Tag: hackers
All articles and news related to attacks on crypto and blockchain projects.
Hacker Who Hacked Cross-chain Protocol Wormhole Moves $157M in Assets
Reading Time: < 1 minute The attacker who stole more than $319 million from cross-chain protocol Wormhole in February has began moving assets.
Hackers Who Attacked BTC.com Sent Stolen Crypto to Centralized Exchanges
Reading Time: < 1 minute The hackers who attacked the BTC.com pool sent them to centralized crypto exchanges.
Hackers Steal $12M from DeFi Project Defrost Finance
Reading Time: < 1 minute DeFi protocol Defrost Finance suffered a hacker attack on December 23.
Gemini Users Suffer Phishing Attacks
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has recently reported it has suffered a leak of user data as a result of a series of phishing attacks.
Changpeng Zhao Warns About Phishing Sites Promotion on Google
Reading Time: < 1 minute Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has noticed that Google search results promote phishing sites targeting cryptocurrency users.
Mango Markets Community Approves to Pay $47M to Hacker
Reading Time: < 1 minute The community of the DeFi platform Mango Markets ha recently voted in favor of the agreement with the hacker to pay him $47 million so that he returns $69 million.
Chainalysis: DeFi Protocols Have Lost $718M Since October 1
Reading Time: < 1 minute October was a record month for the volume of cryptocurrencies stolen by hackers this year.
Crypto Industry Lost $428M from Hacks and Scams in Q3
Reading Time: < 1 minute The cumulative losses of the Web3 ecosystem from hacks and fraud amounted to $428.7 million for the third quarter of the year.
Hackers Steal $950,000 Due to Profanity Bug
Reading Time: < 1 minute There has been a theft of 732 ETH or $950,000 from an Ethereum address created using the Profanity generator.
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.