Crypto Hack

April 2026 has become the worst month for crypto exploits since February 2025, and it is not even over yet. In just 18 days, protocols have lost more than $606...

The attacker behind the KelpDAO exploit has shifted a large portion of stolen funds, converting approximately 75,700 ETH, valued at about $175 million, into Bitcoin within roughly 36 hours. The...

Aave’s total deposits have declined following the rsETH exploit, as ongoing outflows and high utilization levels continue to change lending conditions on the protocol. Data shows deposits fell from approximately...

The hacker behind the nearly $300 million KelpDAO breach is now moving and laundering the money through a complicated cross-chain route. Blockchain security firm PeckShield says the cybercriminal moved the...

Volo Protocol, a liquid staking platform built on Sui, said it was hit by an exploit that drained about $3.5 million in assets. The breach affected three vaults holding WBTC,...

The attacker behind the Kelp DAO exploit has laundered about $80 million in stolen funds after moving roughly $175 million worth of ETH earlier this week. According to onchain data,...

North Korea-linked hackers are once again at the center of the crypto security debate after the KelpDAO exploit pushed another major DeFi breach onto the list of the industry’s biggest...

Arbitrum has recovered $70.97 million in ETH tied to the recent KelpDAO exploit, taking emergency action to secure 30,766 ETH that had been sitting on Arbitrum One. The funds were...

A single exploit on KelpDAO’s rsETH cross-chain bridge has frozen nine major DeFi protocols, created bad debt on Aave, and sent shockwaves through the liquid restaking sector. The attacker drained...

The $292 million KelpDAO exploit now has a confirmed attacker, a detailed explanation of how it happened and a verdict on why it was allowed to happen at all. LayerZero...

Rhea Finance published a detailed post-mortem this week after losing $18.4 million in an exploit that investigators describe as a combination of two known DeFi attack vectors assembled into something...

Grinex, a Russia-linked crypto exchange registered in Kyrgyzstan, has halted operations after alleging a hack that cost it approximately 1 billion rubles, equivalent to $13.1 million.  Grinex Blames the West...

The Police in Paraguay have arrested a criminal gang comprising 10 members between the ages of 18 and 20 years old, suspected of having stolen up to $1.2 million from...

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Circle Internet Group following its response to a large-scale exploit involving Drift Protocol, in which investors claim the company failed to act...

Rhea Finance suffered a suspected exploit that drained at least $7.6 million after an attacker appeared to have manipulated the protocol’s oracle and validation layer. The incident was first flagged...

Zerion has temporarily disabled its web application following the detection of unusual activity associated with a targeted cyberattack. This breach resulted in the loss of approximately $100,000 from the company’s...

CowSwap came under pressure after reporting a frontend security breach that stirred fresh concern across the DeFi market. Suspicious activity appeared as trading interest picked up. Security researchers and the...

Polkadot (DOT) has been hit by a cross-chain exploit after an attacker minted 1 billion DOT tokens on Ethereum. The entire supply was dumped in a single transaction, generating 108.2...

The U.S. Treasury Department is opening a new cybersecurity information-sharing program for the digital asset industry, giving eligible crypto firms access to the same threat intelligence it already shares with...

Crypto scams in the U.S. reached a new record in 2025, with reported losses of $11.366 billion. The total rose 22% from the prior year as each crypto scam expanded...

Americans lost a record $11.37 billion to crypto-related fraud in 2025, according to FBI data, as complaint volumes and losses both moved higher from the previous year. The latest figures...

Crypto holders in California are facing a surge in violent “wrench attacks,” where criminals use physical force to steal digital assets. Attackers are posing as delivery drivers, targeting individuals believed...

Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet said North Korean-linked attackers may be behind the $280 million Drift Protocol hack on Solana. The exploit targeted multisig signers using social engineering, making it the...

A major exploit hit the Drift Protocol on April 1, 2026, during US business hours. The attack drained as much as $285 million, and the total value locked (TVL) dropped...

Drift Protocol, a Solana-based decentralized perpetual futures exchange, reported an active security breach that resulted in losses ranging from $220 million to $285 million. The incident prompted an immediate suspension...