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Cybersecurity Losses Surge to $2.1 Billion in 2024; WazirX Seeks Court Protection
2024-10-02T10:17:54.291+02:00
CeFi entities have experienced a nearly 1,000% increase in hacking incidents, including a $305 million breach at DMM Bitcoin, according to Cyvers.
WazirX sought a six-month moratorium after a $234 million hack in July affecting 45% of customer funds.
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$1.58 Billion in Crypto Vanishes in Just 8 Months
2024-08-21T10:22:24.677+02:00
This value is almost equal to the theft statistics for 2023, Chainalysis report states.
Bitcoin price surge fueled an 80% jump in average crypto heist value.
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WazirX Halts Withdrawals after $235 Million Breach Linked to Tornado Cash
2024-07-18T10:23:00.157+02:00
ZachXBT reported the attacker still holds over $104 million, mostly in Shiba Inu.
The newly transferred funds, which included Tether, have already been swapped.
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CoinStats Hack: The $2 Million Crypto Heist that Left Traders Reeling
2024-07-01T09:51:32.343+02:00
Social engineering attack exposes vulnerabilities as CoinStats employee suspected.
Blurr.eth lost 3,657 Maker (MKR) tokens, valued at $8.7 million at the time.
Approximately 1,600 wallets were affected.
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North Korean Hackers Break Records with $1 Billion Cryptocurrency Theft
2024-01-25T12:42:22.176+02:00
Hackers carried out a record-breaking 20 attacks, the highest since 2016.
$428.8 million was stolen from DeFi platforms, marking a decrease from previous years.
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Orbit Chain Confirms Hack: Loss Is Estimated at $82 Million
2024-01-01T07:19:12.126+02:00
Hackers exploited Orbit Bridge, a bridging service of the cross-chain protocol Orbit Chain.
The developers did not officially reveal details of the loss.
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Security Gains in Cryptocurrency, Yet $2 Billion Lost to Scams and Hacks
2023-12-27T16:08:59.034+02:00
The fund recovery rate surged from 2% in 2022 to an impressive 10% in the latest figures.
Ethereum faced substantial losses, losing about $1.35 billion in 170 incidents.
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Are Crypto Cold Wallets Safe? Ledger Cites “Phishing Attack” behind the Hack
2023-12-15T08:57:11.198+02:00
The hardware crypto wallet manufacturer calls the attack an “isolated incident.”
Hackers targeted a Javascript library used by DeFi platforms to connect with the hardware wallet.
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HTX's Troubles Continue: $258 Million Flows Out as Investors React to Cyberattack
2023-12-11T11:59:13.135+02:00
After the exploit on November 22, HTX halted services, suffering a loss of $30 million.
Earlier, a hack resulted in the transfer of 4,999 Ether from a suspected Huobi hot wallet.
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From Binance to DeFi: Hacks, Bounties and Anonymous Security
2023-11-24T13:00:00.000+02:00
After a Binance-linked wallet was hacked, crypto security concerns have come to the fore.
In DeFi, amid hacks and price manipulation, bounties and white hat hackers offer solutions.
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Hackers Target Crypto Gambling Platform: Stake.com Lost $41 Million
2023-09-05T07:39:02.582+02:00
The attackers siphoned the cryptocurrencies from Ethereum, Polygon, and BSC blockchains.
Stake.com resumed deposits and withdrawals following the attack.
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Upbit Stops CRV Withdrawal as Curve Finance Loses Millions of Dollars to Exploit
2023-07-31T17:23:23.504+02:00
BlockSec estimates that over $41M has been stolen from the hack.
Upbit says it wants to “ensure the safety of digital asset transactions.”
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Floating Point Group Halts Services After Loosing Up to $20M in Hack
2023-06-15T08:45:33.489+02:00
The crypto broker estimates the loss to be between $15 million and $20 million.
It did not provide any details about the attack.
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Atomic Wallet Users Lost $35 Million in Weekend Crypto Hack
2023-06-05T10:28:04.032+02:00
The wallet developers claim that less than 1 percent of users were affected.
The largest five losses amounted to $17 million.
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Hacked Twitter Account of OpenAI CTO Promotes Crypto Scam
2023-06-02T09:54:16.955+02:00
The tweet promoted the airdrop of a fraudulent OpenAI token.
No victims of the phishing scam came out yet.
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2016 Crypto Hack: Bitfinex Hid a Report that Flagged Security Flaws: OCCRP
2023-05-26T18:53:38.624+02:00
Bitfinex allegedly failed to implement recommended technological controls.
Reacting, the crypto exchange criticized OCCRP's report as "incomplete" and "incorrect."
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FBI Is Reportedly Investigating 3Commas' API Leak
2022-12-30T08:12:11.614+02:00
3Commas' CEO recently admitted to the leaked APIs.
Earlier, he denied such leaks and called some circulated leaked API databases fake.
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DeFi Protocol Mango Markets Manipulator Is Arrested
2022-12-28T08:33:22.460+02:00
It was the first arrest by the US authorities for decentralized market manipulation.
He already settled with Mango Markets, paying back $67 million.
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Canadian Crypto Exchange Coinsquare Confirms Data Breach
2022-11-28T07:03:54.866+02:00
User details like name, address, phone number and wallet address were compromised.
Passwords and held digital assets remain safe.
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Breaking: FTX Hacked: $1bn Drained from FTX and FTX US Accounts So Far
2022-11-12T09:31:55.731+02:00
The hack came just hours after Sam Bankman-Fried resigned as the CEO.
Speculation is rife of an 'inside job'.
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Optus Hack: ASIC Warns Market Intermediaries against Possible 'Fraud'
2022-09-28T08:59:50.938+02:00
Personal details of up to 10 million Optus customers were stolen.
Interestingly, the hacker assured deletion of the compromised data.
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Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Lost $160 Million to Hackers
2022-09-20T12:11:31.490+02:00
Only the DeFi operations of the platform were affected.
Most of the siphoned funds were in stablecoins.
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Over $6 Million Drained from Solana ‘Hot’ Wallets. Was ‘Luca Stealer’ Malware Involved?
2022-08-03T10:34:21.230+02:00
Unofficial findings suggest the malware may have been used in the attack.
Bybit announced it is suspending SOL deposits and withdrawals.
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Stablecoin Protocol Beanstalk Loses $182M in Flash Loan Attack
2022-04-18T09:48:40.675+02:00
Hackers used flash loans to exploit the protocol.
$80 million from the siphoned proceeds were already sent to crypto mixers.
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US Treasury Ties Lazarus Group to Ronin Hack, Sanctions ETH Address
2022-04-15T06:19:27.903+02:00
Hackers siphoned $540 million worth of cryptos (at the time of the hack) from Ronin.
Anyone transacting with the sanction would risk US sanctions on themselves.
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