Hacks

Stablecoins

Miners Trick Stablecoin Protocol PegNet, Turning $11 Into Almost $7M Hoard

The millions in tokens were later destroyed, painting a confusing picture of the attacker's motives.

Markets  ·  22 April 2020
DeFi

dForce Hacker Returns Almost All of Stolen $25M in Crypto

The hacker had drained $25 million in cryptocurrency from decentralized finance protocol dForce over the weekend.

News  ·  21 April 2020
DeFi

Weekend Attack Drains Decentralized Protocol dForce of $25M in Crypto

dForce appears to have lost control of $25 million in bitcoin and ether held in its decentralized lending protocol.

News  ·  19 April 2020
North Korea

US Agencies Publish List of North Korea’s Alleged Crypto Crimes

The US government urged countermeasures to stymie North Korea's billion-dollar cybercrime campaigns.

News  ·  15 April 2020
Exchanges

Cryptopia Users Win Victory in Court Case Over Crypto Assets Worth Over $100M

In the fallout from a massive hack of the New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange, users at last have a little good news.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 April 2020
Crime

AT&T Files for Dismissal in $24M Phone Hack Case, Claims Crypto Exec Didn’t Read Terms

Terpin claims he lost $24 million in crypto due to AT&T's negligence. The firm says he didn't read the company's policy documents.

Policy & regulation  ·  1 April 2020
IOTA

IOTA Founder Personally Refunding Hack Losses to ‘Safeguard’ Project’s Remaining Reserves

Using his personal holdings will help protect the IOTA Foundation's 12-month runway, according to David Sonstebo.

Business  ·  12 March 2020
Japan

2 Arrested in Japan for Obtaining Crypto Linked to Coincheck’s $530M Hack

The men are alleged to have been offloading NEM taken from Coincheck since February.

Policy & regulation  ·  11 March 2020
Hacks

Crypto Investment Fund Suffers Hack Exposing Data of 266,000 Users: Report

The personal data of about 266,000 people registered with the fund may have been exposed.

Business  ·  5 March 2020
Exchanges

Ex-Employee Steals User Data From Derivatives Exchange Digitex

Digitex has claimed that only email addresses were stolen in a data breach earlier this month.

News  ·  28 February 2020
Singapore

Draper-Backed Exchange in Lockdown Following ‘Sophisticated’ Attack

Coinhako has restricted user accounts since last Friday following an "attack," but has not released many details around the incident.

News  ·  27 February 2020
DeFi

DeFi Project bZx Exploited for Second Time in a Week, Loses $630K in Ether

The attacker manipulated price feeds in order to create and profit from an under collateralized loan.

News  ·  18 February 2020
Exchanges

New Crypto Exchange Altsbit Says It Will Close Following Hack

Altsbit says it can only issue partial refunds after the hack and will shut down after that process is complete.

Markets  ·  10 February 2020
Exchanges

Cryptopia’s Liquidator Claws Back Nearly $5M, But Identifying Crypto Ownership a ‘Mammoth Task’

The liquidator for the collapsed New Zealand-based crypto exchange Cryptopia now has NZ$7.2 million on balance for potential user refunds. Finding out who's owed what, though, is proving a tough task.

Business  ·  12 December 2019
North Korea

North Korea Denies It Hacked $2 Billion in Fiat and Crypto

North Korea has denied a recent U.N. report suggesting it was behind major hacks that reaped around $2 billion for its weapons programs.

Policy & regulation  ·  2 September 2019