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Crypto hacks and exploits have surged to record levels in the first half of 2025, with total losses exceeding $2.1 billion across at least 75 incidents, according to blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs. What Happened: The figure marks the highest-ever total for the first half of a year,...

Iranian cryptocurrency exchange, Nobitex, was hacked for nearly $90 million on Wednesday, with an Israel-linked group claiming responsibility for the cyberattack. What Happened: A group called Gonjeshke Darande, or "Predatory Sparrow," announced the attack on X, calling Nobitex “a tool for...

In the aftermath of a $1.4 billion Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) heist, cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has launched a recovery bounty program, offering a reward of up to 10% of the recovered funds to ethical cyber and network security experts who actively contribute to retrieving the stolen assets. This...

Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX has reportedly been hacked, resulting in losses exceeding $230 million. What Happened: The incident, revealed by blockchain investigator ZachXBT on Thursday, identifies the main theft address as 0x04…1a88. The attacker currently holds over $100 million...

Hackers have turned the tables on Call of Duty cheaters by infecting them with malware designed to siphon off their Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). This cyberattack has raised concerns within the gaming and cryptocurrency communities. What Happened: A group of hackers has unleashed malware that targets Call...

In a landmark case for the cryptocurrency industry, Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has announced the guilty plea of Shakeeb Ahmed, who hacked DeFi protocol Nirvana Finance and one other cryptocurrency exchange. Williams calls this the first-ever conviction...

Cryptocurrency wallet provider Atomic Wallet and its proprietor, Konstantin Gladych, are in the midst of a lawsuit due to a $100 million security breach allegedly executed by the Lazarus Group. The individuals behind the lawsuit, representing themselves as well as other patrons of Atomic Wallet,...

While blockchain technology is hailed as revolutionary, it is not immune to attacks, with the industry experiencing 15 incidents of hacks and exploits in February 2023, resulting in a total loss of $142 million, according to the REKT database. What Happened: Among the affected platforms, the BNB...

The hacker behind the FTX exploit has been spotted yet again trying to move the funds to several wallets, in the hopes of liquidating them. What Happened: The hacker moved over 180,000 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) to 12 new wallets, evenly distributing 15,000 ETH to each wallet, data...

Crypto play-to-earn platform Gala Games’ native token GALA (CRYPTO: GALA) dropped 20% late Thursday, as fear rose among investors about a potential hack or even worse — a rug pull. What Happened: Over a billion dollars worth of GALA was minted by a single blockchain address out of thin...

Binance's smart contract-enabled blockchain, BNB Smart Chain, will undergo a hard fork as a fix for the vulnerability that drained the platform of an estimated $100 million on Oct. 6. In order to reenable the cross-chain, a GitHub article described the release for the mainnet and testnet as a...

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...

Algorithmic market maker service Wintermute experienced a security compromise on Tuesday, and hackers stole almost $160 million from the platform's portfolio of 90 assets. Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy stated that its decentralized finance (DeFi) activities were hacked for roughly $160 million...