Hacks


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An Extortion Gone Bad: Inside Binance’s Negotiations With Its ‘KYC Leaker’

This is the inside story of how a "white hat hacker" approached Binance with inside information - and how it went wrong.

binance, kyc, licesnse

Markets

Hacked BITpoint Exchange to Refund 50,000 Affected Users in Crypto

BITPoint Japan has said that the roughly 50,000 users who lost funds in its recent hack will be reimbursed in cryptocurrency on a 1:1 basis.

BTC and yen

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Hacked Crypto Exchange Bitpoint Discovers More Millions Are Missing

After a $30-million hack last week, Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint says it's discovered that another $2.3 million is missing. 

shadow

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Singapore Exchange Bitrue Hacked for Over $4 Million in Crypto

Bitrue was hacked early Thursday morning for over $4 million in XRP and cardano. Users who experienced losses will be refunded, it says.

Singapore (MOLPIX/Shutterstock)

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Synthetix Trader Rolls Back Broken Trades That Netted $1 Billion Profit

A rogue API caused Synthetix pricing to go wild. A bot profited, but the bot owner rolled back the trades.

rolls

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Two Israeli Brothers Arrested for Phishing Fraud, Bitfinex Hack

The brothers two allegedly embezzled over $100 million over a multi-year scam.

hooks

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Mozilla Closes Holes That Led to Coinbase Hacks

Hackers used two simple Mozilla vulnerabilities to spear-phish Coinbase employees.

fish hooks phishing

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TrendMicro Detects Crypto Mining Malware Affecting Android Devices

The botnet enters through the Android Debug Bridge port and spreads through SSH.

code

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Russian Hackers May Have Carried Out Largest Ever Crypto Exchange Theft

Russian hackers, not North Korean, may be the bad actors behind probably the biggest ever theft from a cryptocurrency exchange.

Laptop user

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New Monero Botnet Looks Like Last Year's Outlaw Attack

A rogue botnet uses a brute force attack and Secure Shell (SSH) exploit to give the attackers remote access to victim’s systems in order to mine Monero.

Monero lock