Crypto Hack
North Korea Stole 76% of the April 2026 Crypto Hacks in Just Two Attacks
North Korean hackers stole approximately $577 million in the first four months of 2026, accounting for 76% of all crypto-hack value from just two attacks. On April 1, they drained...
Wasabi Protocol Suffers Over $5M Loss in Multi-Chain Exploit
On April 30, 2026, Wasabi Protocol suffered a major exploit that drained more than $5 million across Ethereum (ETH), Base, Berachain, and Blast. Security firms Blockaid, CertiK, and PeckShield confirmed...
Global Scam Center Crackdown Nets 276 Arrests, DOJ Files Charges
A global crackdown on cryptocurrency scam centers has led to at least 276 arrests and federal charges in San Diego. The Department of Justice announced the action on April 29,...
How AI Crypto Scammers Drained a Retiree’s $300K Savings
Kyle Holder lost nearly $300,000 after AI crypto scammers used WhatsApp messages to pull her into a crypto fraud scheme. The case later reached the IRS Criminal Investigation New York...
ZetaChain Halts Cross-Chain Transactions amid GatewayEVM Contract Attack
ZetaChain paused cross-chain transactions on mainnet after an attack hit its GatewayEVM contract. The team said the incident affected only internal ZetaChain team wallets. No user funds were impacted. The...
Litecoin Network Hit by Zero-Day Attack in Coordinated Double-Spend Operation
Litecoin suffered an attack this weekend. A zero-day vulnerability was exploited in a coordinated operation that knocked major mining pools offline, triggered a 13-block reorganization of the chain, and enabled...
TRON and HTX Commit $20M USDT to Aave V3 to Support TRON Expansion
Justin Sun said TRON and HTX will supply $20 million in USDT liquidity to Aave’s Core V3 market on the TRON network as the platforms deepen integration. The deployment targets...
Aave DAO Proposes 25,000 ETH to Support rsETH Recovery Plan
Aave DAO has introduced a governance proposal to allocate 25,000 ETH from its treasury to support a recovery plan following the April 18, 2026, rsETH bridge incident tied to Kelp...
Two Hacks, $606M Lost, Yet Ethereum Holds Above $2,300
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...
KelpDAO Hacker Converts $175M ETH to Bitcoin as Arbitrum Freezes Funds
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 Deposits Drop Below $30B as rsETH Incident Triggers Liquidity Strain
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...
KelpDAO Hacker Moves Stolen ETH, Funds Routed to Tron via LayerZer
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 Freezes Vaults After $3.5 Million Exploit
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,...
Kelp DAO Hacker Launders $80M via THORchain, Activity Spikes
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’s Crypto Heist Strategy Deepens with KelpDAO HacK
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 Freezes 30,766 ETH Tied to $290M KelpDAO Exploit
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...
Nine DeFi Protocols Frozen After $293 Million KelpDAO rsETH Exploit
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...
David Schwartz Says KelpDAO’s Laziness Enabled The North Korean Hack
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...
$18.4M Rhea Finance Hack Built Over Two Days, Post-Mortem Reveals
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 Exchange Hacked for $13 Million, Accuses “Western Special Services.”
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...
Paraguay Police Bust Teen Crypto Hack Gang Behind Million-Dollar Theft
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...
Circle Sued Over $230M USDC Transfers After Drift Hack
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 Hit by $7.6M Exploit After Fake Token Pool Attack
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 Disables Web App After $100K Internal Wallet Breach
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 Breach Triggers Alert as Blockaid Flags Critical Flaw
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...
