crypto hack

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Crypto News3 months ago
Chinedu Agbakwusi
By Chinedu Agbakwusi3/5/2026
Highlights: Hackers have succeeded in stealing $24 million worth of digital assets from a wallet linked to Sillytuna. The attackers have moved $20 million worth of stolen assets to two wallets. Small portions of the digital assets were shifted to […]
Crypto News5 months ago
Chinedu Agbakwusi
By Chinedu Agbakwusi1/23/2026
Highlights: South Korean prosecutors have lost between $48 million and $68 million worth of BTC to a phishing attack. Officials confirmed that the incident occurred after mistakenly inputting the Bitcoin storage login details on a fake website.   Prosecutors have opened […]
Crypto News5 months ago
Raymond Munene
By Raymond Munene1/6/2026
Highlights: Stablecoin neobank Kontigo has confirmed a loss of $340,905 due to a security breach. On January 5, there was unauthorized access that impacted 1,005 users. Kontigo has promised to reimburse affected users and has also initiated a full investigation. […]
Crypto News5 months ago
Chinedu Agbakwusi
By Chinedu Agbakwusi12/27/2025
Highlights: Coinbase has finally arrested a former employee, linked to a major hack incident on the exchange in May 2025. Brian Armstrong confirmed the arrest, adding that more culprits will be arrested and prosecuted. The CEO reiterated the company’s commitment […]
Crypto News6 months ago
Austin Mwendia
By Austin Mwendia12/18/2025
Highlights: The multisig wallet drain proves that stolen keys can defeat strong wallet setups and cause faster and larger losses. Hackers now use websites and smart contracts to drain wallets before users notice any warning signs. Wallet takeovers can spread […]
Crypto News6 months ago
Raymond Munene
By Raymond Munene12/5/2025
Highlights: The USPD exploit allowed attackers to mint 98 million USPD tokens and steal $1 million in assets. The exploit was carried out through a sophisticated CPIMP attack targeting proxy contracts during deployment. USPD responded by offering a bug bounty […]
Crypto News6 months ago
Raymond Munene
By Raymond Munene11/28/2025
Highlights: Balancer proposes an $8M reimbursement plan for affected liquidity providers. The $8M will be repaid in kind to users from recovered assets. White-hat hackers get 10% bounties for successful rescue operations. Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Balancer has proposed a […]
Crypto News6 months ago
Chinedu Agbakwusi
By Chinedu Agbakwusi11/27/2025
Highlights: Upbit has confirmed that its Solana network was compromised in the early hours of today.  The hackers targeted Solana-based assets, resulting in losses valued at approximately $36.89 million.  The trading platform is investigating the incident and has also taken […]
Crypto News7 months ago
Syed Ali Haider
By Syed Ali Haider11/25/2025
Highlights: Japan plans a new law requiring crypto exchanges to hold reserve funds. Rules will ensure customer assets are returned safely if exchanges go bankrupt. Major hacks like Mt. Gox and DMM Bitcoin push for stronger protections in Japan. Japan […]
Crypto News7 months ago
Raymond Munene
By Raymond Munene11/20/2025
Highlights: The GANA Payment exploit has drained over $3 million in assets. Funds were laundered across both BNB Smart Chain and Ethereum. The attacker used Tornado Cash for mixing funds and making recovery difficult. Decentralized payment token project GANA Payment […]
Crypto News7 months ago
Austin Mwendia
By Austin Mwendia11/3/2025
Highlights: Balancer suffers $129M hack after attackers drained assets from v2 pools across several blockchain networks. Bera Foundation has halted its network for a hard fork to recover funds affected by the Balancer exploit. Security experts traced the breach to […]
Crypto News8 months ago
Chinedu Agbakwusi
By Chinedu Agbakwusi10/23/2025
Highlights: Bunni DEX shuts down operations after failing to recover from a devastating $8.4 million loss in September. The DEX platform will allow users to continue withdrawing their assets, pending new directives on the withdrawal actions. The exchange also plans […]