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Cetus Protocol, the largest decentralized exchange on the Sui blockchain, is offering a $6 million bounty to the hacker behind a massive $223 million exploit that occurred on May 22. In a May 22 follow-up statement accompanied by an on-chain…
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Decentralized finance platform Loopscale has reached an agreement with the hackers who exploited its system, securing the return of stolen funds in exchange for a bounty. In an Apr. 28 post on X, Loopscale confirmed that the hacker behind its…
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ZKSync has recovered over $5 million worth of tokens after a hacker accepted a 10% bounty in exchange for returning 90% of the stolen assets. On Apr. 23, ZKSync announced on X that the hacker had cooperated and returned the…
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Ethereum
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The hacker behind KiloEx’s recent $7.4 million exploit has returned $1.4 million worth of USDT following days of silence. The update was shared by blockchain security firm PeckShield in an Apr. 18 post on X, confirming that funds linked to…
BNB
BNB
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Crypto wallet provider Phantom is facing a lawsuit after an alleged security flaw allowed hackers to steal over $500,000 worth of Wiener Doge memecoin tokens. The complaint, filed on Apr. 14 in New York by attorney Thomas Liam Murphy and…
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Sui
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KiloEx, a decentralized perpetuals trading platform backed by YZi Labs, was exploited for approximately $7.4 million in a cross-chain attack. The attack was first flagged by blockchain security platform Cyvers Alerts on Apr. 14 at 7:30 PM UTC. The company…
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DeFi protocol Morpho App has confirmed its frontend is secure after reverting a faulty update that had led to a potential $2.6 million exploit, found and executed by a whitehat hacker. The vulnerability took place after a frontend update on…
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KAITO
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Filament, a decentralized exchange built on the Sei blockchain, has been hit by a major self-liquidation exploit. According to the platform’s post-hack statement shared on X, attackers took advantage of the platform’s order book system to steal around $572,000. The…
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Hyperliquid
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The zkLend exploiter lost all 2,930 ETH in a phishing scam while trying to launder the stolen money using what they thought was Tornado Cash. According to a Mar. 31 post on X by Consensys-backed De.Fi Antivirus Web3, the attacker…
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Ethereum-based DeFi protocol SIR.trading, also known as Synthetics Implemented Right, was completely drained in an exploit on Mar. 30, losing all $355,000 of its total value locked. TenArmor, a blockchain security firm, was the first to report the attack on…
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Following a trading incident involving JELLY that resulted in a $10.63 million loss, Hyperliquid has introduced additional security measures. The problem resulted from a rogue trader who self-traded a sizable JELLY position, which caused a price spike, setting off a…
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Hyperliquid
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AiXBT, a popular AI-driven crypto market commentator, fell victim to a security breach on Mar. 18, resulting in a loss of 55.50 ETH or approximately $104,000. An attacker tricked AiXBT’s AI agent into carrying out the transfer by gaining access…
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Virtuals Protocol
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Blockchain security firm CertiK has identified a security breach on Arbitrum, where an attacker exploited a signature verification bypass to drain about $140,000. On Mar. 10, at 04:06 UTC, CertiK Alert reported on X that an attacker had most likely…
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Arbitrum
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zkLend has officially launched its Recovery Portal, allowing users impacted by the platform’s Feb. 12 exploit to claim their lost funds. The decentralized lending protocol announced the portal’s activation on a Mar. 5 post on X, advising users to verify…
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Ethereum
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Decentralized lending protocol Liquity has seen over $17 million in withdrawals after urging users to exit its v2 stability pools due to an ongoing investigation into a potential threat. According to DefiLlama, an upward of $17 million has left the…
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Liquity USD
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Polter Finance has partnered with blockchain security provider FailSafe to enhance its security system to prevent future exploits. According to a press release sent to crypto.news, Polter Finance’s collaboration with FailSafe will ensure the implementation of real-time threat detection and…
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