Crypto Hack

Cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and Kraken have successfully thwarted efforts by hackers to illicitly acquire users’ data from their respective platforms. This incident happened a few days right after Coinbase Global...

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has publicly responded to cyber attackers who attempted to blackmail the cryptocurrency exchange and extort it of $20 million.  Armstrong’s latest post on X has a...

LockBit, a long-feared global ransomware group, has suffered a significant breach of its own. The incident, which defaced its dark web infrastructure and leaked substantial internal data, could permanently damage...

German law enforcement shut down the crypto swapping service eXch on April 30, seizing €34 million in assets and eight terabytes of data. According to the press release, the move...

One of the most notorious ransomware groups, LockBit, has reportedly been hacked, with its internal data leaked online. According to the blockchain security firm SlowMist, a hacker, presumed to be...

The hacker behind the $23 million Bitrue exchange breach has resurfaced, moving and laundering a significant portion of the stolen crypto after lying low for nearly a year.  Blockchain analytics...

Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX is on course to restart operations as it awaits a final decision from Singapore’s High Court on May 13. The ruling will determine whether the exchange’s...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has reported that the cybercrime syndicates operating across Southeast Asia are becoming global networks. These criminal groups originated in Myanmar, Cambodia,...

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou has disclosed new findings showing that approximately $1.4 billion worth of hacked digital assets, nearly 500,000 ETH, moved through complex paths using mixers, cross-chain protocols, and...

WEMIX, a blockchain gaming token, continues to face regulatory headwinds in South Korea due to a controversial hack and delayed communication by its issuer, Wemade.  Now, Bithumb, one of the...

In a major setback for victims of the July 2024 WazirX cryptocurrency hack, the Supreme Court of India today dismissed a criminal petition filed by over 50 users seeking action...

A suspicious post on pro-XRP lawyer John Deaton’s X (formerly Twitter) account sparked speculation Tuesday about a possible hack. A surge in such incidents has raised concerns about security across...

ZKsync, an Ethereum Layer-2 scaling protocol, confirmed Tuesday that $5 million worth of ZK tokens were stolen due to a compromised administrator wallet. The breach targeted unclaimed tokens from the...

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has uncovered a new threat targeting cryptocurrency users, warning of malware designed to steal digital assets by exploiting trust in common user actions.  In their latest blog...

Hackers claim they breached crypto exchanges Gemini and Binance, exposing personal information from over 100,000 users of each platform. The data – allegedly including names, emails, and phone numbers –...

The digital trail of the massive Bybit hack is getting clearer, revealing the hacker’s elaborate efforts to launder the stolen 500,000 ETH (worth a staggering $1.23 billion).  The pilfered ETH...

The official X (formerly Twitter) account of DB (@tier10K), a source known for “Actionable, Market-Moving, Crypto News,” was compromised in a major security breach.  The attackers used the account to...

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen has found himself at the center of a significant financial event. U.S. law enforcement released documents on March 7, showing that Larsen lost approximately $150 million...

Bybit CEO Ben Zhou has revealed that $1.4 billion of stolen cryptocurrency is being tracked and out of that, 77% of the funds can be recovered.  Zhou stated the next...

The FBI has joined the search for North Korea’s Lazarus Group, the cybercriminal organization responsible for the Bybit hack that resulted in the theft of ETH valued at $1.5 billion....

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has indicted North Korea as culprits behind the Bybit crypto exchange hack.  The agency released a public service announcement on Wednesday, February 26, referring...

A lot has happened in the crypto world over the past few days, most of it not good. Last week, Bybit, one of the leading crypto derivatives exchanges, was targeted...

CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju has urged the crypto community to stop spreading FUD about the Bybit exchange after a sharp decline in its reserves following the ill-fated hack. A...

The cryptocurrency market stumbled after the recent hack of Bybit exchange by the infamous North Korea-linked Lazarus Group. Still, market analysts aren’t worried; they believe this setback is short-lived and...

Following the $1.5 billion Bybit hack on February 22, WazirX quietly withdrew its funds from the exchange without informing its users. This move has raised concerns about transparency, as WazirX...