crypto hack News

Federal Bureau of Investigation officials warn the public about the spread of Akira ransomware.

Privacy protocol Railgun denies claims of North Korean hackers or sanctioned individuals using the platform, despite earlier claims from the FBI. 

Grand Base, an RWA tokenization platform on the layer 2 Base network, suffered a major security breach. 

A former Amazon software engineer Shakeeb Ahmed was sentenced to three years in prison for exploiting smart contracts

Two malicious Google Chrome browser extensions allegedly drained $800,000 from a cryptocurrency investor going by the moniker “Sell When Over” on X. In a series of posts on X, the user speculated that the malicious extensions dubbed “Sync test BETA…

Tether has blocked $280,000 USDT from seven wallets linked to the FixedFloat hack. 

Decentralized crypto exchange FixedFloat has allegedly suffered another hacker attack, losing millions in ETH, USDT, WETH, DAI, and USDC. Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange FixedFloat, which suffered a $26.1 million hacker attack earlier in February, has apparently been subjected to another exploit,…

Crypto hacks have cost the digital asset industry billions of dollars, with experts advising additional attention and resources toward security measures.

The crypto market witnessed over $187 million in losses due to hacks in March, with nearly $99 million recovered. According to data revealed by PeckShield, March proved to be a relatively calm month for crypto investors, with losses due to…

Permissionless money market protocol OpenLeverage has reportedly incurred a loss of $236,000, allegedly due to a hacker attack funded via Tornado Cash. Decentralized margin trading protocol OpenLeverage has apparently suffered a hacker attack, losing as much as $236,000 worth of…

Stablecoin protocol Prisma Finance was breached earlier this week, causing the platform to lose almost $11.6 million.

In the first quarter of the year, the crypto industry lost $336.3 million to hacking, 23.1% less than last year.

Despite being blacklisted by OFAC, the Tornado Cash mixer continues to operate, helping North Korea-linked hackers in laundering millions of stolen crypto. The DPRK-affiliated hacking group Lazarus Group successfully laundered hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Ethereum (ETH) stolen…

Stablecoin protocol Prisma Finance experienced a significant cyberattack, resulting in a nearly $11.6 million loss.

Crypto exchange KuCoin has responded to a series of criminal and civil allegations filed by United States Southern District of New York (SDNY) prosecutors and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on March 26. “KuCoin is operating well, and the…

A Munchables team member allegedly tied to North Korea stole over $60 million in crypto from the project, but then suddenly returned all the stolen funds after being revealed. On Mar. 27, Blast-based gaming protocool Munchables suffered a multi-million hacker…