Scams, Schemes and Hacks

Hackers have hit decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms PancakeSwap (CAKE) and Cream Finance (CREAM) in simultaneous attacks that sought to compromise users' private keys. In...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform PAID Network Protocol is dealing with the aftermath of an exploit in which the attacker got away with millions of...

Google and D-Wave Systems say they've achieved a new milestone in the world of quantum computing. In a press release, D-Wave says its quantum...

Pornhub payment option Verge (XVG) is suffering from a brutal attack that allowed malicious actors to orchestrate what appears to be one of the...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) yield aggregator yearn.finance (YFI) reveals the details of a hacking incident that caused a total loss of $11 million to the...

Australian financial institutions laundered $387 million for Latin American cocaine cartels, according to a new report. The Australian Financial Review says that the money-laundering...

A hacker successfully cracks decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Cover Protocol en route to printing 40 quintillion COVER tokens and decimating the supply. In a...

The CEO of crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger has posted a letter to hundreds of thousands of customers whose personal information was stolen in...

In his final days in office, US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering whether he should grant clemency to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht....

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) says that a nation-state hacker group is using crypto mining malware and other advanced tools to cover up...