Tag: hackers
All articles and news related to attacks on crypto and blockchain projects.
Experts: $160M Stolen from Wintermute Are Linked to Profanity
Reading Time: < 1 minute The unknown attacker who stole $160 million from market maker Wintermute exploited a vulnerability in the Profanity tool.
2 Hackers Use Rug Pull Finder Exploit to Mint 450 NFTs
Reading Time: < 1 minute An exploit in their own smart contract has allowed two attackers to create 450 project NFTs in their wallet for free instead of one.
Hacker Attacks Cross-chain Bridge Rainbow Bridge
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cross-chain bridge Rainbow Bridge has successfully repelled an attack by an unknown hacker on August 20.
Polygon-based Gaming Project Dragoma Turns to Be Rug Pull Scam
Reading Time: < 1 minute The developers of the Polygon-based web3 game Dragoma have reportedly implemented a rug pull scam.
Hackers Steal $5M from Exchange ZB.com
Reading Time: < 1 minute Almost $5 million in cryptocurrencies has been stolen from crypto exchange ZB.com by hackers.
Ransomware Attacks Fall by 23%
Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of attacks using ransomware has significantly decreased against the backdrop of the fall in the price of Bitcoin.
US Justice Department Seizes $500K from Ransomware Operators Linked to North Korea
Reading Time: < 1 minute The US Justice Department has confiscated about $500,000 that had been paid to ransomware operators linked to North Korea.
DeFi Project Yam Finance Resists a $3.1M Hacker Attack
Reading Time: < 1 minute The team developers behind the DeFi protocol Yam Finance has recently repelled a hacker attack.
Hackers Used Spyware in Ronin Attack
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hackers carried out the attack on the sidechain Ronin using spyware in a PDF document.
Telegram Denies the Leak of More Than 137 GB of Messages from Crypto-related Chats
Reading Time: < 1 minute Twitter user adyingnobody has claimed he was able to access 137.21GB of messages from Telegram users.
Crypto Spam Has Grown 4,000% Since 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of various bots and spam actively distributed in the crypto space by various attackers has grown by almost 4,000%.
Wormhole Pays $10M to White Hat Hacker for Discovering a Vulnerability
Reading Time: < 1 minute The project team has paid $10 million to a white hat hacker who has discovered a critical vulnerability in the cross-chain protocol.
Axie Infinity Sets Deadline for Returning Stolen Assets
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sky Mavis, the company behind the blockchain game Axie Infinity, expects to return at least part of the cryptocurrency stolen by a hacker.
Hackers Get Access to Data From Apple and Meta Users
Reading Time: < 1 minute Apple and Meta shared user data with hackers posing as law enforcement in mid-2021.
Price of Cashio Project Stablecoin Drops Following Hack Attack
Reading Time: < 1 minute Solana-based protocol Cashio has been attacked, which has made the price of the stablecoin CASH fall to zero.
Crypto Lending Platform BlockFi Suffers Client Data Leak
Reading Time: < 1 minute BlockFi has reported a leak of user data hosted in HubSpot’s CRM.
Hacker Who Stole More Than 100 NFTs From Treasure Platform Returns Assets
Reading Time: < 1 minute The hacker who exploited a vulnerability in the NFT marketplace Treasure to steal more than 100 NFTs has started to return the stolen goods.
Hackers Demand Nvidia Remove Hashrate Limit From its GPUs
Reading Time: < 1 minute LAPSUS$ has announced it is ready to disclose or sell 1 terabyte of stolen confidential data if the graphics card maker does not unlock mining restrictions in the new RTX 30 series.
Unknown Person Steals $36 Million From IRA Financial Trust Pension Crypto Accounts
Reading Time: < 1 minute An attacker has stolen assets from IRA Financial Trust-managed retirement savings accounts on Gemini.
Hackers Hack Crypto Exchange PayBito
Reading Time: < 1 minute The group behind the LockBit ransomware has gained access to the confidential information of the cryptocurrency exchange PayBito.
FBI Seizes $3.6B in Bitcoin Stolen From Bitfinex
Reading Time: < 1 minute Representatives of the US authorities have announced the detention of persons involved in the hacking of Bitfinex in 2016, as well as the confiscation of $3.6 billion in Bitcoin.
Unknown Hackers Hack YouTube Accounts of Crypto Bloggers
Reading Time: < 1 minute Some hackers have attacked several crypto YouTube bloggers and published videos on their behalf with calls to send money.
Crypto.com Reveals Hackers Have Stolen About $34M From the Platform
Reading Time: < 1 minute During the recent attack on the Crypto.com infrastructure, the accounts of around 400 users were hacked.
An NFT Collector Loses $2.2M Victim of a Phishing Attack
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ross+Kramer, a New York-based gallery that collects unique tokens, has reported via Twitter that it has fallen victim to a phishing scam.
Hackers Are Spreading Hidden Miners Through Pirated Version of Spider-Man
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cybercriminals are actively distributing malware for hidden cryptocurrency mining via a torrent file with the popular movie “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”
