Tag: Crypto Hackers

The US government is now seeking to recover about $2.67 million in crypto linked to two major hacks orchestrated by the Lazarus Group.

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Nexera has recently been exploited, resulting in the loss of $1.5 million worth of digital assets.

Crypto hackers have seized the opportunity to acquire heavily discounted Ether using previously stolen funds.

dYdX v4 is unaffected which last week witnessed $6 billion in trade volume and only the v3 seems to have been exploited.

WazirX has temporarily suspended withdrawals of both cryptocurrencies and Indian rupees on its platform post the hack.

Filipino boyband SB19, with 3.6 million YouTube followers, and popular nine-piece musical group Ben&Ben fell prey to the hackers.

CoinStats revealed that a attacker, believed to be affiliated with a nation-state, managed to access the private keys of 1,590 wallets.

The X account of American actress Sydney Sweeney was recently hacked, leading to the promotion of the SWEENEY token.

ZachXBT provided further insights into the BtcTurk attack, suggesting that over $54 million in AVAX were transferred during the breach.

CoinStats has taken its platform offline for further investigation and the homepage now shows a placeholder notice.

The accused members of FIN9 are Vietnamese citizens Ta Van Tai, Nguyen Viet Quoc, Nguyen Trang Xuyen, and Nguyen Van Truong.

The UwU Lend protocol team announced a $5 million reward for information of the attacker who executed a second exploit on the protocol.

Despite the substantial movement of funds, the Orbit Chain hacker has yet to touch the $20 million in Dai (DAI) or any other stolen assets.

In a detailed blog post on May 21, Gala Games revealed that the attacker's wallet had sent back 5913.2 ETH, valued at $22.3 million.

In November 2023, Bitfinex encountered a minor information security incident when one of its customer support agents was hacked.

Avraham "Avi" Eisenberg, the Mango Markets exploiter, has been found guilty in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The laundered funds came from an ETH blockchain address tied to previous scams before being moved to another address on the Polygon network.

Shakeeb Ahmed, a computer security engineer, has been sentenced to three years for his involvement in Nirvana and Crypto Exchange hacks.