BadgerDAO reportedly suffers security breach and loses $10M
All smart contracts have been paused but users are urged to revoke permissions to the compromised smart contract to avoid any further losses.
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“PlugWalkJoe” indicted for $784k cryptocurrency theft scheme
Joseph O’Connor indicted on a raft of wire fraud, computer hacking, money laundering and identify theft counts.
THORChain concludes 2 security audits following summer exploits
DeFi has become a popular attack vector for cybercriminals. After a highly ambitious launch, THORChain suffered two major exploits in July.
BREAKING: Cream Finance appears to have suffered major loss in flash loan hack
Malicious actors continue to target decentralized finance projects for their exploits. On Wednesday, a major DeFi lending platform suffered a flash loan attack.
Ukraine Security Service Busts Criminal Group Selling Bitcoin-Stealing Malware
Law enforcement authorities in Ukraine have exposed a crime ring specializing in cryptocurrency theft and laundering of illicit funds for hackers. The gang, which provided services to clients on the…
YouTube channels hacked and rebranded for live-streaming crypto scams
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) attributes the attacks to a group of hackers recruited in a Russian-speaking forum, who sell the hacked YouTube channels to the highest bidder.
CoinMarketCap hack reportedly leaks 3.1 million user email addresses
3.1 million email addresses linked to CoinMarketCap accounts were reportedly being traded on hacking forums, according to Have I Been Pwned.
Polygon pays $2M bounty on bug which could have compromised $850M in user funds
The white hat hacker speculated that the bug might have been created from "using someone else’s code and not having a 100% understanding of what it does."
Hackers Compromise Web Portal Bitcoin.org — DNS Hijack Replaces Site With BTC Doubler Scam
On Thursday, the pseudonymous operator of Bitcoin.org told the public on Twitter that the web portal has been “compromised.” The operator, Cobra, explained that the hackers were able to implement…
South Africa Ransomware Attack: Justice Department Denies Receiving 50 BTC Ransom Demand
South Africa’s Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD) has denied claims that it has received a 50 bitcoin ransom demand from hackers that attacked its systems on September 6,…