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Kraken Calls Security Research Firm’s Demands ‘Criminal’; Certik Slams Threats Against Its Employees

Kraken has accused an unnamed security research firm of stealing $3 million from its treasury and attempting to extort more money. Nick Percoco said so-called white hat hackers failed to…

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Moola Market attacker returns most of $9M looted for $500K bounty

The attacker has scored about a half-million dollar “bug bounty” after choosing to return a majority of the cryptocurrency they exploited from the Celo-based lending protocol.

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$100M drained from Solana DeFi platform Mango Markets, token plunges 52%

The platform’s treasury was drained of over $100 million worth of cryptocurrency after an attacker manipulated price data of its native token to take out loans against their holdings.

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White hat finds huge vulnerability in ETH to Arbitrum bridge: Wen max bounty?

The ethical exploiter thanked Arbitrium for the 400 ETH payday, but said such a find should be eligible for the max bounty of nearly 1,500 ETH, or $2 million.

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Cardano Foundation Doubles Reward Offered to Hackers for Uncovering Bugs on Its Blockchain

The Cardano Foundation recently said it has doubled the payout offered to hackers and bounty hunters that identify bugs or vulnerabilities within the Cardano blockchain. The foundation said the six-week…

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