The number of hacks in Q3 2024 has dropped to its lowest point in three years, with only 28 incidents, across which a total of $463.6 million was stolen. However, the overall outlook remains concerning as there’s no chance of recovering over $440 million of the stolen funds. Worst Recovery Rates Ever According to the […]
Last month, the crypto space experienced $313 million in losses due to over ten different hacks. Of the total stolen funds, 93.5% were lost in two large phishing attacks that occurred during that time. August Cases According to a post by blockchain security firm PeckShield, the two incidents combined for a loss of about $293.4 […]
Popular crypto privacy protocol Railgun has successfully thwarted Inferno Drainer’s latest effort to launder stolen funds, which were sent back to the original wallet’s address. According to a July 10 post by SlowMist’s anti-money laundering tracking system, MistTrack on X, an attempt to launder over 174 ETH, worth around $533,000 at the time, was intercepted […]
Crypto-friendly financial institution Evolve Bank and Trust was embroiled in a massive data breach. The bank admitted it had been aware of the incident, which involved the theft of 33 terabytes of user data. While Evolve Bank maintained that customer funds appear to remain untouched, they admitted that the hackers likely managed to download sensitive […]
Sam Kazemian, founder of Frax Finance, has alleged that an inside job at X was responsible for the hack of the project’s official account. The breach, which occurred on June 1, led to the decentralized stablecoin protocol behind FRAX USD losing access to its X account. Frax Finance Hack In a Telegram post dated June […]
A confidential United Nations report obtained by Reuters reveals that North Korea’s notorious cybercriminal group known as the Lazarus Group transferred millions of stash of stolen cryptocurrency back to the Asian country last year. In March 2023, these North Korean hackers illicitly took $147.5 million worth of cryptocurrency from HTX, a crypto exchange owned by […]
The leading blockchain security firm, CertiK, released its latest report revealing a significant downturn in losses from crypto-related hacks and scams as April concludes. Noting a notable decrease, CertiK stated April saw approximately $25.7 million lost to exploits, hacks, and scams. This figure marks a decline of 141% from the previous month’s losses, demonstrating a […]
Crypto privacy protocol Railgun has denied accusations that it is being used by North Korea and other United States-sanctioned entities to launder digital assets. This development comes as the crypto privacy protocol nears $1B total volume. Railgun Denies Lazarus Group Association Responding to claims made by crypto reporter Colin Wu through an X post, Railgun […]
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reportedly issued a subpoena to obtain personal information from attendees of a Bitcoin core developer event in 2022. The move came to light through Mike Schmidt, co-founder of the Bitcoin non-profit Brink, who stated that the subpoena is related to allegations made by BTC developer and co-founder of […]
The hacker responsible for the $321 million Wormhole bridge hack was initially considered qualified for a recent airdrop of a newly launched W token where the explorer could claim $50,000. The Wormhole bridge suffered an exploit in February 2022, making it one of the most significant hacks in the crypto industry’s history. Wormhole Airdrop Lists […]
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