Hackers are getting more and more aggressive towards stealing cryptos. They have stolen over $1.2 Billion in crypto since January. Reports suggest that most of these hacks are related to DPRK. The FBI has issued a Public service announcement on September 3, warning the crypto industry about North Korean hackers. Let’s explore what kind of...Read More
The past week saw a tornado of events from x accounts getting hacked to 99% of token downfalls. From platforms recovering stolen funds to hackers hijacking the official websites. Deep dive into this weeks crypto hack roundup and witness with us the herald of crypto hacks that happened over the week. MicroStrategy’s X account hacked;...Read More
Billionaire investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban confirmed a loss of approximately $870,000 in a sophisticated crypto hack. The stolen assets included a diverse basket of cryptocurrencies like Ethereum (ETH), USD Coin (USDC), and Polygon (MATIC). $800,000 got drained just in 5 mins🤯 This time it was one of the most famous american businessman...Read More
The first half of 2023 has brought an unexpected twist for the crypto market, which has always been a favourite target for cybercriminals. However, as the number of crypto hacks surged in an alarming fashion, a surprising trend began to emerge from hackers as they now started returning the stolen funds. This event surged exponentially...Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has brought charges against Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner for their alleged roles in the notorious Mt. Gox hack of 2014, an incident that sent shockwaves through the cryptocurrency world. This high-profile case stands as one of the largest thefts in the history of digital currencies. According...Read More
Today, a $536 million BNB whale began behaving erratically and the wallet quickly began lending and borrowing tokens from several ecosystems, giving observers the impression that it had been hacked. The blockchain for BNB Chain was stopped because of “irregular activity.” However, the team has now said that. “All systems are now contained, and we...Read More
The most valuable stablecoin, USDT, has been the target of a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack. This is according to a tweet from Paolo Ardoino, Tether’s chief technical officer (CTO). The company has reportedly been assaulted before, according to the tweet from June 18. “They tried it once,” said Ardoino. According to the Tether...Read More
European cryptocurrency exchange ETERBASE announced in a tweet today that the exchange had been hacked and its hot wallets were compromised, which has lead to the loss of several cryptocurrencies. The crypto exchange said that it has contacted all other centralized exchanges that might be receiving these illicit funds stolen during the hack and were...Read More
A Japanese high court upheld the Tokyo-based lower court’s decision to reject the former Mt Gox CEO’s appeal. Mark Karpeles was arrested in 2015 and accused of “manipulating electronic data” and managed to duck embezzlement charges. The former boss of Mt Gox, Mark Karpeles, now has to face the music for his prior “manipulating electronic...Read More
A fool and his money are soon parted. When it comes to dealing with cryptocurrency, it’s important to know exactly what you’re doing. However, not only new crypto users fall victim to lurking predators, even a crypto OG will slip up once in awhile. Here’s a story about a reddit user – tycooperaow – losing over $1,200...Read More
According to an online monitoring web portal called, Under the Breach, a hacker is purportedly trying to sell customer information that stems from companies like Keepkey, Trezor, Ledger, and even the investment platform Bnktothefuture. The hacker doesn’t seem to have any passwords, but is offering detailed information that was stolen from an alleged Shopify breach...Read More
In the cryptocurrency world, several exchanges have lost money for a wide variety of reasons. Upbit lost 342,000 Ether in 2019, yet it seems some of the funds may be cashed out fairly soon. It is not uncommon for crypto exchanges to be hacked or drained. Upbit Funds Moves to Binance Although one would expect...Read More
In 2019 alone, hackers and scammers managed to steal a total of $4.26 billion worth of cryptocurrencies from users and exchanges, according to a CipherTrace report. 11 major cryptocurrency exchanges were hacked, and nearly $283 million worth of cryptocurrencies were stolen. In today’s article, we will be looking into some of the hacks and scams...Read More
In 2019 alone, hackers and scammers managed to steal a total of $4.26 billion worth of cryptocurrencies from users and exchanges, according to a CipherTrace report. 11 major cryptocurrency exchanges were hacked, and nearly $283 million worth of cryptocurrencies were stolen. In today’s article, we will be looking into some of the hacks and scams...Read More
This past Friday, top cryptocurrency trading platforms Bitfinex and OKEx were both subjected to malicious Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks (DDoS) aimed at disrupting the platforms’ operational efficiency by overwhelming the targeted servers with a flood of fraudulent traffic. Although both platforms successfully thwarted the attacks and have since re-established normal performance, the OKEx CEO is now...Read More
Fcoin customers had to wake up a bitter truth today as they realized that the platform which holds their bitcoins faces evident liquidation and that their funds might have been lost in the events preceding such a fold up of business. To some of the customers who seemed to have invested(in enormous sums) all they...Read More
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 the whereabouts of the funds. Ethereum Taken from Upbit Moved to Multiple Smaller Wallets The Upbit hack at the end of November took...Read More
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 access to the wallet’s private keys, or a human error leading to an exploit. Insider Procedure Flaws Led to Theft VeChain reported 1 million coins lost...Read More
Cybercrime is rife across the crypto industry, ranging from SIM-card swap hacks, phishing attempts, password cracking, and even cryptocurrency mining malware. Today, the altcoin project known as VeChain experienced that first hand.The project’s buyback wallet containing a substantial amount of VET tokens was hacked, and the VeChain Foundation is now hard at work doing their...Read More
The private details of 15 million bank debit cards in Iran have been published on Telegram in the largest banking security incident in the country’s history. Iranian authorities so far try to blame the breach on common criminals but cyber security experts suspect it was the work of intelligence agencies from the U.S. or Israel....Read More
Cryptocurrency users around the globe face many different threats. SIM Swaps are perhaps the worst type of attack, yet they continue to occur on a regular basis. Anyone keeping bitcoin or altcoins on an exchange would be better off using a hardware wallet of some sorts. Another SIM Swap Story Pops up Users who rely...Read More
A crypto entrepreneur has filed a lawsuit against giant telecommunications firm AT&T over an alleged SIM swapping hack which reportedly led to the loss of $1.7 million in digital currency, in an attack targeting three blockchain professionals who attended Consensus 2018 Seth Shapiro, a two-time Emmy Award-winner, author and professor at the University of Southern...Read More
The crypto community spotted some massive funds movement from OKEx and got scared that the cryptocurrency exchange was hacked. However, CEO Jay Hao called for calm. Hundreds of Millions in BTC Move From OKEx On Wednesday, Twitter user Whale Alert sounded the alarm, saying that at least 24,000 BTC moved from OKEx to unknown wallets....Read More
On Friday, August 30, the Twitter page of the founder, Jack Dorsey, was hacked. Following this the hacker posted a few harsh words on his Twitter page but later the tweets disappeared and the page suspended. The hacker accessed Jack’s account through SIM card swap. Then, he used SMS message from it to control the...Read More
Twitter and Square CEO, Jack Dorsey, had his personal Twitter account hacked this week. Whilst in control of the account, the hackers posted a bizarre stream of messages including racial slurs and a bomb threat. Dorsey has been very vocal in his support for Bitcoin, so what impact could this have? What Does A Twitter Hack...Read More
The former Amazon employee who hacked the Capital One Bank has now used it’s servers to mine cryptocurrencies for herself. On August 28, the court filings revealed that the hacker Paige A. Thompson is charged for Capital One breach and for cryptojacking attempt. Basically, cryptojacking is all about crypto mining attacks. This works by installing...Read More
No one remembers the first Mt. Gox hack. It was a small sum, even by 2011’s standards, and the exchange reimbursed all users. The incident was to prove significant, however, for it set in motion a string of attacks on other bitcoin platforms that began the very next day. By the time the dust had...Read More
Unlike Bitcoin currency hacking, Bitcoin ATM robbery used to be uncommon. A certain incidence has come to our notice. Two masked thieves stole a Bitcoin ATM from a mall in Washington on Aug 3. The surveillance camera has caught them while carrying out the ATM machine in a van. Violent raids targeting Bitcoin businesses and...Read More
