Hacks Financial News
22.11 / 09:45
business
hacks
Mt. Gox
Bitcoin
Mt. Gox creditors offered fresh hope with new ‘commencement of repayment’ email
Creditors of Mt. Gox, a now-defunct Bitcoin (BTC) exchange that lost 850,000 BTC to a hack in 2014, have reportedly received a new email hinting at soon-to-come repayments.
21.11 / 09:51
Ethereum
hacks
Altcoin
Tokens
Smart Contracts
fantom
Fantom Foundation awards $1.7M bounty for preventing $170M drain
The Fantom Foundation, a nonprofit organization developing the Fantom blockchain platform, has eliminated a significant vulnerability after a $550,000 hack in October.
21.11 / 09:51
Blockchain
defi
Hackers
hacks
dYdX founder blames V3 central components for 'targeted attack,' involves FBI
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol dYdX founder Antonio Juliano took to X (formerly Twitter) to share some of the findings of the investigation into the loss of $9 million in insurance funds, in what many suspected was an exit scam that took place on Nov. 17.
20.11 / 11:47
Blockchain
Hackers
hacks
Cybersecurity
security
exchanges
Poloniex says hacker’s identity is confirmed, offers last bounty at $10M
Crypto exchange Poloniex recently posted a message to the hacker responsible for stealing over $100 million in digital assets from one of its wallets, saying that it has identified the person and is giving the perpetrator a chance to return the assets in exchange for a $10 million bounty.
20.11 / 11:47
Blockchain
Ethereum
defi
hacks
Bridges have big problems — How can cross-chain swaps be quicker and safer?
A big problem when transferring assets from one blockchain to another concerns bridges. Between 2020 and 2022, data from Token Terminal revealed that more than $2.5 billion had been stolen by hackers — all because of vulnerabilities within bridge infrastructure.
20.11 / 10:15
Blockchain
Ethereum
Hackers
hacks
Trading
investigation
Kronos Research halts trading amid $25M API key hack investigation
A hacker walked away with $25 million from quantitative trading firm Kronos Research after accessing its compromised API keys.
15.11 / 12:12
15.11 / 12:12
NFT
hacks
phishing
email
Opensea
OpenSea NFT users report massive email phishing campaign
Users of the major nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea have said they are being targeted with a new email phishing attack and have received emails containing malicious links from attackers posing as the marketplace.
15.11 / 12:12
Blockchain
Hackers
hacks
Cybersecurity
Bitcoin
Cybersecurity team claims up to $2.1B in crypto stored in old wallets is at risk
While the crypto community is still weathering the effects of the recent $100 million Poloniex hack, another cybersecurity threat that could affect billions worth of crypto assets has been discovered by a team of blockchain security experts.
13.11 / 11:47
Blockchain
hacks
Cybersecurity
security
Bitcoin
Hackers claim to have stolen user data from defunct crypto ATM firm Coin Cloud
An anonymous group of hackers claims to have stolen personal information for about 300,000 customers of the Bitcoin (BTC) ATM company called Coin Cloud, the pseudonymous cybersecurity account Vx-underground posted on X (formerly Twitter).
10.11 / 19:31
defi
Hackers
hacks
regulation
Aave
Court
Mango Markets’ exploiter to face trial in April, and Coinflux shuts multichain: 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.
09.11 / 05:39
05.11 / 18:11
Blockchain
Hackers
hacks
Altcoin
security
Monero
Monero’s community wallet loses all funds after attack
A recent attack compromised Monero’s community crowdfunding wallet, wiping out its entire balance of 2,675.73 Monero (XMR), worth nearly $460,000.
03.11 / 19:33
NFT
defi
hacks
regulation
solana
surges
Multichain inside job? And SOL surges 80% in a month: 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.
03.11 / 14:41
Technology
defi
Hackers
hacks
Tokens
crimes
SafeMoon addresses recent exploits amid SEC charges
Decentralized finance project SafeMoon, which was charged by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for security rules violations and fraud, has said that it is closely examining recent developments and will work to resolve the situation promptly.
03.11 / 14:41
business
Blockchain
Hackers
hacks
Apple
Software
Apple MacOS malware targets crypto community and engineers
A new malware discovered on Apple’s macOS — tied to the North Korean hacking group Lazarus — has reportedly targeted blockchain engineers of a cryptocurrency exchange platform.
02.11 / 12:51
Blockchain
defi
Hackers
hacks
regulation
SEC
security
centralized exchanges
SafeMoon hacker’s use of centralized exchanges could help law enforcement — Match Systems
The decentralized finance project SafeMoon, which was exploited in March, resulting in a net loss of $8.9 million in BNB (BNB), has been charged by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for security rules violations and fraud.
02.11 / 10:29
hacks
Scams
crypto regulation
UK’s National Crime Agency Seeks to Set Up Specialized Team to Combat Cryptocurrency Scams and Fraud
The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is taking a proactive stance against the rising threat of cryptocurrency scams and fraud.
01.11 / 23:17
Blockchain
Ethereum
BLOCK
hacks
Browser
show
Multichain
Breaking: Some Multichain transactions are confirmed as queue unwinds
Hacked cross-chain protocol Multichain has confirmed some transactions, and its backlog of queued transactions has declined to only a single transaction, according to data from Multichain's explorer tool. Blockchain data confirms that some of the transactions have been confirmed on the destination chain, while others show as confirmed in the Multichain explorer but not on the destination chain.
01.11 / 21:25
Blockchain
Adoption
Hackers
hacks
Cybersecurity
security
Cybercrime
lazarus
Lazarus used ‘KANDYKORN’ malware in attempt to compromise exchange —Elastic
Lazarus Group used a new form of malware in an attempt to compromise a crypto exchange, according to an October 31 report from Elastic Security Labs.
01.11 / 15:07
business
Blockchain
Hackers
hacks
decentralized marketplace
Tornado Cash
Onyx Protocol exploiter begins siphoning $2.1M loot on Tornado Cash
Decentralized peer-to-peer lending platform Onyx Protocol lost roughly $2.1 million in an exploit of a market with no liquidity that was deployed on Oct. 27.
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