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Ctrl Wallet shuts down after exploit, urges users to move funds

Ctrl Wallet has announced the permanent shutdown of its services after a recent security exploit, giving users until Aug. 3 to move their crypto assets before core wallet functions go offline. Ctrl Wallet said in a blog post published Tuesday…

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What are cross-chain bridges? Why they keep getting hacked

Blockchains cannot talk to each other on their own. Bridges are the software that moves value between them, and they have leaked more money to hackers than any other kind of crypto infrastructure, billions across a handful of catastrophic breaches.…

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$2M Ether swap ends in $14K after low liquidity routing mistake

A trader has lost nearly $2 million in an Ether swap after a decentralized exchange router sent the transaction through a low-liquidity pool, allowing a same-block arbitrage trade to capture almost the entire value. According to blockchain security firm GoPlus…

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Axelar shuts down Secret Network bridge routes after $4.7M exploit

Axelar has disabled its Secret Network bridge connections after a security incident resulted in the loss of roughly $4.7 million worth of bridged assets. According to Axelar, the exploit affected assets transferred from the Axelar chain to Secret Network through…

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Jun 19, 2026 at 8:20 PM UTC

Pyra to shut down after Drift exploit derails recovery efforts

Pyra has announced plans to shut down operations after months of efforts to recover from the impact of the Drift exploit, with user withdrawals remaining available until September 15, 2026. According to a June 15 announcement from Pyra, the crypto…

Jun 16, 2026 at 10:25 AM UTC

DeFi exploit wave erased $13B in TVL, Binance Research says

Binance Research says April DeFi exploits drove $13B in TVL outflows, lifting on-chain leverage to 38% as hacks continued across DeFi.

Jun 16, 2026 at 4:43 AM UTC

Raydium promises full refund after $1.3M Solana pool exploit

Raydium has pledged to fully reimburse losses after an exploit drained approximately $1.3 million from five legacy liquidity pools built on Solana. According to blockchain security firm PeckShield and on-chain investigator Specter, the attack targeted retired automated market maker infrastructure…

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Jun 10, 2026 at 6:12 PM UTC

Humanity Protocol says attacker stole seven keys from one device

Humanity Protocol has identified a malware-infected developer machine as the source of the security breach that led to the theft and unauthorized minting of roughly 447 million H tokens across Ethereum and BNB Smart Chain. According to Humanity Protocol’s incident…

Jun 10, 2026 at 11:33 AM UTC

Humanity founder reveals employee laptop breach behind $36M exploit

Humanity Protocol has revealed that a compromised employee laptop enabled attackers to obtain control of bridge administration systems across Ethereum and BNB Smart Chain, resulting in the theft and minting of more than $36 million worth of H tokens. According…

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Jun 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM UTC

Humanity Protocol says compromised admin keys led to $36M exploit

Humanity Protocol has disclosed that more than $36 million worth of H tokens have been stolen after attackers compromised multiple administrative keys and seized control of bridge infrastructure across Ethereum and BNB Smart Chain. According to Humanity Protocol’s June 9…

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Jun 9, 2026 at 10:42 AM UTC

ZachXBT rules out insider theft in Humanity Protocol’s $31M exploit

Humanity Protocol’s $31 million exploit has been linked to a genuine private key compromise rather than an insider theft scheme, according to a new assessment from on-chain investigator ZachXBT. According to ZachXBT, further analysis of the stolen funds has led…

Jun 9, 2026 at 9:49 AM UTC

Stani Kulechov defends Aave after $8.45B DeFi bank run shock

Aave founder Stani Kulechov has defended the decentralized lending protocol after an $8.45 billion withdrawal wave followed a major DeFi exploit earlier this year. Speaking at the Proof of Talk conference in Paris last week, Kulechov argued that Aave remained…

Jun 8, 2026 at 8:17 PM UTC

Radiant Capital to wind down after $50 million North Korea-linked hack

Radiant Capital has announced plans to wind down operations after failing to recover from a $50 million exploit that devastated the lending protocol and left it without sufficient funding to continue. According to a statement published Monday by Radiant’s decentralized…

Jun 2, 2026 at 5:38 AM UTC

Crypto hack losses drop 90% to $68.3M in May, CertiK says

CertiK has reported that crypto losses from hacks and exploits have fallen to $68.3 million in May, nearly 90% lower than the roughly $650 million stolen in April. According to blockchain security firm CertiK, May became the third month of…

Jun 1, 2026 at 6:17 AM UTC

DxSale exploit drains $7.3M in BNB through hidden contract backdoor

DxSale has suffered a $7.3 million exploit after an attacker allegedly used a hidden backdoor in a liquidity locker contract to withdraw BNB locked by more than 1,400 liquidity providers on the BNB Chain. According to blockchain security firm PeckShield,…

May 29, 2026 at 11:12 AM UTC

DeFi exploit hits Stake DAO as attacker swaps vsdCRV for ETH

Stake DAO faces an ongoing exploit after an attacker minted 5.4T vsdCRV on Arbitrum and began swapping funds for ETH, researchers said.

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