Stolen Poloniex Ether worth $53M never made it back to the exchange
[May 14 2:02 AM] The Poloniex hacker moved over 17,800 Ether from six different wallets into a single Tornado Cash address.
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CertiK discovered $5M security flaw in Wormhole bridge on Aptos
[May 13 1:46 PM] A flaw in the bridge could have allowed an attacker to produce fake token transfers, but it was discovered and patched before anyone could take advantage of it.
Rain exchange suffered $14.1M in suspicious outflows 2 weeks ago — ZachXBT
[May 13 10:48 AM] Several wallets reportedly belonging to Rain sent suspicious token transfers to a new address.
Crypto Exchange Rain Hit by $14.8M Exploit: ZachXBT
[May 13 8:53 AM] Bahrain-based crypto exchange Rain fell victim to a $14.8 million exploit, according to blockchain sleuth ZachXBT.
Match Systems Announces Recovery of $68 Million in Stolen Cryptex Crypto Assets
[May 12 3:32 AM] Match Systems, a cybersecurity company specializing in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) services, blockchain forensics, and investigations, recently announced the recovery of $68 million in stolen crypto assets from Cryptex, a cryptocurrency trading…
Poloniex Hacker Sends $3.3M Worth of Ether to Tornado Cash
[May 6 11:51 PM] A hacker that stole $125 million from Poloniex's hot wallets has sent 1,100 ether {{ETH}} to sanctioned coin mixer Tornado Cash, according to blockchain data.
Gnus.AI Discord hack causes $1.27M in losses
[May 6 12:39 PM] The attacker was able to view team members’ private Discord messages, allowing them to gain access to the team’s wallet address and mint 100 million fake tokens.
Exploiter Steals $68M Worth of Crypto Through Address Poisoning
[May 3 8:07 AM] A cryptocurrency user has lost $68 million worth of wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) after falling victim to an "address poisoning" exploit, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.
Salvadoran Official Crypto Wallet Chivo Dismisses Alleged Hacking Event
[Apr 25 6:36 AM] Chivo wallet, the official cryptocurrency wallet of El Salvador, has dismissed an alleged hack of the source code of its software and the data of over 5 million users linked to the wallet’s KYC procedures. According to Chivo, the data of…
Hacker Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Stealing Over $12M From Crypto Exchanges
[Apr 12 9:53 AM] Shakeeb Ahmed, a security engineer who stole over $12 million from two different decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges built on Solana, was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release by a federal judge on Friday.
Leaked Personal Info of Over 5 Million Salvadorans Apparently Linked to Chivo Wallet
[Apr 11 5:33 AM] A database with the personal information of over 5 million Salvadorans was recently leaked in a data breach forum. The database, which has been around since August and has recently been linked to Chivo, El Salvador’s national cryptocurrency…
Bitcoin Lightning Exchange FixedFloat Sees 'Suspicious' Transfers of $3M to Ethereum, Tron
[Apr 2 6:09 AM] The website was down for “technical work” as of early European afternoon hours Tuesday.
Munchables Exploited for $62M, North Korea-Linked Exploiter Returns Private Keys to Web 3 Firm
[Mar 26 9:25 PM] The broader crypto community is calling for a controversial chain rollback in a bid to recover funds.
Heco Bridge Hacker Moves $137 Million in Stolen ETH to Tornado Cash
[Mar 24 9:05 AM] In a recent development observed by onchain alerts, the entity responsible for exploiting the Heco bridge and siphoning off millions in ethereum late in November 2023 from the conduit bridge connecting Ethereum and the Heco blockchain, transferred…
Newly Issued Gaming Token Exploited on Blast With $4.6M Drained
[Mar 21 10:02 AM] A recently issued gaming token on layer-2 network Blast has been exploited with $4.6 million stolen, according to an announcement in the token's Telegram channel.
North Korean Hackers Used Tornado Cash to Launder $12M From Heco Bridge Hack: Elliptic
[Mar 14 9:58 AM] Notorious North Korean hackers Lazarus Group has returned to sanctioned coin mixing service Tornado Cash to launder $12 million worth of ether {{ETH}}.
U.S. Government Crypto Wallets Transfer Nearly $1B of Bitcoin Seized From Bitfinex Hacker
[Feb 28 2:31 PM] Wallets containing bitcoin seized by the U.S. government in the notorious Bitfinex hack – later leading to guilty pleas for Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather "Razzlekhan" Morgan – have suddenly become active.
Tornado Cash Reportedly Suffers Backend Exploit, User Deposits at Risk
[Feb 26 9:08 AM] User deposits on decentralized privacy protocol Tornado Cash are reportedly at risk following the insertion of malicious code in the protocol's back end, according to a Medium post by community member Gas404.
BitForex Website Goes Dark Amid Reported $57M Outflow
[Feb 26 6:28 AM] Users of cryptocurrency exchange BitForex have been blocked from accessing the website. Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT reported that $57 million has been drained out of the exchange's hot wallets.
MicroStrategy’s X Account Hacked, Leads to $440K Crypto Being Stolen: Blockchain Sleuth ZachXBT
[Feb 26 1:32 AM] The phishing attempt has already led to $440,000 worth of crypto being stolen.
Axie Infinity Co-Founder Losses Over $10 Million In Hack, AXS Holds Firm
Cryptocurrency Exchange Fixedfloat Hacked, Close to $26 Million Lost in BTC and ETH
[Feb 19 11:30 AM] Fixedfloat, an automatic cryptocurrency exchange, has been hacked by an unknown attacker who siphoned almost $26 million worth of BTC and ETH. The exchange, which has already acknowledged the attack, is investigating the event and working to…
FTX Hack Mystery Possibly Solved: U.S. Charges Trio With Theft, Including Infamous Attack on Crypto Exchange
[Feb 1 4:59 PM] The federal indictment doesn't identify Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX as the pilfered company, but Bloomberg reported that's who it was.
Fan Club for Solana's Saga Phone Loses 750 SOL
[Jan 24 10:09 AM]
SEC Shut Off Extra Security on X For About 6 Months, Letting Hacker Breeze In
[Jan 22 3:00 PM] The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirmed that a hacker took over its X account through a "SIM swap" attack that seized control of a cell phone associated with the account. That allowed the outsider to falsely tweet on January 9…
Socket, Bungee Restart Operations After Apparent $3.3M Exploit
[Jan 17 1:20 AM] The platform experienced a security incident late Tuesday that affected wallets with infinite approvals to Socket contracts, developers said.
In Failed Bitfinex Exploit Attempt, Billions in XRP Moved
[Jan 15 12:48 AM] The failed token transfers spooked some market watchers as they amounted to nearly half of XRP’s $30 billion market capitalization.
SEC Statement on the Hack of Its X Account and the Resulting Fake Bitcoin ETF Approval Announcement
[Jan 12 6:36 PM]
Telcoin Restores User Balances After Exploit, Records 400% Increase in Deposits
[Jan 12 3:41 AM] The issue apparently resulted from a fault in the interaction between Telcoin’s digital wallet and a proxy contract that incorrectly performed certain storage functions.
SEC’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval Post Unauthorized — Chair Gary Gensler Says SEC’s X Account Was Compromised
[Jan 9 5:00 PM] The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s X account announced the approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Tuesday. However, minutes later, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler claimed that the agency’s social media account was…