The industry is likely to see “further attempts from hackers targeting bridges in 2023,” while users are urged to be warier of their private keys.
$62M crypto stolen in Dec was the ‘lowest monthly figure’ in 2022: CertiK
The month of December had the smallest figure for cryptocurrencies stolen in 2022 with around 23 major incidents according to CertiK.
Inverse Finance exploited again for $1.2M in flashloan oracle attack
No user funds have been affected by the exploit, but Inverse Finance has incurred a debt and offered the attacker a bounty to return the stolen funds.
Illicit crypto usage as a percent of total usage has fallen: Report
A rapidly growing crypto market means that hacks and scams are accounting for less overall activity, and their percentage of total usage continues to decline.
Maiar decentralized crypto exchange goes offline after bug discovery
The DEX has been taken offline due to the discovery of the bug, and the team has implemented an “emergency fix” and update.
More than $1.6 billion exploited from DeFi so far in 2022
The amount exploited this year so far surpasses the total amount stolen in all of 2020 and 2021 combined, with the month of March alone beating 2020 by over $200 million.
AkuDreams dev team locks up $33M due to smart contract bug
A highly anticipated NFT project has been hit with an exploit and a smart contract bug, causing a disruption to its auction and leaving the team with $33 million unable to be accessed.
Hacker bungles DeFi exploit: Leaves stolen $1M in contract set to self destruct
A hacker apparently so thrilled by a successful theft left behind over $1 million in a smart contract that was set to destruct, permanently ensuring the crypto could never be moved.