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24.08 / 05:29

business Blockchain Hackers hacks White hat: I returned most of the stolen Nomad funds and all I got was this silly NFT

Hackers behind the $190 million Nomad Bridge are now being incentivized with "whitehat" themed non-fungible tokens (NFTs) if they return nearly all of the funds they stole from the protocol at the start of this month.

22.08 / 04:31

business hacks BUG Exploit Hackers exploit zero day bug to steal from General Bytes Bitcoin ATMs

Bitcoin ATM manufacturer General Bytes had its servers compromised via a zero-day attack on Aug. 18, which enabled the hackers to make themselves the default admins and modify settings so that all funds would be transferred to their wallet address.

18.08 / 13:29

Blockchain defi hacks Shuts Down network Celer Network shuts down bridge over potential DNS hijacking

Interoperability protocol Celer Network (CELR) has asked its users to revoke the approval for several contracts after shutting down its cBridge over a suspected DNS hijacking.

17.08 / 13:09

Blockchain defi hacks Cybercrime Another depeg — Acala trace report reveals 3B aUSD erroneously minted

High-profile security incidents continue to be a theme in 2022 as the Acala Network joined a long list of stricken platforms to fall prey to exploits.

15.08 / 05:43

Stablecoin defi Hackers hacks network freeze Exploit Network and token freeze after Acala exploit raises questions

The Acala Network’s aUSD stablecoin depegged by over 99% over the weekend and forced the Acala team to pause a hacker’s wallet, raising concerns about its claim of being decentralized.

12.08 / 23:35

defi Hackers hacks Curve Finance resolves site exploits, directs users to revoke recent contracts: Finance Redefined

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

11.08 / 08:11

Blockchain hacks security 88% of Nomad Bridge exploiters were 'copycats' — Report

Close to 90% of addresses taking part in the $186 million Nomad Bridge hack last week have been identified as “copycats,” making off with a total of $88 million worth of tokens on Aug. 1, a new report has revealed.

05.08 / 23:51

NFT defi Hackers hacks fall Finance Redefined: Solana and Nomad bridge fall prey to exploits losing millions

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

05.08 / 12:57

Blockchain hacks crimes Cybercrime Experts find private keys on Slope servers, still puzzled over access

Blockchain auditing firms are still trying to figure out how hackers gained access to about 8,000 private keys used to drain Solana-based wallets.

05.08 / 07:53

Blockchain defi Hackers hacks Solana-hacked crypto could be claimed as a tax loss: Experts

For unlucky crypto investors looking to turn lemons into lemonade — it turns out that digital assets lost during an exploit or hack can potentially be claimed as a tax loss, provided you live in the right country, experts told Cointelegraph.

04.08 / 05:43

business defi Hackers hacks Slope wallets blamed for Solana-based wallet attack

As the dust settles from yesterday’s Solana ecosystem mayhem, data is surfacing that wallet provider Slope is largely responsible for the security exploit that stole crypto from thousands of Solana users.

03.08 / 23:15

business hacks Cybercrime Hackers might be responsible for removing $4.8M from crypto exchange ZB.com: PeckShield

Blockchain investigator PeckShield has reported roughly $4.8 million in crypto moved from ZB.com amid the exchange announcing the suspension of withdrawals.

03.08 / 05:39

Blockchain Hackers hacks wallet Ongoing Solana-based wallet hack has already seen millions drained

A security vulnerability impacting the Solana ecosystem has reportedly seen millions in funds drained across a number of Solana-based wallets.

29.07 / 11:41

business hacks phishing email Phishing risks escalate as Celsius confirms client emails leaked

Celsius depositors should be on the lookout for phishing scams after the company revealed some of its customer data had been leaked in a third-party data breach.

27.07 / 09:37

Blockchain defi hacks community Backlash as Harmony proposes minting 4.97B tokens to reimburse victims

The team behind the Harmony blockchain project has proposed the minting of up to 4.97 billion worth of its native token ONE to compensate victims of the $100 million Horizon Bridge hack in June.

24.07 / 09:17

Blockchain Hackers hacks Hacker drains $1.08M from Audius following passing of malicious proposal

Proposals in crypto help communities make consensus-based decisions. However, for decentralized music platform Auduis, the passing of a malicious governance proposal resulted in the transfer of tokens worth $5.9 million, with the hacker making away with $1 million.

12.07 / 08:59

business Blockchain hacks phishing phishing attack More than $4.7M stolen in Uniswap fake token phishing attack

A sophisticated phishing campaign targeting liquidity providers (LPs) of the Uniswap v3 protocol has seen attackers make off with at least $4.7 million worth of Ethereum (ETH). However, the community is reporting the losses could be even greater.

01.07 / 23:15

Adoption defi Hackers hacks Sky Mavis Battle-hardened Ronin bridge reopens following $600M hack: Finance Redefined

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of key decentralized finance (DeFi) insights, a newsletter crafted to bring you some of the major developments over the last week.

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.

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.

29.05 / 05:25

Blockchain Technology defi hacks Future Cross-Chain Is there a secure future for cross-chain bridges?

The plane touches down and comes to a halt. Heading to passport control, one of the passengers stops at a vending machine to buy a bottle of soda — but the device is absolutely indifferent to all of their credit cards, cash, coins and everything else. All of that is part of a foreign economy as far as the machine is concerned, and as such, they can’t buy even a droplet of Coke.

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