Crypto Criminals Are Still Trying to Dump Thousands of Ethereum From a 2019 Hack
In November, Upbit, a popular Korean crypto asset exchange, lost $50 million worth of Ethereum, 342,000 ETH coins, from the exchange hot wallet in a seeming hack. It was then one of...
A DeFi App Was Just Hacked for Over $300,000 in Ethereum & Bitcoin
There’s no doubt that decentralized finance (DeFi) has been central to the Ethereum ecosystem over the past year. But unfortunately, this use for the second-largest blockchain by its...
IOTA Holders Urged To Change Wallet Passwords Now
After releasing an update for their compromised Trinity wallet, the IOTA Foundation is directing users to change their passwords. More steps will soon be announced to ensure funds are...
Mt. Gox Victims Could Soon See 88% of Losses Returned
Fortress Investment Group, a Mt. Gox creditor, has increased its offer to victims of the infamous Bitcoin exchange hack. In its newest offer to victims, Fortress offered $1300 per...
bZx Exchange Says Latest Attack Was “Completely Different”
Defi exchange bZx has been hit by a second flash loan exploit within a week, this time losing over $600,000 usd in ETH. This second attack in a matter of days, comes after bZx had just...
IOTA Trinity Wallet Vulnerability Reported, $1.6 Million Stolen
The IOTA team has halted the coordinator and are currently investigating reports of a possible vulnerability in its Trinity wallet. The team has recommended that nobody open Trinity...
Bitcoin Thieves Arrested in Japan for Pilfering $700k in BTC
The Japanese police arrested two suspects for the theft of Bitcoin (BTC) from the coffers of the relatively small market operator CoinExchange. Internal Information Helped Order...
2,000 Ethereum From Upbit Hack on the Move
Funds from the recent theft from the Upbit exchange are on the move, according to a Whale Alert tweet. A transaction of 2,000 Ethereum shows that the hacker keeps trying to obfuscate...
VeChain Loses 1M Coins from Compromised Buyback Wallet
The VeChain (VET) buyback program, which boosted the token price, was shaken by a recently discovered loss from the central wallet. The most probable cause was an insider gaining...
PayFair Cold Wallet Hacked, Escrow Closed
The PayFair project, an Ethereum-based startup that has been around for about three years, closed its site temporarily due to a compromised private key on its chief cold wallet. The...
Hacker Steals 30,000 EOS Through Gambling dApp Loophole
An attacker has made off with at least 30,000 EOS by exploiting gambling dApps on the network. By congesting the network with rented resources, the attacker was able to guarantee...
Here’s Exactly How Long it Would Take to Crack Your Bitcoin Wallet
We put a lot of faith in passwords, specifically in the private keys which secure our Bitcoin and crypto wallets. If someone were to find out or hack our private key, they would gain...