Exploits


Markets

Blockchain Protocol Thorchain Suffers $8M Hack

Thorchain told CoinDesk a hacker deployed a custom contract that was able to trick its Bifrost Protocol into receiving a deposit of fake assets.

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Markets

Stablecoin SafeDollar Hit by Cyberattack

The stablecoin's value drops to zero.

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Markets

BurgerSwap Hit by Flash Loan Attack Netting Over $7M

The attacks marks yet another exploit of a BSC-enabled DeFi protocol.

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Markets

Rari Capital Plans to Refund Stolen $10.6M in Ethereum From Dev Fund

The attack exploited Rari Capital’s integration with Alpha Finance Labs’ ibETH token.

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Markets

Hackers Mined Crypto on GitHub's Servers: Report

The activity was first noticed in November, according to the report.

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Tech

DODO DEX Drained of $3.8M in DeFi Exploit

The decentralized finance platform said it expects $1.88 million of the stolen funds to be returned.

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Markets

DeFi Transaction Batching Tool Exploited for $14M

The exploiter used a fake contract to trick the dapp into thinking it was an Aave v2 update.

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Tech

Yearn Finance DAI Vault 'Has Suffered an Exploit'; $11M Drained

“Attacker got away with 2.8m, dai vault lost 11.1m,” a Yearn Finance developer posted in Discord.

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Tech

$10.8M Stolen, Developers Implicated in Alleged Smart Contract 'Rug Pull'

Rogue developers seem to have rug-pulled their own project, Compounder Finance, netting some $10.8 million in funds from the project’s investors.

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Tech

DeFi Exploits Can’t Be Pinned on Flash Loans, Industry Leaders Say

DeFi’s novel flash loan products aren't to blame for the recent string of exploits, industry leaders say.

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