Attacker Drains 200K XRP From Bridge Using Fake Deposit
On August 9, a bridge connecting the XRP Ledger and Coreum (now rebranded as tx) lost close to 200,000 XRP after an attacker tricked its deposit-checking system into treating a…
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Coldcard Exploit Tops $100M as Expert Says Stolen BTC May Be Hard to Spend
Well over $100 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) has now been stolen through the ongoing Coldcard wallet exploit, said Galaxy Research, but market commentator Joe Consorti has argued that the…
Coldcard Wallet Attacks Enter Fourth Wave, Putting 449 BTC at Risk
A suspected fourth wave of attacks targeting vulnerable Coldcard-generated Bitcoin wallets may already be underway, with blockchain researcher Alex Thorn warning on August 3 that almost 449 BTC had been…
Crypto Hacks Drain $1.1B in First Half of 2026 Amid 212 Security Incidents
The first half of 2026 was the most active six months for crypto exploits on record. This is according to a new report from Blockaid, which shows hackers stole $1.1…
Coldcard Mk3 Users Warned of Risk After 594 BTC Swept From 500 Addresses
Coinkite, the Canadian company behind the Coldcard hardware wallet, has warned users that Bitcoin funds may be at risk if their wallet seed was generated on certain affected firmware versions.…
Balance Coin (BLC) Crashes 99% After 42DAO Suffers Exploit
Balance Coin (BLC) collapsed by over 99% on Tuesday after DeFi protocol 42DAO suffered an exploit that security researchers estimate may have drained about $915,000 from the platform. The attack…
Allbridge Pauses Protocol After $1.65M Exploit Drains Stablecoin Liquidity Pools
Cross-chain stablecoin bridge, Allbridge Core, suffered a security exploit that resulted in losses of approximately $1.65 million, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield. The firm said the attacker has already…
$6 Million Gone: Summer Finance Hit by Sophisticated Flash Loan Liquidity Manipulation
Summer Finance has become the latest decentralized finance protocol to suffer a major security incident. So far, $6 million has been drained in the ongoing exploit, according to blockchain security…
Report: Q2 2026 Becomes Worst Quarter Ever for Crypto Hacks
According to this week’s report from crypto market tracker CryptoRank, DeFi platforms suffered 121 hacks so far this year, resulting in approximately $942 million in losses. The second quarter accounted…
Polymarket hit by $2.9M theft, users to be refunded
Polymarket said it contained the compromise and removed the affected dependency after attackers injected a malicious script into its frontend.