Kaamel Technology to lead investigation into XLink's $10M breach

XLink is partnering with Kaamel Technology to investigate the initial cause of the breach while accelerating previously communicated security upgrades

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Paraguay Expels Three Undocumented Immigrants Following Attempted Theft in Crypto Mining Incident

Paraguay recently took action against three undocumented immigrants following their involvement in a botched attempt to steal cryptocurrency through mining activities. The individuals in question were found to be engaging in illegal mining operations, prompting the authorities to swiftly deport them. The incident serves as a reminder of the risks associated with unregulated cryptocurrency mining. [...]

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MANTRA Founders WiFi Excuse EXPOSED Before $227M Token CRASH

Mantra’s native token, OM, went on a nosedive, sparking concerns of market manipulation. As investors denied dumping the token, on-chain data showed $227 million in $OM were swiftly moved to exchanges ahead of the collapse. But what is strikingly concerning is the MANTRA Chain founder, John Patrick Mullin’s alleged post a day before the incident. […]

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Bitget CEO criticizes Hyperliquids management of questionable incident with JELLY token

Bitget CEO Criticizes Removal of HyperLiquid Jelly Perps from Listing In a recent turn of events, Bitget CEO has expressed strong disapproval of the decision to delist HyperLiquid Jelly Perps. The CEO highlighted concerns about the impact this delisting could have on the market and traders. HyperLiquid Jelly Perps, a popular asset among traders, has [...]

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Opensea CEO Dismisses $200 Million Hack Rumor, Claims Incident Was a Phishing Attack – Security Bitcoin News

Opensea co-founder and CEO, Devin Finzer, has denied rumors that the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace’s codebase was breached and that attackers had stolen $200 million. According to Finzer, an investigation had shown that the attacker had $1.7 million worth of ethereum in his wallet by leveraging a phishing scheme. Attacker Reportedly Returns Some Stolen NFTs […]

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Crypto Exchange Bitrue Suffers $23 Million Hack

Singapore-based crypto exchange Bitrue has lost millions of U.S. dollars’ worth of ether and other coins in a hack. The trading platform suspended withdrawals until early next week to conduct additional security checks and promised to compensate the affected users. Bitrue Exchange Loses Crypto Assets Due to Hot Wallet Exploit Cryptocurrency exchange Bitrue announced Friday [...]

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Character.AI Discloses Brief User Data Exposure Incident

Character.AI reported a brief incident where user data was exposed to others for ten minutes. The company has implemented additional safeguards to prevent future occurrences. (Read More)

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October crypto losses reach $129M from hacks and exit scams

The biggest incidents in October included the Radiant Capital hack, a phishing attack and the hacking incident involving crypto exchange M2. 

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GitHub Faces Performance Challenges Due to DNS Incident in October 2024

GitHub experienced a significant performance issue in October 2024, affecting DNS infrastructure and impacting services like Copilot and Actions workflows. (Read More)

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EigenLayer says $5.7M hack isolated incident, no vulnerability on protocol

EigenLayer said that some of the stolen funds have been frozen as part of ongoing recovery efforts.

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US Republican lawmakers call on Treasury to explain recent cyber breach

Two congressional Republicans are calling for a briefing from the Treasury Department about the recent cyber breach by an alleged China-backed hacker.

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185 Blockchain Hacking Incidents with $920M Loss Reported by SlowMist in First Half of 2023

SlowMist, a renowned blockchain security firm, has recently published its mid-2023 report on Blockchain Security and Anti-Money Laundering (AML). The report offers a comprehensive overview of the current global landscape of blockchain security and AML developments. (Read More)

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Declining trend in physical crypto ATMs

The number of physical cryptocurrency ATMs is declining, with 3,627 removed in March 2023, according to Coin ATM Radar. The trend of increasing installations is reversing, with the highest number of machines installed in a single month being 2,048 in January 2021. The three-month-long downtrend was broken in April with 37 installations. General Bytes, BitAccess, and Genesis Coin are the current market leaders in manufacturing crypto ATMs. General Bytes faced a security incident in March and promised to reimburse customer losses. (Read More)

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