Crypto Hack
Brazil Alerts Crypto Users to New WhatsApp Malware Campaign Deploying Hijacking Worm
Brazilian authorities and cybersecurity analysts have raised an alarm over a fast-spreading malware campaign that is using WhatsApp messages to target crypto users through automated account hijacking and a sophisticated...
Hackers Exploit GANA Payment for $3.1 Million on BSC Chain
Emerging reports have revealed that GANA Payment, a decentralized PayFi infrastructure built on BNB, has suffered a $3.1 million exploit. Following the hack, GANA, the native token of the payment...
Ex-Rugby League Star Trent Merrin Arrested Over Crypto Account Transfer Allegations
Retired rugby league player Trent Merrin has been charged with offenses related to the alleged unauthorized transfer of digital currency valued at roughly $91,000 USD. Authorities claim the former athlete...
Moonwell Protocol Loses Over $1M in Oracle Price Feed Exploit on Base and Optimism
On-chain threat detection platform BlockSec Phalcon has identified a series of suspicious transactions targeting Moonwell’s smart contracts. The platform issued an alert regarding the activity on Base and Optimism networks...
Balancer’s $116M Exploit Dominates Crypto News Today as Bitcoin’s Red October Ends
Balancer has become the most discussed topic across crypto forums after the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol faced a large-scale exploit that drained more than $116 million in assets. According to...
Stream Finance Pauses All Deposits and Withdrawals After Discovering a $93 Million Loss in Assets
DeFi Protocol Stream Finance has halted all withdrawals and deposits on its platform following the disclosure of a $93 million loss. In its latest post on X, the DeFi Protocol...
StakeWise Recovers $20.7 Million From Balancer Exploit, To Reimburse Users Pro Rata
StakeWise has pulled off a rare recovery in the DeFi world, retrieving the majority of assets lost in the recent Balancer exploit that rocked the ecosystem. The liquid staking platform...
Attackers Steal Over $120M From Balancer in One of 2025’s Largest DeFi Hacks
Decentralized exchange and liquidity protocol Balancer has suffered a major security breach, with attackers stealing over $120 million in digital assets. Blockchain analytics firms Lookonchain and Nansen report that the...
WazirX Files Legal Submission in Line With Singaporean High Court’s Instruction
WazirX, the Indian cryptocurrency exchange that suffered a major hack in July 2024, has filed a legal submission in line with the Singaporean High Court’s instructions. In its latest post,...
Investigators Uncover How DPRK IT Workers Exploit US Firms Using AI Cheating Tools
Replit CEO Amjad Masad has identified a growing trend of North Korean workers using AI filters and interview cheating tools to land remote jobs in the US. He noted that...
UXLINK Hack Sparks Audit, Migration, and DAXA Review – Can Fixes Restore Trust?
UXLINK, which faced a security breach on Monday, had provided an update to its users on its upcoming steps to protect the platform and regain trust. The $11.3 million hack...
CZ Confirms $200K Frozen After $1.7M Seedify SFUND Bridge Exploit
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) confirmed that $200,000 has been frozen at HTX following an SFUND bridge exploit. The hack targeted Meta Alchemist’s bridge and OFT contract, allowing attackers to...
Crypto’s Invisible Enemies: How to Build a Fortress Against Hacks, Scams, and Real-World Threats in 2025
In 2025, the headlines are all too familiar: another hack, another scam, another crypto investor targeted. The threats are growing, and so are the attackers. What used to be simple...
Shibarium Hack Pressure Ends, BAD Price Bounces Back
The attackers behind the September 12 Shibarium bridge exploit have liquidated their remaining stash of BAD tokens, according to Christopher Johnson (Mr. Lightspeed), President of Lightspeed Crypto Services and advisor...
CZ’s Stark Warning: One Click on a Fake Support Link Could Sink a Crypto Exchange
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has issued a detailed warning on how North Korean hacking groups are targeting the digital asset industry. He says their methods now combine social engineering, insider...
After $4.1M Bridge Exploit, Shiba Inu Dangles 50 ETH Bounty for Hacker’s Cooperation
The Shiba Inu ecosystem team has unveiled a 50 ETH ($229,000) bounty program to recover millions in tokens stolen during the September 12 Shibarium bridge exploit. Partnering with K9 Finance,...
Concealment Claims Surface in Coinbase Breach Involving TaskUs Staff
On Sept. 16, 2025, a court filing in a class-action lawsuit revealed that Ashita Mishra, a TaskUs employee in Indore, India, is implicated in one of the largest breaches in...
Hacker Returns 185 ETH to Kame Aggregator After Sei Exploit
Kame Aggregator, a decentralized exchange aggregator on the Sei network, confirmed it recovered part of the funds stolen in a security breach earlier today. The platform said it negotiated with...
“Human Behavior Is the Weakest Link”: CertiK Co-Founder on the Real Threat in Crypto
The biggest weak point hackers exploited in the first half of 2025 wasn’t the code—it was human behavior, according to CertiK co-founder Ronghui Gu. Gu made the statement during an...
Lazarus Group Accused of $23 Million Lykke Heist, Forcing the Exchange into Liquidation
In June 2024, Lykke, a no-fee crypto exchange registered in the UK and headquartered in Switzerland, suffered a major breach. The result was the theft of 158 BTC and 2,161...
Binance Joins Tron & Tether’s “T3” Task Force After It Freezes $250M in Illicit Crypto
A joint initiative between Tron, Tether, and blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs has frozen more than $250 million in illicit cryptocurrency less than a year after launch, the group announced...
CoinDCX Hack Investigation Takes a Dramatic “Inside Job” Turn
The investigation into the massive CoinDCX hack took a dramatic turn when the police arrested a CoinDCX employee in connection with the heist, which saw approximately $44 million illegally transferred...
The “Money Printing” Glitch That Turned a NYC Youth Program Into a $17M ATM Free-for-All
A multi-million-dollar ATM withdrawal fraud linked to New York City’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) has raised urgent concerns about the security of public benefit systems. According to a New...
“Ignore the Rumors”: CoinDCX CEO Shuts Down Talk of a Post-Hack Sale to Coinbase
Sumit Gupta, the CEO of Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX, has publicly rejected claims that the platform is in talks to be acquired by the U.S.-based exchange Coinbase. The denial follows...
WazirX Hack Explained: What Happened & What’s Next
The cryptocurrency world has always been unpredictable, with several opportunities and drawbacks, the latter comprising scams and security breaches. While scams targeted users via fake websites and offers, security breaches...
