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Hacker Exploits Optimism-Based Decentralized Credit Market for $7,200,000 Worth of Ethereum (ETH)

An Optimism-based (OP) decentralized credit market protocol has been hacked to the tune of millions of dollars worth of Ethereum…

August 19, 2023

DeFi Platform Curve Offering $1,850,000 Bounty for Identity of Hacker

Curve (CRV) is putting up a bounty to smoke out the hacker who drained the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform of…

August 8, 2023

Ethereum-Based Decentralized Finance Protocol Loses $3,260,000 in ETH to Hackers

A decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol built on top of the smart contract platform Ethereum (ETH) has been hacked to the…

July 22, 2023

Stablecoin Issuers Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Multichain Exploit: On-Chain Data

Blockchain data reveals that stablecoin firms Circle and Tether have frozen coins linked to the recent multi-million-dollar Multichain exploit. Earlier…

July 10, 2023

Web3 Crypto Project Multichain Hit With $126,000,000 Exploit: PeckShield

A web3 crypto cross-chain protocol has been hacked to the tune of over a hundred million dollars, according to one…

July 8, 2023

Atomic Wallet Faces Backlash After ‘Updating Security Infrastructure’ Without Revealing Cause of $100,000,000 Hack

Atomic Wallet is facing pushback online after releasing a statement last week that avoided specifics regarding the massive theft of…

June 28, 2023

U.S. Justice Department Charges Two Russian Nationals for Involvement in Infamous Mt. Gox Crypto Exchange Hack

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is charging two Russian nationals for their alleged involvement in the infamous hack of…

June 10, 2023

About Half of Crypto Hacks and Exploits in May Targeted BNB Chain, According to DappRadar

New data reveals that 50% of all crypto hacks and exploits during the month of May targeted BNB Chain (BNB),…

June 5, 2023

U.S. Justice Department Extradites Notorious Twitter Hacker and Alleged Crypto Thief From UK

A U.K. hacker who caused a stir in 2020 and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of crypto is…

May 11, 2023

MetaMask Says Recent Hacking of Ethereum Wallets Has Nothing To Do With Its Wallet Software

Prominent crypto wallet MetaMask is addressing recent reports of Ethereum (ETH) wallets being hacked for millions of dollars, saying that…

April 19, 2023