In the first quarter of 2025, hackers stole $1.67 billion worth of cryptocurrency, — CertiK report
During the first quarter of this year, there were several important regulatory and strategic changes that affected the Web3 industry. For example, the US government announced creation of a strategic cryptocurrency reserve, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has established a working group on cryptocurrencies, the European Union (EU)…
A hacker stole $5.5 million from zkLend and then drained all the funds on the fake website Tornado Cash
The hacker who stole from a decentralized lending protocol on Starknet called zkLend back in February lost a significant portion of the stolen funds due to his own greed and short-sightedness. De facto, the thieves have robbed the thief (and this is not a April Fool’s joke).
Secrets of the North Korea hacker army: how cryptocurrency geniuses are trained
Recently, North Korean hackers have been in the news more and more often. Their latest high-profile media appearance is the largest hack in history, when criminals managed to steal $1.5 billion worth of digital assets from the Bybit cryptocurrency exchange. Next OKX exchange could become a victimHowever, the company’s team noticed potential…
Hackers who stole $1.5 billion from Bybit attack OKX crypto exchange
The leading cryptocurrency exchange OKX was attacked by North Korean hackers Lazarus. The same ones as last month stole $1.5 billion from Bybit. Cybercriminals targeted the DEX aggregator service. For this reason, OKX decided to suspend the platform.
Meteora co-founder promotes «parasitic» memoin
Ben Chow, the former co-founder of the Meteora platform, said that his account on social network X (formerly Twitter) was hacked by hackers. Initially, a post advertising a new «parasitic» memecoin appeared on his page. But later, Chow deleted the tweet and reported that his account had been compromised, and urged followers to ignore any messages…
Hackers laundered all $1.5 billion stolen from Bybit and helped THORchain earn $5.5 million
North Korean hackers Lazarus managed to launder all assets, stolen from the Bybit exchange. In just 10 days, they laundered 499,000 ETH worth about $1.5 billion (estimated at the time of the crime). EmberCN analysts reported that most of the cryptocurrency was withdrawn through THORChain protocol, which earned $5.5 million in commissions. Hackers…
THORChain protocol earned $3M on Bybit hackers money laundering
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has officially stated that Bybit hack for $1.5 billion linked to the North Korean hacker group Lazarus (also known as TraderTraitor) and identified the incident as a state-sponsored cyberattack aimed at laundering assets across multiple blockchains. The FBI called for blocking the hackers’…
Anatomy of the largest crypto theft in history: analyzing the $1.5 billion Bybit hack
On February 21, an unprecedented event took place: a sophisticated cyberattack on the Bybit exchange led to the theft of approximately $1.46 billion in Ethereum (ETH) and related tokens. This incident was the largest digital heist in history. It also exposed the vulnerabilities of even the most reputable platforms and caused turmoil in the crypto…
Bybit Exchange Manages to Recover from the Largest Theft in Cryptocurrency History
Bybit has successfully eliminated the Ethereum (ETH) shortage after the largest theft in the history of cryptocurrencies CEO of Bybit Ben Zhou wroteThe ETH reserve gap is now fully closed. In the near future, a new Proof of Reserves (POR) report will be published, which will demonstrate that customer assets are once again backed by a 1:1 ratio…
Review of the series «Zero Day»
On February 20, Netflix released a political thriller «Zero Day» starring Robert De Niro. The actor also served as one of the show’s executive producers. In the review below, we analyze how exciting and tense the local story about «a devastating global cyberattack» turned out to be. «Zero Day» Genre political thriller Director Leslie…
Abstract exploit: hackers stole $400K from Cardex players via «lost» key
The second-level (L2) blockchain Abstract reported a security breach that caused more than 9 thousand wallets to lose approximately $400 thousand in Ethereum. The incident is related to the Cardex blockchain card game.
Your crypto is in danger: AdsPower browser users should urgently check their wallets
The team of the anti-detect browser AdsPower reported a massive cyber attack. On January 24, during a security system check, it was discovered that hackers had altered some extensions (for example, MetaMask) into phishing versions. The developers immediately took measures and started an investigation, which is still ongoing.
«Russia is a deathmatch territory. This means kill everyone» — Nikita Knysh. How Ukrainian hackers destroy the enemy on the information front
HackYourMom — is a Ukrainian hacker activist project and a group of cyber volunteers who, from the first days of the full-scale invasion, began doing everything they could to inflict maximum cyber damage on the enemy. ITC’s editorial team talked to Mykyta Knysh, an information security specialist, certified ethical hacker, and founder of…
Hackers have organized a Christmas hunt for Ledger wallets
Owners of popular Ledger hardware wallets have become targets of phishing attacks. Hackers are sending out fake emails to phish for users’ secret phrases and gain access to their crypto assets.
BingX crypto exchange hacked and stole $43 million — withdrawals blocked
At night on September 20, the hot wallet of the BingX crypto exchange was attacked by hackers. According to official data, the attackers managed to withdraw a small part of the funds. And the affected users were promised compensation for any losses.
Bitcoins or network paralysis: ex-engineer hacked a company and tried to blackmail it for $750,000
He wanted to get rich quick, and now he risks spending 35 years behind bars.
Alimony father hacked into government databases to fake his own death
An American man was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for hacking into government systems and officially declaring himself dead to avoid paying child support.
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