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10.08 / 20:51

Blockchain defi Hackers hacks Aave Governance Token Curve Finance Aave DAO opens voting on proposals to reduce CRV exposure

The Aave community is seeking to reduce its protocol exposure to the Curve DAO token, with two proposals open for voting on Aug. 10. The move comes in an attempt to limit the risk posed to the lending protocol by the large borrowing position held by Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov.

10.08 / 18:23

defi Hackers hacks Altcoin Curve Finance Returns Binance invests $5M in Curve token as hacker partially returns funds

Binance Labs, the venture arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has invested $5 million in Curve (CRV), the namesake token of the decentralized stablecoin trading platform.

09.08 / 16:35

business defi Hackers hacks Usd Coin Aave’s Earning Farm protocol targeted by reentrancy attack — PeckShield

Blockchain security firm PeckShield revealed fresh vulnerabilities targeting decentralized finance (DeFi) projects on Aug. 9. According to the firm, Aave’s Earning Farm has been compromised by a reentrancy attack, resulting in the theft of at least $287,000 worth of Ether (ETH).

09.08 / 02:19

business Hackers hacks Altcoin Scams phishing X account Blockchain Capital’s X account hacked promoting token claim scam

The X (Twitter) account of crypto-focused venture capital firm Blockchain Capital has seemingly been taken over by scammers attempting to lure users with the promise of a token claim.

07.08 / 23:51

defi Hackers hacks Altcoin solana Exploit Cypher Protocol freezes smart contract after an estimated $1M exploit

Solana-based decentralized futures exchange Cypher Protocol halted its smart contract after an estimated $1 million exploit.

07.08 / 20:13

defi Hackers hacks Breaking: 'All funds are at risk' — Steadefi exploited in ongoing attack

Decentralized finance (DeFi) app Steadefi was exploited for at least $334,000 on Aug. 7 in an ongoing attack. The app's development team has said in a social media post that the attack currently "puts all funds at risk." The app's total value locked (TVL) has plummeted as a result of the attack, according to data from DeFiLama.

07.08 / 16:23

business Hackers hacks CoinsPaid claims North Korean hacking group used fake job interview to steal $37M

Estonia-based cryptocurrency payments firm CoinsPaid suspects North Korean hackers with the Lazarus Group gained access to its systems through fake recruiters targeting employees.

06.08 / 21:53

business defi Hackers hacks Curve Finance Curve Finance opens bounty after exploiter's return deadline expires

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Curve Finance is extending a bug bounty offer to anyone who is able to identify the exploiter responsible for draining over $61 million from its pools on July 30.

05.08 / 21:25

Blockchain defi Hackers hacks reports Alchemix reports return of all stolen funds from Curve pools

Lending platform Alchemix has announced the return of all stolen funds by the Curve finance hacker. The attack took place on July 30 and resulted in over $61 million in cryptocurrencies drained, including $13.6 million from Alchemix’s alETH-ETH pool.

05.08 / 04:21

NFT defi Hackers hacks Liquidity lending Curve Finance JPEG'd confirms return of 5,495 ETH from Curve hacker

Nonfungible token finance (NFT-Fi) protocol JPEG’d has confirmed that 5,495 Ether (ETH), worth roughly $10 million at current prices, has been returned by the Curve Finance hacker.

04.08 / 21:17

business Blockchain Ethereum defi Hackers hacks Curve Finance Exploit Curve-Vyper exploit: The whole story so far

The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem has experienced a challenging week after a seismic security incident led to over $61 million being stolen from Curve Finance’s pools, leaving several protocols facing broader contagion risks.

04.08 / 21:17

Ethereum defi Hackers hacks lending Loans Curve Finance CRV exposure risk throws a curveball at the DeFi ecosystem: Finance Redefined

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week.

04.08 / 16:33

Blockchain Hackers Altcoin Curve Finance Curve hacker behind $61M heist begins returning funds

A miner extractable value (MEV) bot that drained 6,106 Ether from the Curve Finance pETH-ETH pool has returned most of the funds to the JPEG'd deployer, which represents nearly all of the drained funds. This event occurred after the bot's address sent a message on the Ethereum blockchain seeking to prove that their email address was associated with the frontrunning bot.

03.08 / 21:55

Blockchain Hackers hacks Curve Finance BUG Bug Bounty Curve, Metronome and Alchemix offering 10% bug bounty on Vyper hack

Decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms Curve, Metronome and Alchemix have jointly announced an initiative to recover stolen funds from the recent exploits of Curve’s pools.

03.08 / 17:51

Blockchain Stablecoin defi Hackers Curve Finance shock events Curve's crvUSD depegs as market reacts to shock events

Curve Finance's native stablecoin crvUSD briefly depegged on Aug. 3, reacting to an uncertain environment surrounding the protocol after its recent exploit. In the course of the day, the stablecoin fell by as much as 0.35% before regaining its peg to the United States dollar.

03.08 / 16:35

Hackers regulation Bitfinex crimes Court Money laundering Individual charged with money laundering admits to hacking Bitfinex in 2016: Report

One half of the couple alleged to have laundered billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency has reportedly admitted he was behind the 2016 Bitfinex hack.

03.08 / 09:31

business Hackers hacks Mining Cybersecurity Cybercrime Top crypto cyber threats Cyber BlackBerry reveals top crypto-focused malware amid rising cyber threats

In the process of stopping over 1.5 million cyberattacks between March and May, the cybersecurity arm of the former smartphone goliath BlackBerry identified malware families that actively try to hijack computers to mine or steal cryptocurrencies.

02.08 / 22:31

Blockchain Ethereum defi Hackers hacks Scams DAO Curve emergency DAO terminates rewards for hack-related pools

The Curve Finance lending protocol has terminated governance token rewards for select liquidity pools affected by the July 30 Curve exploit and July 6 Multichain exploit, according to an Aug. 2 social media post from a member of the protocol’s governing body.

02.08 / 18:59

Blockchain Binance Hackers hacks Cybersecurity security Binance’s CZ warns crypto community about emerging scam

Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao warned his followers on X — formerly Twitter — about a tricky and increasingly popular scam targeting the crypto community in which fake wallet addresses are used to defraud users during transactions.

02.08 / 11:19

defi Hackers hacks regulation Liquidity Abracadabra proposes hiking loan interest rate by 200% to manage Curve risk

Abracadabra Money, a cross-blockchain lending platform, has proposed increasing the interest rate on its outstanding loans to manage risks associated with its Curve (CRV) exposure. The proposal drew mixed reactions from the community, and several questioned the tactic of modifying loan terms, while others called it a great plan to cut down exposure to CRV.

02.08 / 05:33

Hackers Cybersecurity data Data Breach information Thousands of B.C. health-care workers’ information exposed in data breach

A major cyber attack in British Columbia may have resulted in the theft of personal information belonging to hundreds of thousands of people working in the province’s health-care sector.

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