hackers

The hacker behind the Mango market exploit that drained $117 million, revealed his identity on Twitter calling his actions “legal” and “a highly profitable trading strategy”.  What Happened: The hacker identified as Avraham Eisenberg called...

Mango, a Decentralised Finance (DeFi) platform has been exploited by hackers for over $100 million, marking the second such unauthorized break-in this week.  What Happened: The DeFi platform tweeted it is “currently investigating an incident where a hacker was able to drain...

A 17-year-old teen is arrested today and a journalist suggests that the teen is suspected for the GTA 6 leak which happened last week along with the Uber leak that happened this month with the connection of hacking group Lapsus$. The City of London Police posted on Twitter that on the evening of...

Automated market maker Wintermute, which was hacked of $160 million worth of funds, has told the hacker to return the stolen funds or face legal consequences. In an on-chain message sent to the hacker on Thursday, Wintermute warned whoever it was to accept a $16 million white-hat bounty...

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco stated that the U.S. seized some $500,000 worth of crypto and ransomware payments from North Korean hackers. The funds have already started being returned to the victims. This seizure occurred via the cooperation of the Secret Service, the U.S. Treasury, and the...

Axie Infinity (CRYPTO: AXS) has announced its Ronin Bridge will be restarting three months after an exploit of $625 million. What Happened: On Tuesday, June 28, Axie Infinity’s Ronin Bridge was restarted following external audits and internal audits. These audits were carried out by...

Anonymous, the infamous hacker collective, has pledged to join the investigation into Do Kwon now being undertaken by governments to hold the Terra (CRYPTO: LUNA) founder accountable for his actions. What Happened: In a video uploaded by Anonymous on its official YouTube website...

The Horizon bridge enabling the transfer of crypto assets between the Harmony (CRYPTO: ONE) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) blockchains has been hacked and $100 million worth of assets were stolen. What Happened: Harmony's official Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR)...

Hackers purportedly linked to the Chinese government are exploiting a recently discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Office. What Happened: A tweet by cybersecurity platform Proofpoint named a hacker group labeled “TA413”...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) shared customer data with hackers who pretended to be law enforcement, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the matter. What Happened: The two...

Leading firms in the cryptocurrency space were hit by a hack that successfully compromised HubSpot, a customer relations platform that helped those companies manage their customers and data. What Happened: New reports reveal that the HubSpot breach resulted in the leak of personal...

A vulnerability in the non-fungible token (NFT) market TreasureDAO (CRYPTO: MAGIC) purportedly allowed attackers to acquire NFTs without incurring any cost. What Happened: Harry Denley, the security specialist of cryptocurrency wallet software projects MetaMask and MyCrypo...

DeFi protocol Grim Finance is revealing that hackers stole $30 million of user funds from the platform over the weekend. What Happened: In a Twitter announcement on December 18, Grim Finance told users that it had identified the attackers' wallet address, which contained over $30...

Security of funds in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector is a cornerstone of the industry. The spring of 2021 brought several hacks that siphoned off large volumes of user funds: in March, hackers got into PAID and stole 2,000 ETH worth $3 million, in April they stole $50 million worth of...

What Happened: A U.S. government task force has reportedly seized more than $2.3 million, out of the $4.3 million, in Bitcoin, which was used to pay the ransom in an attack on the Colonial Pipeline system. Officials from the Department of Justice said in a press conference on Monday ...