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News | 2 weeks ago
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Hackers Took Control of Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash

Hackers broke into the governance mechanism of the decentralized autonomous community (DAO) of crypto mixer Tornado Cash, gaining full control over it and starting to withdraw TORN tokens. The attack […]

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News | 2 months ago
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Phishing Attacks in Crypto Market Increased by 40% in One Year

In 2022, cybercriminals began to increasingly use various phishing techniques to steal digital assets, carrying out more than 5 million attacks on crypto users. Analysts at software developer Kaspersky found […]

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News | 2 months ago
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Over $11 Million in Crypto-Assets Stolen from DeFi Protocol Yearn.Finance

DeFi protocol Yearn.Finance suffered an exploit. A hacker stole more than $11 million in digital assets from the platform.  On April 13, an unknown hacker exploited a vulnerability in the […]

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News | 2 months ago
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SushiSwap Suffered $3.3 Million Exploit

Decentralized exchange SushiSwap suffered a trade router attack. The attacker managed to withdraw 1,800 ETH (~$3.3 million) and put all the DEX’s users trading on the exchange in the “last […]

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News | 3 months ago
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Euler Finance Hack Costs DeFi Sector At Least $233 Million

Lending protocol Euler Finance suffered an exploit that resulted in hackers stealing over $196 million in crypto. Another 11 decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols were affected in the incident, losing a […]

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News | 3 months ago
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Hackers Stole $21 Million from DeFi Protocols in February

Hackers conducted seven major attacks on DeFi protocols in February 2023, stealing more than $21 million. According to DefiLlama, hackers conducted seven massive exploits in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. […]

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News | 4 months ago
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Moonbirds Creator Lost $1.1 Million in NFTs to Phishing

The co-founder of the NFT collection Moonbirds fell victim to a phishing attack leading to over 684 ETH (~$1.1 million) worth of NFTs stolen. Kevin Rose, Co-Founder of PROOF and […]

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News | 4 months ago
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Developers to Try Hacking Ethereum to Detect Issues with Staked ETH Withdrawals

Ethereum developers created a shadow fork to test the future ability to withdraw staked ETH.  Withdrawal-Mainnet-Shadow-Fork-1 on Ethereum was created to test the blockchain’s potential vulnerabilities ahead of the Shanghai […]

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News | 5 months ago
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Hacker Stole Nearly $50K in Crypto and NFTs Via Google Ads Link

A malware link in a Google contextual ad helped a hacker break into an NFT collector’s social media accounts, steal his assets, and send out phishing messages to all his […]

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News | 5 months ago
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Sanctions on Tornado Cash Don’t Stop Attackers from Using It

Overall inflows to the Tornado Cash crypto mixer fell 68% in the 30 days following the platform’s inclusion on the U.S. Treasury Department’s sanctions lists. However, attackers continue to actively […]

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