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27.06 / 13:05

Ethereum Hackers hacks investigation Ethereum liquidity provider XCarnival negotiates return of 50% stolen ETH

XCarnival, a liquidity provider for the Ethereum ecosystem, recovered 1,467 Ether (ETH) just a day after suffering an exploit that drained 3,087 ETH, worth roughly $3.8 million, from the protocol.

27.06 / 06:35

Blockchain Hackers investigation Terra Anonymous vows to bring Do Kwon’s ‘crimes’ to light

Hacktivist group Anonymous has pledged to “make sure” Terra co-founder Do Kwon is “brought to justice as soon as possible” in regards to the collapse of the Terra (LUNA) and TerraUSD (UST) ecosystems in May.

24.06 / 20:57

business Hackers Samsung Bitcoin Lost White hat hacker attempts to recover 'millions' in lost Bitcoin, finds only $105

Joe Grand, a computer engineer and hardware hacker known by many for recovering crypto from hard-to-reach places, spent hours breaking into a phone only to find a fraction of a Bitcoin.

24.06 / 04:43

Blockchain Ethereum Hackers Uniswap Breaking: Harmony One's Horizon Bridge hacked for $100M

The Horizon Bridge to the Harmony One layer-1 blockchain has been exploited for $100 million in altcoins which are being swapped for Ether (ETH).

20.06 / 09:43

Twitter Hackers Scams Sim Card Yuga Labs Nifty News: Christie’s NFT expert to lead CryptoPunks, fake heiress launches NFT collection

Noah Davis, the non-fungible token (NFT) specialist at auction house Christie’s, has said he’s leaving the position in July to take up a post as brand lead for the CryptoPunks NFT collection with Yuga Labs.

09.06 / 22:19

Law NFT Hackers hacks Anonymous hacker served with restraining order via NFT

Law firms Holland & Knight and Bluestone have served a defendant in a hacking case with a temporary restraining order through a nonfungible token (NFT, marking the first known legal process to be facilitated by an NFT.

09.06 / 10:53

defi Hackers DEX Altcoin Exploit Attackers loot $5M from Osmosis in LP exploit, $2M returned soon after

Osmosis, a decentralized exchange built on the Cosmos network was halted just before 3am ET on June 8 after attackers exploited a liquidity provider (LP) bug to the tune of roughly $5 million.

09.06 / 04:35

NFT defi Hackers Altcoin L2 Optimism loses 20M tokens after L1 and L2 confusion exploited

The honeymoon period for the Optimism layer-2 scaling solution has been cut short as an exploit in its market maker’s smart contract led to the loss of 20 million OP tokens.

07.06 / 11:51

business defi Hackers DEX BUG Maiar decentralized crypto exchange goes offline after bug discovery

Minutes before 12 a.m. UTC on June 6, the CEO and co-founder of the Elrond Network, Beniamin Mincu, tweeted that he and his team were “investigating a set of suspicious activities” on the Maiar decentralized crypto exchange (DEX).

05.06 / 08:15

business Blockchain Ethereum Hackers Yuga Labs’ BAYC, OtherSide Discord groups breached, over 145 ETH stolen

Yuga Labs, the creator of two of the most popular ape-themed nonfungible token (NFT) offerings — Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and OtherSide — witnessed yet another orchestrated phishing attack with investors losing over 145 Ether (ETH) or nearly $260,000 at the time of writing.

27.05 / 14:09

Blockchain Hackers Gaming Scams Hacker tastes own medicine as community gets back stolen NFTs

The tales of traders getting scammed out of their nonfungible tokens (NFTs) were quite common at the peak of the NFT boom. However, in an interesting turn of events, the Solana community came together to “scam” a scammer in order to get back some stolen NFTs.

18.05 / 13:03

NFT Hackers hacks Bot Axie Infinity's Discord bot compromised, hackers issue fake minting message

Axie Infinity, the popular play-to-earn nonfungible token game, faced another attack on its Discord server earlier on Wednesday, leading to a compromise of its MEE6 bot.

17.05 / 13:21

Blockchain Hackers regulation US agencies warn against the influx of North Koreans in IT and crypto jobs online

The United States Department of Justice, State and the Treasury issued a joint advisery warning against the influx of North Korean workers in various freelance tech jobs, especially in the crypto industry

14.05 / 08:39

business Blockchain Ethereum Hackers Phishing attacks Etherscan Etherscan, CoinGecko warn against ongoing MetaMask phishing attacks

Popular crypto analytics platforms Etherscan and CoinGecko have parallelly issued an alert against an ongoing phishing attack on their platforms. The firms began investigating the attack after numerous users reported unusual MetaMask pop-ups prompting users to connect their crypto wallets to the website.

03.05 / 04:55

Hackers security Scams Loans More than $1.6 billion exploited from DeFi so far in 2022

The decentralized finance (DeFi) space has been rife with hacks, exploits, and scams so far this year with over $1.6 billion in crypto stolen from users, surpassing the total amount stolen in 2020 and 2021 combined.

01.05 / 08:19

Blockchain defi Hackers hacks Rari Fuze hacker offered $10M bounty by Fei Protocol to return $80M loot

Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Fei Protocol offered a $10 million bounty to hackers in an attempt to negotiate and retrieve a major chunk of the stolen funds from various Rari Fuse pools worth $79,348,385.61 or nearly $80 million.

28.04 / 08:19

Blockchain Hackers Gaming Sky Mavis BUG Plan for $1M bug bounties and double the nodes in wake of $600M Ronin hack

The Ronin Network and Sky Mavis have vowed to upgrade their smart contracts, offer lucrative bug bounties and ramp up security following the $600 million hack late last month.

25.04 / 15:25

Blockchain Ethereum Adoption Hackers Stepn impersonators stealing users' seed phrases, warn security experts

Peckshield, a prominent blockchain security firm, has today exposed that there are numerous phishing websites for the Web3 lifestyle app Stepn. Hackers insert a forged MetaMask browser plugin through which they can steal seed phrases from unsuspecting Stepn users, according to Peckshield.

25.04 / 08:15

Hackers Auction Coding Explained BUG AkuDreams dev team locks up $34M due to smart contract bug

The highly anticipated NFT project Akutars was marred by both an exploit and a bug on the weekend causing over 11,500 Ethereum (ETH) worth nearly $33 million to be locked forever within a smart contract, inaccessible even to the development team.

22.04 / 23:47

defi Hackers hacks Decentralized Exchange Exploit Finance Redefined: Hacker bungles DeFi exploit, dYdx's decentralization goals, and more

The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem was filled with ups and downs —mostly the latter— this week, with two very distinct hack attempts and a heartbreaking departure of a DeFi veteran.

22.04 / 04:55

defi Hackers hacks security Exploit Hacker bungles DeFi exploit: Leaves stolen $1M in contract set to self destruct

In a rare comedic bungle among DeFi exploits, an attacker has fumbled their heist at the finish line leaving behind over $1 million in stolen crypto.

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