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North Korean hackers swipe over $100M from Atomic Wallet users

[Jun 13, 2023 3:41 PM] According to Elliptic, a blockchain analysis company, an estimated 5,500 crypto wallets have been affected by the attack.

Atomic Wallet says hack affected 1% of active users, but investors claim otherwise

[Jun 5, 2023 12:20 AM] In the aftermath of the attack, Atomic Wallet — along with individual blockchain investigators — have amped up efforts to track and revert stolen funds.

Atomic Wallet hack losses top $35M, on-chain sleuth reports

[Jun 4, 2023 10:47 AM] Security teams are investigating the cause of the attack. Reports have surfaced of tokens being lost, transaction data being erased, and even entire crypto portfolios destroyed.

Atomic Wallet exploited, users report loss of entire portfolios

[Jun 3, 2023 1:18 PM] Several users on Twitter have reported losses of crypto assets, claiming funds held on the Atomic Wallet app vanished.

Peter Schiff Twitter Apparently Hacked, Shills Gold Crypto, Son Spencer Warns

[Jun 3, 2023 6:30 AM] The Twitter account of Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff was found advertising a gold-branded token as a result of an apparent hacking. His son, crypto enthusiast Spencer Schiff, warned users in a tweet not to follow the link posted by the unknown…

Two key security practices for Web3 startups from Israel Crypto Conference

[May 30, 2023 6:24 AM] Shahar Madar, the head of security products at Fireblocks, says Web3 startups need to think from the “attacker’s perspective” when planning security protocols.

Arbitrum-based Jimbos Protocol hacked, losing $7.5M in Ether

[May 28, 2023 2:08 AM] The attacker used the lack of slippage control over tokens to steal the funds.

A week filled with exploits and uncertainty for DeFi: Finance Redefined

[May 26, 2023 2:22 PM] DeFi saw another multimillion-dollar rug pull this past week, and the Multichain saga continues to spiral out of control.

Tornado Cash attacker to potentially give back governance control, proposal reveals

[May 22, 2023 12:56 AM] A few hours into the hack, to everyone’s surprise, the attacker surprisingly reached out to the Tornado Cash community with a new proposal to supposedly give back governance control.

Attacker hijacks Tornado Cash governance via malicious proposal

[May 20, 2023 9:26 PM] The total control over Tornado Cash governance allows the attacker to withdraw all of the locked votes, drain all of the tokens in the governance contract and brick the router.

US Justice Department on the hunt for DeFi hackers and thieves: Finance Redefined

[May 19, 2023 2:20 PM] The total value locked in DeFi protocols fell below $50 billion after nearly a month of bullish price action.

Paraspace NFT protocol 'usurper' resigns after failing to overthrow CEO

[May 19, 2023 6:46 AM] The Paraspace CEO and consultants accused each other of mismanaging funds with the Paraspace team asking the CEO to step down publically.

LayerZero partners with Immunefi to launch $15M bug bounty

[May 17, 2023 12:00 PM] The program offers a maximum reward of $15 million for anyone who identifies vulnerabilities classified as high severity.

Japan leads world in losses from North Korean crypto hacking with 30% of total: Report

[May 15, 2023 1:21 PM] An Elliptic report commissioned by Nikkei says Asian countries account for over 60% of losses to North Korean hackers and ransomware users; lax security played a role.

DEUS Finance loses $6M following stablecoin hack

[May 6, 2023 10:38 AM] The attacker targeted both the BNB Smart Chain and the Arbitrum network. CoinMarketCap data shows that DEI price dropped 30% following the security incident.

Liquid staking solutions now have more TVL than DEXs: Finance Redefined

[May 5, 2023 2:20 PM] April was a month of hacks, exploits and rug pulls, resulting in over $100 million in net losses across DeFi platforms.

YouTube helps recover hacked channel that attempted XRP crypto scams

[Apr 30, 2023 2:32 AM] YouTube’s swift intervention ensured damage control by preventing XRP hackers from interacting with the channel’s subscribers.

CertiK to launch compensation plan for $2M Merlin DEX exploit

[Apr 26, 2023 12:45 PM] The Web3 security firm urges the rogue developer to return 80% of the stolen funds and offers 20% as a white hat bounty.

Trust Wallet to reimburse users after $170,000 security incident

[Apr 22, 2023 1:41 PM] The vulnerability impacted wallet addresses created through the browser extension between November 14-23, resulting in nearly $170,000 in losses.

SafeMoon hacker agrees to return 80% of stolen funds: Finance Redefined

[Apr 22, 2023 2:20 AM] SafeMoon hacker said the exploit wasn't intentional plans to return majority of the exploited funds.

SafeMoon hacker agrees to return 80% of stolen funds, says development team

[Apr 18, 2023 2:15 PM] The attacker will be allowed to keep the remaining 20% of exploited crypto, according to SafeMoon developers.

KyberSwap announces potential vulnerability, tells LPs to withdraw ASAP

[Apr 17, 2023 11:23 AM] The developer stated that so far, no funds have been lost.

BNB Chain issues list of 191 high-risk, untrustworthy DApps and fake tokens

[Apr 17, 2023 3:00 AM] BNB Chain’s proactive alert does not represent the risk level of the underlying DApp project. Instead, it is aimed at helping users in their research before making investment decisions.

Hundred Finance loses $7 million in Optimism hack

[Apr 16, 2023 11:14 AM] The attacker reportedly manipulated the exchange rate between ERC-20 tokens and hTOKENS to steal over $7 million from the protocol.

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…

OpenAI launches bug bounty program to combat system vulnerabilities

[Apr 12, 2023 5:12 AM] OpenAI has set up a bug bounty program to address privacy and cybersecurity issues, and it will reward security researchers for identifying and addressing system vulnerabilities.

South Korean crypto exchange GDAC hacked for nearly $14M

[Apr 10, 2023 10:13 AM] The exchange said that all deposits and withdrawals are temporarily suspended as it performs emergency server maintenance.

Terra DeFi project Terraport suffers $2M hack days after launch

[Apr 10, 2023 7:39 AM] Terra users are losing another round of funds due to a breach on the new DeFi platform Terraport Finance, which launched on March 31.

SushiSwap approval bug leads to $3.3 million exploit

[Apr 9, 2023 9:37 AM] Only users who have traded on the decentralized exchange in the last four days are apparently affected.

Euler Finance attack: How it happened, and what can be learned

[Apr 7, 2023 7:45 AM] The Euler Finance exploit was the largest of Q1 2023, and the risk of a similar attack on other protocols remains.