Tag #Crypto Hack
17 stories05.07
"The worst kind of bug possible on a chain." Fixed Aptos bug could have let hackers move funds without permission
Researchers found a critical Aptos bug that could have let attackers drain funds, seize contract powers and even affect assets beyond Aptos itself.
01.07
Crypto exchange Drift rebrands to Velocity after $285M exploit
Drift rebrands to Velocity, but some seemed less interested in the new name than in when they would get their money back.
19.06
Axelar incident drains $4.6M from Secret Network bridged assets
Axelar hack hit assets bridged to Secret Network, with about $4.67 million worth of tokens taken, the project said.
18.06
Drift Recovery Token portal opens after April platform hack
Drift Recovery Token allocations are now visible to users affected by the exchange's April exploit, though claims remain unavailable for now.
18.06
ORE price drops 15% after staking exploit forces contract migration
ORE price dropped into double digits after developers revealed a smart contract flaw that skewed staking rewards.
10.06
Zcash price crashed 64% as shorts piled in even before bug disclosure, data reveals
Zcash price collapsed after volume spiked 13x and just five wallets opened millions in shorts before a four-year privacy bug was publicly disclosed.
09.06
Claude Fable launch frustrates crypto researchers with excessive safeguards
Claude Fable is already drawing pushback from crypto security researchers who say Anthropic's new model falls back too quickly.
09.06
Aave risk provider drafts proposal to give veto power after KelpDAO hack
Aave might be getting a stricter risk framework that could block tokens with weak controls after the KelpDAO hack rattled its lending markets.
04.06
Drift says relaunch will fund recovery, but past data suggests revenue alone could take decades
Drift says its next step after a North Korea-linked exploit is to reopen as a USDT-based perps exchange on Solana and use new revenue to fund user recovery.
01.06
DPRK-hacked Radiant Capital winds down after failing to recover from $50M exploit
Radiant Capital is winding down active development after failing to recover funds from a $50 million-plus exploit tied to North Korean hackers.
01.06
Whitehats accuse THORChain of silent bug fix, threaten more disclosures
THORChain is facing a new security dispute after whitehat researchers said the protocol silently fixed a critical bug they discovered without paying a bounty.
27.05
OpenZeppelin founder says AI makes DeFi unsafe, urges exits from Aave, Compound
OpenZeppelin co-founder says even big protocols like Aave, MakerDAO or Compound are unsafe.
25.05
Drift recovery vote shows one wallet beating all no voters
Drift recovery vote on remaining borrow-lend assets is leaning yes with over 57% support, but one wallet alone accounts for about 43% of all voting power cast.
24.05
Seventh-largest euro stablecoin EURR depegs by 20% amid suspected exploit
A suspected exploit at StablR knocked several of its stablecoins by more than 20% below peg.
21.05
THORChain report says hacker bonded $370K in RUNE before $10.7M vault drain
The post-mortem report suggests the hacker risked about $370,000 in bonded RUNE to enter the validator set two days before the attack.
20.05
LayerZero drops 1-of-1 verifier setup after KelpDAO hack
The company now says its own verifier will no longer sign as the sole required attestor.
17.05
KelpDAO cuts support for its restaking token on 20 blockchains
The protocol urged users to bridge the token back to Ethereum mainnet by June 15.