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12 DeFi sites hijacked, all on Name.com; $138K stolen
A dozen DeFi front ends were taken over, and every one of the domains is registered through Name.com, pointing to a registrar-level compromise.
A stolen iPhone cost a London man $14,000 in crypto
Magnus Ahmad met two strangers outside a London bar. Within hours, his wallets were drained and his bank accounts exposed.
Chainalysis breach exposed customer names, emails and roles
The blockchain analytics firm is still working out which customer records were accessed, and it's warning users to watch for unexpected login prompts.
Binance Bitcoin Theft Tops Tesla's Stash, Doubles El Salvador's
A stolen haul of 18,270 BTC, worth roughly $1.4 billion, now outweighs the corporate and sovereign holdings of some well-known Bitcoin owners, and investigators point to North Korea.
Binance hack of $6.3B rattles crypto as tech stocks slide
A reported $6.3 billion Binance hack adds to crypto nerves on a day when weak earnings outlooks and AI spending worries drag the Nasdaq-tracking QQQ down more than 2%.
Stablecoin issuers freeze $2.6B tied to suspected Binance breach
Tether, Circle, Ripple and Trump-linked World Liberty Financial have locked up more than $2.6 billion in assets connected to a suspected Binance security incident involving nearly $6 billion.
Bitcoin dips below $77,000 as BNB sinks 7% on Binance hack
BNB fell 7.1% after a hack at Binance, while Co-CEO Yi He promised the exchange will make users whole.
South Korea Arrests Seven Over AI-Assisted Hacks on 90 Targets
Seoul police say a 32-year-old with no IT background used AI tools to breach roughly 90 hospitals, schools and companies, then pressed victims for about $270,000 in total.
Version 4.8.3 patches a bug that could hijack your fee bump
A malicious server could turn a routine manual fee increase into approval of a payment the attacker controls. The fix is out.
Initia's USDC bridge reserve fell to $63 as withdrawals failed
Bitquery data tied failed exits on Initia to a drained reserve backing user balances, while the project says it has outlined a patch and is working on recovery.
Polkadot's faster exits leave less time to respond to wallet breaches
A wallet breach that reportedly went unnoticed for 20 months is putting a spotlight on how shorter nominator exit times shrink the window to coordinate help.
Drift Hack Wallet Sends $61M in ETH Through Tornado Cash
The North Korea-linked attacker behind April's $295 million Drift exploit moved 25,700 ETH through the mixer in two hours and still holds about $198 million more.