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Finance

Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Hacked for $160M, OTC Services Unaffected

Wintermute's lending and OTC operations have not been affected despite the hack.

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Finance

DeFi Platform Kyber Says It Removed Attack Vector, Compensated Affected Wallet

The Sept. 1 exploit saw $265,000 stolen from one Kyber wallet.

Ethereum developers launch Hoodi testnet (Shutterstock)

Finance

Hacker Steals Bill Murray’s Crypto After $185K NFT Charity Auction

The auction's original runner-up bidder has already offered to replace the stolen funds.

Bill Murray's NFTs are safe and sound but his crypto flew the coop. (Coinbase, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

DeFi Platform Kyber Network Discloses $265K Exploit, Vows to Reimburse All Funds

This most recent attack on a decentralized finance platform resulted from malicious website code.

Two RPC interfaces for Polygon and Fantom were impacted in a DNS hijack attack. (Mika Baumeister/Unsplash)

Finance

Defunct Crypto Exchange Mt. Gox to Set Creditor Repayment Date 'in Due Course'

Creditors have until Sept. 15 to make or transfer a claim.

Mt. Gox will set a repayment date in due course. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Asset Manager Babylon Finance Will Shut Down After Failing to Recover From Rari Hack

Babylon’s founder said several liquidity pools and the BABL token price were severely impacted, which contributed to the decision.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Opinion

When White Hat Hackers Go Bad

Even the most ethical hacker can be lured in by the seven deadly sins of pen-testing. This article is part of CoinDesk's Sin Week series.

Even the most ethical hacker could fall prey to the seven deadly sins when penetration testing. (Cesar La Rosa/Unsplash)

Finance

FBI Asks DeFi Platforms to Increase Security Measures, Warns Crypto Investors Against Vulnerabilities

The warning comes after a slew of DeFi hacks this year, which has led to investors losing billions of dollars worth of crypto.

The FBI has warned investors against the vulnerabilities in DeFi platforms. (Shutterstock)

Tech

LooksRare Fork Sudorare Rugs for $800K Despite Crypto Twitter Warnings

Developers behind the project deleted Sudorare’s social media channels and its website on Tuesday morning.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Tech

Ronin Hackers Converted Some Stolen Ether to Bitcoin: SlowMist Researcher

The exploiters converted their ill-gotten gains initially to ether and then to bitcoin before using sanctioned mixers to mask their identities.

A researcher at security firm SlowMist said the attackers behind the Ronin bridge exploit converted part of their stolen funds from ether to bitcoin. (Utagawa Kunisada and Sadahide/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)