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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.

06.05 / 23:41

defi hacks Europe defi protocols Lost Finance Redefined: DeFi protocols lost $1.6B, EU to rethink DeFi approach and more

The past week in the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem saw many new developments from an adoption perspective and protocol developments. The European Commission added a new chapter on DeFi, showing the growing impact of the nascent ecosystem, while a county in the United States State of Virginia wants to put its pension fund in a DeFi yield.

04.05 / 16:11

Blockchain hacks Polkadot security Cross-Chain Polkadot launches cross-chain messaging system to solve blockchain’s bridge problem

Blockchain platform Polkadot has launched a new cross-chain communications protocol, saying it will do away with cumbersome bridging mechanisms that have cost the crypto industry billions in cyber attacks.

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.

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.

11.04 / 14:37

markets Hackers hacks Trading Sky Mavis Axs Price Axie Infinity sees 'no signs of buyers' as AXS price tumbles 30% in two weeks

Axie Infinity (AXS) price has fallen by nearly 30% two weeks after losing $625 million to a hacking incident involving its play-to-earn gaming platform's underlying blockchain, the Ronin Network.

06.04 / 16:51

NFT defi hacks Sky Mavis Axie Infinity creator raises $150M led by Binance to reimburse stolen funds

Sky Mavis, the creator of the popular play-to-earn nonfungible token game Axie Infinity has raised $150 million in a new funding round led by Binance.

01.04 / 23:37

Binance defi hacks Finance Redefined: Axie Infinity’s Ronin bridge faces worst hack, Binance launches Bridge 2.0 and more

The last week of March saw the decentralized finance (DeFi) market surge to new highs as institutional investors returned to the market. Amid the rising popularity of DeFi products, Axie Inifity’s Ronin bridge faced the worst hack in crypto history, raising security concerns for the market.

01.04 / 12:02

hacks Netflix Quadrigacx Bitcoin Netflix‘s crypto swindler documentary draws wild community reaction

Netflix’s new crypto documentary titled Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King was released on Wednesday amid much fanfare. The documentary is based on the mysterious death of the now-defunct crypto exchange QuadrigaCX founder.

23.03 / 13:03

NFT hacks Marketplace Exploit Marvel NFT partner Veve closes its marketplace after an in-app token exploit

Veve, a nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace with licensed digital collectibles, faced an exploit on Tuesday, resulting in millions of gems (in-app tokens) being acquired illegally. The platform is quite popular among mainstream brands such as Marvel, Pixar, and Coca-Cola, that have chosen Veve as their official launch partner.

21.03 / 09:21

defi hacks DEX security Exploit Li Finance protocol loses $600,000 in latest DeFi exploit

The Li Finance swap aggregator has experienced a smart contract exploit leading to the loss of around $600,000 from 29 users’ wallets.

15.03 / 15:01

defi hacks Decentralized Exchange Exploit Deus Finance exploit: Hackers get away with $3M worth of DAI and Ether

Multi-token decentralized finance (DeFi) marketplace Deus Finance has become the latest victim of an exploit resulting in over $3 million losses in DAI and Ether (ETH).

11.03 / 08:11

Hackers hacks Sport Scams ESPN ESPN's baseball reporter's Twitter account hacked by NFT scammers

In what ESPN Major League Baseball reporter Jeff Passan called the “biggest news day” of his life, scammers hijacked his Twitter account to promote an NFT giveaway.

05.03 / 19:51

NFT hacks Altcoin Tokens Opensea phishing scandal reveals a security need across the NFT landscape

Despite the ongoing volatility plaguing the digital asset sector, one niche that has undoubtedly continued to flourish is the nonfungible token (NFT) market. This is made evident by the fact that a growing number of mainstream mover and shakers including the likes of Coca-Cola, Adidas, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and McDonalds, among many others, have made their way into the burgeoning Metaverse ecosystem in recent months.

23.02 / 17:17

Blockchain Hackers hacks phishing Exploit Mintable pledges to return NFTs stolen in OpenSea exploit

Major nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea announced a service upgrade on Saturday, which requested that users migrate their listed assets from the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain to a newly created smart contract.

23.02 / 01:33

business Hackers hacks Ethereum Classic Exploit Journalist alleges Mimo Capital co-founder was behind 2016 exploit of The Dao: Report

Laura Shin, a cryptocurrency journalist and host of the Unchained Podcast, claimed to have discovered the identity of the individual behind an exploit which drained more than 3.6 million Ether from Germany-based startup Slock.it’s The DAO in 2016.

19.02 / 14:21

Blockchain Hackers hacks Multichain Multichain recovers $2.6M stolen funds, to reimburse losses on condition

After a month-long fight against an ongoing exploit, cross-chain router protocol Multichain announced the recovery of nearly 50% of the total stolen funds, worth nearly $2.6 million of cryptocurrencies. The team has also released a compensation plan to reimburse the users’ losses.

11.02 / 11:51

Ethereum defi hacks DAO BUG Exploit Bunny and Qubit turns to DAO following $80 million bug exploit

The development team behind Bunny Finance and Qubit has decided to disband the protocol and turn it into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO).

11.02 / 06:17

Blockchain defi Hackers hacks BUG iOS jailbreak dev wins $2M bounty for finding critical Optimism bug

Developers from the Ethereum Layer 2 scaling project Optimism announced that a “critical bug” had been identified and subsequently patched earlier this month.

09.02 / 07:43

hacks regulation Scams bail 'Comedic rapper' charged over Bitfinex hack laundering out on bail

New York resident Heather Morgan, 31, claims to be many things: “a serial entrepreneur, prolific writer, irreverent comedic rapper, and investor in B2B software companies with high growth potential.”

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