Exploits


Finance

Animoca Brands Founder Yat Siu's X Account Exploited to Promote Fake Token

The fake MOCA token on Solana exploited Animoca's links to Mocaverse and the Moca Network.

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Finance

Extremely Unlikely WazirX Customers Will Be Made Whole in Crypto Terms: Legal Advisers

WazirX co-founder Nischal Shetty said the numbers are as of today and the objective is to reduce the gap through various efforts.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

Finance

WazirX to Phase In Indian Rupee Withdrawals Starting Aug. 26

Users of the Indian crypto exchange will be able to take out up to 66% of their rupee funds in two phases following a suspension instituted after last month's $230 million dollar hack.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

Finance

Defi Hacks Remain a Major Threat Despite 50% Decline in 2023: Halborn

The report warns that protocols should improve security by using multi-sig wallets and vetting counterparty code.

Crypto companies hit by newsletter breach (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash)

Tech

Terra Blockchain Restarts After $4M Exploit

A reentrancy attack briefly halted the network. It restarted after an “emergency” chain upgrade.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

WazirX Hack Sends SHIB, WRX Tumbling as Bitcoin, Tether Trade at Massive Discount

Most coins, including market leader bitcoin and USDT, are trading at a significant discount on WazirX.

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Finance

Crypto Gets Another 'Neighborhood Watch' to Guard Against Hacks

Justine Bone, a cybersecurity firebrand whose research led to recalls of half a million faulty pacemakers, leads the soon-to-launch information-sharing and analysis center (ISAC) for crypto firms.

Justine Bone, executive director of Crypto ISAC.

Opinion

Your Crypto Project Needs a Sheriff, Not a Bounty Hunter

Avi Eisenberg’s centi-million dollar exploit of the decentralized Mango Markets trading platform revealed the perverse incentives of bug bounties.

Still from Sergio Leone's 1965 classic spaghetti western "For a Few Dollars More," where Clint Eastwood plays an antihero character with an unorthodox sense of justice. (Wikimedia Commons)

Opinion

The Munchables Hack Is Way Worse Than It Seems

Apparently orchestrated from North Korea, the $63 million hack adds grist to the argument that crypto exploits pose a plausible national security risk.

Edvard Munch's "The Scream" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Finance

Bitcoin Bridge OrdiZK Suffers Apparent $1.4M Rug Pull, Token Crashes to Zero: CertiK

The OrdiZK website and social media accounts are also offline.

OrdiZK appears to have suffered a rug pull. (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)