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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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6 days ago

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…

1 week ago

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.

1 week ago

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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May 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM UTC

OpenZeppelin’s Manuel Aráoz advises exiting DeFi, calls it unsafe

Crypto security concerns have intensified after OpenZeppelin co-founder Manuel Aráoz said he has advised friends and family to exit all decentralized finance positions, including exposure to major lending protocols. In a post published Tuesday on X, Aráoz said he no…

May 27, 2026 at 7:53 AM UTC

Kelp DAO reopens full rsETH functionality after cross-chain exploit

Kelp DAO has completed the operational phase of its rsETH recovery plan more than five weeks after the Ethereum liquid staking protocol lost $293 million in a hack that investigators linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. According to a Monday…

May 26, 2026 at 7:45 AM UTC