The upgrade deployment script failed to call an important initialization function, leaving the vote threshold at zero and allowing anyone to withdraw “without signature.”
Euler announces 29 audit reports after $4M spent to shore up security
Some vulnerabilities in Euler v2 were found and resolved, and a subsequent $1.25 million bug bounty contest found no vulnerabilities of medium or greater severity.
Blockchain Protocol Nexera Suffers $1.8M Exploit, NXRA Tumbles 40%
Nexera, a blockchain infrastructure protocol that focuses on tokenization, has suffered an exploit with $1.5 million being stolen, according to blockchain security firm Cyvers.
Convergence congratulates attacker, attempts to open negotiations
The Convergence team posted a message to the Ethereum network, stating it believes the attacker ‘acted as a white hat.’
Ronin ‘white hat’ attacker returns $10M in ETH after apparent accidental front-run
The MEV bot returned nearly all of the funds, and the team claimed that $500,000 was being paid to it as a bounty.
Ronin Bridge Paused After $9M Drained in Apparent Whitehat Hack
“The bridge currently secures over $850M which is safe,” co-founder @Psycheout86 said in an X post.
DeFi Protocol Convergence Hacked, CVG Token Plunges 99% on Curve
Liminal blames compromised WazirX devices for hack, claims UI not responsible
Compromised WazirX devices provided “legit transaction details” to Liminal’s network, allowing the attacker to drain the exchange’s funds, the MPC provider claimed.
WazirX, Liminal Custody Blame Each Other as $230M Crypto Exploit Leaves Customers Stranded
The dispute centers around multisig wallets.
Defi Protocol LI.FI Struck by $8M Exploit
Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform LI.FI protocol has been hit by an exploit worth around $8 million following a series of suspicious withdrawals, on-chain data shows.
Bittensor’s TAO Slides 15% After $8M Wallet Drain Attack
The blockchain was paused early Wednesday to contain the exploit, with security researchers suspecting a private key leakage.
Cardano Unfazed By Failed DDoS Attack Targeting Staked ADA
No downtime was observed as a Cardano developer managed to attack the attacker and take back some funds.
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Learn about the devastating “infinite mint attack” in cryptocurrency. Understand how hackers exploit vulnerabilities to create unlimited tokens, causing massive inflation and price crashes.
HLG Down Over 60% as Exploiter Mints 1 Billion New Tokens
The team behind the Holograph (HLG) said they have patched the exploit and is working with centralized exchanges to freeze accounts affiliated with the exploiter
Crypto hacks soar to $19B in 13 years: Crystal Intelligence
Nearly $19 billion worth of digital assets have been lost to exploits in the past 13 years, with $2.9 billion stolen during the largest single crypto theft during the 2019 Plus Token fraud.
Lykke crypto exchange acknowledges hack after halting withdrawals
The Lykke team acknowledged that they halted withdrawals after an attack drained $22 million in crypto from its wallets on June 4.
Crypto Firms Hit by Newsletter Breach Attack, Mailing Lists Leaked
Several cryptocurrency businesses are reporting that there is an ongoing “supply chain email breach attack” that uses newsletter mailing lists to send around malicious phishing links.
Japanese exchange DMM loses $305M in Bitcoin via private key hack
The cryptocurrency exchange lost 4,502.9 BTC due to a hack of its private key; withdrawals have been temporarily suspended.
Based Doge hit with 'same as Normie’ exploit as 91.4M BOGE is drained
An attacker minted 91 million BOGE tokens and crashed its price, relying on a similar vulnerability as the Normie exploit one day earlier.
Victim who lost $7M in Ethereum re-staking exploit gets funds back
A permit phishing attack appears to have siphoned 1,807 liquid staked Ether from the victim’s wallet address.