche blockchains as the team investigated the vulnerability.

Crypto apps see malicious popups after Ace Drainer hacks animation library

[Oct 31 2:08 AM] The popular Lottie Player animations library was hacked to push a crypto-draining popup on multiple websites, which has now been fixed.

Ethereum nodes on phones, Tether market cap tops $120B: Finance Redefined

[Oct 25 7:00 PM] Tether’s record market capitalization signals the potential start of the next bull run amid growing investor anticipation of a major Ethereum upgrade.

Radiant Capital hacker moves $52M in stolen funds

[Oct 24 5:35 AM] Nearly all of the stolen loot from Radiant Capital has been moved to the Ethereum network, which usually isn't a good sign for those hoping for recovery. 

Transak hit by data breach, 92K users exposed

[Oct 21 5:44 PM] Transak disclosed a data breach affecting over 92,000 users after a phishing attack compromised an employee’s laptop.

Quantum computer ‘threat’ to crypto is exaggerated — for now

[Oct 21 1:00 PM] Bitcoin’s private keys won’t be breached any time soon, but the industry still needs to transition to “post-quantum cryptography.” 

Tapioca offers $1M to ‘social engineering’ attacker who stole $4.7M

[Oct 21 2:05 AM] DeFi protocol Tapioca DAO said it was hacked for $4.7 million, now its offering its attacker a “significantly higher” bounty to try get most of the funds back.

Radiant Capital hacker compromised developers’ devices — post-mortem 

[Oct 18 4:41 PM] Attackers of Radiant Capital compromised the devices of at least three core developers through a malware injection, the company confirmed.  

Prosecutors Recommend 18-Month Prison Term for Heather Morgan in Bitfinex Hack Case

[Oct 12 12:30 AM] Heather Morgan, known by her rap persona “Razzlekhan,” could land an 18-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to laundering cryptocurrency linked to the 2016 Bitfinex hack. Prosecutors described her role as pivotal in obscuring…

Hacker pleads guilty to stealing $37M in crypto via ‘cyber intrusion’

[Oct 2 4:23 AM] Evan Frederick Light faces up to 20 years behind bars for each charge, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.

Polymarket users complain of mysterious Google login wallet attacks

[Sep 29 2:15 PM] The attacker used a “proxy” function to swipe victims’ USDC balances, but only a small number of Google login users have been affected.

Onyx protocol exploited a second time for $3.8M via known bug

[Sep 27 2:31 PM] The decentralized finance app lost nearly $4 million thanks to an interaction between an old bug and a new input validation vulnerability.

Singapore Court Grants WazirX Four-Month Conditional Moratorium

[Sep 26 4:22 AM] A Singapore court has granted Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX a four month moratorium based on certain conditions on Thursday, an industry source told CoinDesk.

WazirX Hacker Is Almost Done Laundering $230M Stolen Funds

[Sep 25 11:56 AM] On-chain data shows the hacker, or group of hackers, behind the massive theft is now close to completing the laundering of the stolen funds.

Supreme Court of India’s Youtube Channel Hacked to Promote XRP Scam

[Sep 21 12:16 PM] The Youtube channel of India’s Supreme Court was compromised, promoting a scam involving XRP cryptocurrency instead of its usual live hearings. The breach temporarily shut down the channel, but services resumed later that day. Ripple CEO…

YouTube Page of India's Supreme Court Hacked to Promote XRP

[Sep 20 12:57 PM] The channel streams hearings of notable court cases but temporarily showed promotional videos of XRP and Ripple Labs before being taken down.

Crypto Exchange BingX Hacked, Onchain Data Shows Over $43M Drained

[Sep 20 5:47 AM] Hacker have moved the stolen assets to decentralized exchanges.

BingX confirms ‘minor’ losses amid panic over hot wallet movements

[Sep 20 2:05 AM] Crypto exchange BingX’s product chief Vivien Lin has confirmed there was a hack and a “minor asset loss,” which is still being calculated.

Telegram bot Banana Gun’s users drained of over $1.9M

[Sep 19 1:27 PM] So far, at least 36 victims suffered losses amounting to nearly $2 million worth of Ether.

WazirX Hacker Moves $32M Stolen Ether in Four Days to Tornado Cash as Binance Denies Founder’s Claims

[Sep 19 7:51 AM] WazirX founder Nischal Shetty claimed earlier this month that the ultimate owner of the crypto exchange was Binance - a statement the latter has denied.

Binance Rejects Wazirx’s Claims — Denies Responsibility for Hack Consequences

[Sep 18 12:45 AM] Crypto exchange Binance has responded to accusations from Wazirx and Zettai about how its dispute with Wazirx affects user funds lost in the July cyberattack. The company insists that responsibility for the incident lies with Wazirx’s management…

Delta Prime attacker stole $6M by minting massive number of tokens

[Sep 16 2:30 PM] The exploiter minted over 115 duovigintillion USDC deposit receipts but then redeemed only $2.4 million worth.

Crypto Broker DeltaPrime Drained of Over $6M Amid Apparent Private Key Leak

[Sep 16 7:40 AM] The project is offered on both Arbitrum and Avalanche blockchains. Monday’s exploit impacted only the version on Arbitrum as of European morning hours.

Attacker drains $1.4M from CUT token pools via mysterious unverified contract

[Sep 11 12:13 PM] An account used an unreadable function to remove 1.4 million BSC-USD without needing to burn the equivalent LP tokens.