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North Korea’s cyber operations hit new heights in 2024, with hackers linked to the regime stealing $1.6 billion in cryptocurrency, according to a report from Chainalysis. This marks a sharp increase from the $660.5 million stolen in 2023 and underscores…
The 2022 LastPass data breach has allowed threat actors to steal 12.38 million from users in a new attack.
The hack resulted in ANITA surging to $4.9 million in trading volume, which was pumped on account it was tied to Drake’s upcoming tour. Canadian hip-hop mogul Drake had his X account compromised on Dec. 15, with malicious actors using…
Andreas Kohl, co-founder of the Bitcoin sidechain Sequentia, claimed responsibility for crashing 69% of the Dogecoin network by exploiting a critical vulnerability dubbed “DogeReaper.” On Dec. 12 the Department of DOGE Efficiency, the @EfficiencyDOGE X account that monitors activity on…
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Compound Finance has launched a $1 million bug bounty program on Immunefi to strengthen its protocol’s security. Cryptocurrency lending protocol Compound Finance has introduced a bug bounty program offering rewards of up to $1 million, in partnership with Immunefi, to…
Haven Protocol price has plunged nearly 50% after the blockchain protocol suffered a major exploit. The Haven token (XHV) fell sharply from $0.0003594 to around $0.0001649 as the community reacted to news of a massive attack on the project. Haven…
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Monero
Early Bitcoin mined by Satoshi Nakamoto could become vulnerable to quantum computing, says Avalanche’s Emin Gün Sirer, who is urging to consider freezing these coins. Emin Gün Sirer, the founder of Avalanche (AVAX), sparked debate in a Dec. 10 post…
Data shows that the number of blocks suffering Sandwich attacks in the BNB Smart Chain reached a new record last month. According to data provided by Dune, 35.5% of the blocks in BSC were manipulated by Sandwich attacks, abusing the…
Could new allegations against WazirX reveal the truth about the July hack, or are frustrated users fueling unfounded conspiracy theories? WazirX under the radar “again” On Jul. 18, India’s crypto community was rocked when WazirX, the country’s largest crypto exchange,…
A QUANT holder who got “rugged” after the token’s 13-year-old developer sold his holdings retaliated by allegedly kidnapping the boy’s dog and launching a meme coin called Bari QUANT named after it. Reports of the kidnapping initially started circulating on…
Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan’s role in the $10.8 billion Bitfinex hack has earned her nearly two years in jail time, a court said on Nov. 18.
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Decentralized finance firm Thala has restarted operations a day after the protocol’s liquidity pools were exploited for roughly $25.5 million. In a Nov. 17 X post, Thala notified users that all its offerings have been restored, except its staking service,…
Cryptocurrency owners frequently experience dirty coins firsthand. What are they, and why are such assets becoming easier to track? Anyone who doesn’t track so-called “dirty” cryptocurrencies can receive these marked assets in their wallet. Many large platforms have blocked such…
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Monero
Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Washington federal judge for stealing billions worth of Bitcoin from crypto exchange Bitfinex. According to a Bloomberg report, Lichtenstein received his sentence from the Washington federal court…
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Bitcoin
Delhi police arrested a West Bengal resident in connection with a hacker attack that drained $235 million worth of crypto from WazirX. Indian authorities have arrested a suspect in the $235 million hack of cryptocurrency exchange WazirX, India Today reports,…
Decentralized finance borrow and lending platform DeltaPrime sets deadline for attacker to engage in conversation on fund retrieval, threatening legal action. DeltaPrime, a decentralized finance borrowing protocol that was hit by a $4.8 million hack on Nov. 11, has issued…