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As "Trump enthusiasm" gradually cools down, this hacking attack is undoubtedly worse for the currency circle.
According to Immunefi's latest report, in January 2025, the crypto industry lost $73.90 million due to hacking attacks, involving 19 security incidents, a 9-fold increase from the previous month. But compared to the $133 million loss in January 2024, it decreased by 44.6%. Among them, the Singapore centralized exchange Phemex was hacked, resulting in a loss of 69.10 million US dollars, and the DeFi options platform Moby Trade lost 2.50 million US dollars due to the vulnerability. In addition, Or...
The US government has proposed to return 120,000 bitcoins confiscated in the 2016 Bitfinex hack to their rightful owners in physical form.
Security researcher Taylor Monahan has revealed that crypto hackers have found a clever new way to trick victims into downloading malicious software that can give hackers access to victims' computers and empty their wallets, or cause other major losses. It said the hackers would first pose as recruiters at a well-known crypto company and offer targets a salary of $200,000 to $350,000. However, the method is not to trick the target into opening a PDF containing malicious software,...
According to Ember Monitoring, Radiant Capital hackers exchanged the stolen Arbitrum chain assets for ETH and BSC chain assets for BNB and stored them at the following two addresses: 0x8b75e47976c3c500d0148463931717001f620887 (12,834 ETH, 33.66 million USD); 0xcf47c058cc4818ce90f9315b478eb2f2d588cc78 (32,112 BNB, 19.39 million USD).
According to Cyvers Alerts, crypto exchange BingX has seen a shift in hacker money laundering tactics. Previously, attackers used eXch to launder money. More recently, attackers moved stolen assets from the OP chain to the ETH chain and deposited them into Tornado Cash.
Ultiverse partnered with ORA to launch the AI Gaming Hackathon, with support from Polychain Capital, DAO5, and Animoca Brands. The goal of the initiative is to strengthen AI-driven Web3 gaming and application projects, focusing on product-to-market fit, fundraising, market strategy, and sustainable growth. Selected projects can receive up to $2 million in funding, as well as marketing and strategic support. The first applications will begin tomorrow and close on December 12. Incubator participan...
The British hacker was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for a Coinbase phishing scam involving the theft of approximately $900,000. He obtained more than 500 Coinbase account info through phishing sites in 2018 and 2019. In addition, he was also ordered to repay £407,359 (current value $524,700) for hacking into several Instagram accounts.
On-chain analyst Ember monitored that among the assets stolen by WazirX hackers, several major large-amount counterfeit products have basically been sold: - 5.4337 trillion SHIB ($96.32 million) currently only 2.70 quadrillion ($4.78 million) remain unsold; - 20.50 million MATICs ($11.12 million), 640.20 billion PEPEs ($7.65 million) etc. The current number of ETH held by the WazirX hackers has reached 56,813 ($197.64 million), and only $25.29 million worth of counterfeit products tokens have no...
According to the chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, the hacker address two minutes ago to the remaining 3.60 trillion SHIB all transferred to the shipping address 0x35fe... 745CA, the value of up to 63.32 million dollars, this part of the token or in the next few hours all sold, please pay attention to currency price fluctuations, so far 54.30 trillion SHIB (nearly 100 million dollars) have all been transferred.
According to on-chain analyst Ember, the WazirX hacker has sold $62.30 million worth of counterfeit products tokens for 18,111 ETH. There are still $106.90 million worth of counterfeit products waiting to be sold (mainly $80.33 million worth of SHIB). The amount of ETH held has reached 33,409 (115 million USD): including 15,298 ETH stolen from WazirX + 18,111 ETH from the sale of counterfeit products tokens.
North Korean hackers infiltrate cryptocurrency jobs through fake resumes, a "quiet war" that generates $600 million a year for North Korea. According to the United Nations, more than 4,000 North Koreans have been sent into Western tech industries, including cryptocurrencies, to steal sensitive data, conduct hacking attacks, and steal assets. Such fake hiring practices pose a major threat to the cryptocurrency industry, especially in the context of its growing popularity. Taylor Monaha, a securit...
