Hacks, exploits cause over $100 mn in crypto losses in April: ReportThe total value of cryptocurrency lost due to hacks, scams and exploits in April 2021 was $103.7m, according to blockchain security firm Ce...
Crypto’s Wormhole hacker moves $150 million to tap popular tradeStaking involves earning rewards by locking up Ether coins to help secure the Ethereum network. Crypto protocols like Lido offer liquid ava...
Crypto hackers set for record year after looting over $3 billionAt least $718 million has been stolen so far in October alone, taking the gross tally for the year past $3 billion and putting 2022 on cour...
Crypto losses reach $428 mn in Q3 globally, hacks top concernThe world saw crypto losses up to $428 million in the third quarter (Q3), down 36% from Q2, from hacks and frauds, a new report has shown. ...
The crypto world is on edge after a string of hacksHackers have terrorized the crypto industry for years, stealing Bitcoin from online wallets and raiding the exchanges where investors buy a...
Losses from crypto hacks surged 60% to $1.9 billion in Jan-July: reportDeFi applications, many of which run on the Ethereum blockchain, are financial platforms that enable crypto-denominated lending outside of ...
Deja vu for stablecoins? This token tanks 99% post hacker attackHistory repeated itself as the Polkadot-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Acala’s native stablecoin, Acala Dollar (aUSD), lost it...
Web3 Blockchain projects lost over $2 billion to hackers in the first half of 2022Web 3 blockchain projects lost about $308 million in 27 flash loan attacks in the second quarter, from $14 million in Q1.
Hackers steal $180 million in crypto from Beanstalk FarmsThe hackers exploited Beanstalk's majority vote governance system, a core feature of many DeFi protocols.
Jump Trading replaces stolen Wormhole funds after $320 mln crypto hackWormhole, an online platform that allows the transfer of information across crypto networks, said on Wednesday it had been "exploited" for ...
$323 million in crypto stolen from cross-chain protocol WormholeWormhole works on bridging protocol that enables assets to move across various blockchain protocols. When a user sends assets from one chai...
Hackers steal $80 mn in crypto, platform begs them to return fundsHackers have stolen cryptocurrency worth $80 million from Qubit Finance, a decentralised finance (DeFi) platform, and the company is now be...
Explained: How DeFi could one day liberate financeDecentralised finance, or DeFi for short, is a system in which customers can access financial products directly on a decentralised blockcha...
What are 51% attacks in cryptocurrencies?'51% attack', which has evolved in recent years and has been quite successful. Numerous 51 per cent attacks have taken place in recent year...
Hackers return $260 mn to cryptocurrency platform after massive theftPoly Network, a decentralised finance platform that facilitates peer-to-peer transactions, said on Twitter that $260 million of the stolen ...
Record cryptocurrency heist valued at $600 mnPoly Network put out a plea for the stolen Ethereum, BinanceChain and OxPolygon tokens to be shunned by traders running "wallets" for stori...
Boom or bust? Welcome to the freewheeling world of crypto lendingIn the future, backers say, bonds or stocks will be issued and traded directly on their blockchain-based platforms instead of by investment...