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After nearly six years of litigation, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has won a lawsuit filed by cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin over his loss of millions in digital assets due to a SIM-swapping hack. The Central District Court of California granted AT&T's motion for Summary Judgment,...

Decentralized lending protocol Euler Finance (CRYPTO: EUL) announced a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of the individuals behind the recent exploit that resulted in the loss of nearly $200 million. In a message sent via on-chain messages from Euler's deployer...

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 official Twitter profile of the Azuki NFT project was hacked on Friday, with the hackers posting multiple tweets asking users to claim virtual land. One of the tweets was pinned to the top of Azuki’s Twitter profile timeline, in an apparent bid to garner maximum clicks.Officials from...

A group of Russian hackers reportedly targeted three U.S. nuclear research laboratories in the summer of 2022.  The Russian group Cold River carried out a phishing campaign against scientists at the Brookhaven, Argonne, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories to obtain passwords, Reuters...

The person who hacked bankrupt crypto platform FTX (CRYPTO: FTT) transferred as many as 255 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) to crypto exchange OKX, through ChipMixer, days after over $600 million in cryptocurrency mysteriously vanished from the wallets of the former exchange. On-chain detective ZachXBT...

The hacker behind the Mango market exploit that drained $117 million, revealed his identity on Twitter calling his actions “legal” and “a highly profitable trading strategy”.  What Happened: The hacker identified as Avraham Eisenberg called...

Mango, a Decentralised Finance (DeFi) platform has been exploited by hackers for over $100 million, marking the second such unauthorized break-in this week.  What Happened: The DeFi platform tweeted it is “currently investigating an incident where a hacker was able to drain...

A 17-year-old teen is arrested today and a journalist suggests that the teen is suspected for the GTA 6 leak which happened last week along with the Uber leak that happened this month with the connection of hacking group Lapsus$. The City of London Police posted on Twitter that on the evening of...

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...

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco stated that the U.S. seized some $500,000 worth of crypto and ransomware payments from North Korean hackers. The funds have already started being returned to the victims. This seizure occurred via the cooperation of the Secret Service, the U.S. Treasury, and the...

Axie Infinity (CRYPTO: AXS) has announced its Ronin Bridge will be restarting three months after an exploit of $625 million. What Happened: On Tuesday, June 28, Axie Infinity’s Ronin Bridge was restarted following external audits and internal audits. These audits were carried out by...

Anonymous, the infamous hacker collective, has pledged to join the investigation into Do Kwon now being undertaken by governments to hold the Terra (CRYPTO: LUNA) founder accountable for his actions. What Happened: In a video uploaded by Anonymous on its official YouTube website...

The Horizon bridge enabling the transfer of crypto assets between the Harmony (CRYPTO: ONE) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) blockchains has been hacked and $100 million worth of assets were stolen. What Happened: Harmony's official Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR)...

Hackers purportedly linked to the Chinese government are exploiting a recently discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Office. What Happened: A tweet by cybersecurity platform Proofpoint named a hacker group labeled “TA413”...