On Monday, Seychelles-based crypto trading platform HTX lost ETH worth more than $7.5 million to an attacker three weeks after rebranding from Huobi. According to HTX advisor and Tron founder Justin Sun,…
Category: Hacks
Hacker Hijacks Ethereum Founder’s X Account, Steals Over $650K From Users
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin saw his X (formerly Twitter) account hacked on Sunday, with the attacker stealing over $650,000 from the crypto guru’s followers who opened a fraud link shared on his…
Balancer Loses $1M in Latest Exploit as Developers Urge Users to Remove Funds
On Monday, well-known decentralized exchange (DEX) Balancer announced it had been targeted the previous day, losing nearly $1 million. The hack came five days after the developers behind the project revealed a…
Hot Topics on Crypto Twitter – Will Elon Musk’s “X” App Support Crypto Integration?
Twitter’s decision to rebrand to X has not been received well by a section of the platform’s users. However, the company says the move is necessary to help it achieve its vision…
CEX Price Feed Save Curve Finance from Plunge
On Sunday, July 30, susceptibility arising in the Vyper programming often utilized in the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol led to the attack. The attackers targeted Curve Finance resulting in the exploitation of…
Gutter Cat Gang Twitter Account Hacked, NFTs Worth At Least $700K Swiped
The official Twitter handle of Gutter Cat Gang, a popular Ethereum-based NFT collection, was targeted on Monday, causing losses of up to $700,000. According to blockchain observer AegisWeb3, the hacker has already…
Bitfinex Recovers $310K of the $3.5B Stolen in 2016 Hack
On Thursday, crypto exchange Bitfinex disclosed that it had recouped about $310,000 in cash stolen during an attack in 2016. In addition, the company also recovered 7 Bitcoin Cash, worth $1,940 as…
CertiK Report Shows Crypto Exploits and Scams in May Caused $60 Million Loss
Blockchain security company CertiK released a report today indicating that investors lost over $60 million in May to scams and exploits. The total amount of money lost to malicious players in the…
Decentralized Exchange Swaprum Rugs, Leaves Investors $3 Million Short
Decentralized Exchange Swaprum, which was recently audited by CertiK, is reported to have disappeared with nearly $3 million in customer funds. Now a section of crypto users is blaming the auditing firm…
Meta Security Team Considers AI and ChatGPT Latest Vectors for Malware
According to Meta’s security researchers, the flocking of ‘bad actors’ to generative AI is attributed to the most current technology to capture an individual’s enthusiasm and imagination. The researchers also state that…
Auditor CertiK Accuse ‘Rogue Developers’ of Stealing Over $1.8M from Decentralized Exchange Merlin
On Wednesday, reports emerged that decentralized exchange Merlin, which was launched earlier this month, saw its liquidity pool drained of roughly $1.8 million. Auditing firm CertiK is now accusing rogue developers of…