Top crypto hacks of 2025: incidents that exposed the industry’s weak points

From Lazarus-led exchange breaches to math-based DeFi exploits, the year marked a shift toward high-value, industrial-scale crypto crime.

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Benevolent Moola Market DeFi Hacker Returns Almost $9M in Exploited Funds

'Hacktober' is continuing to solidify itself as one of the worst months on record for crypto and DeFi exploits as Moola Market joins the list of victims. The post Benevolent Moola Market DeFi Hacker Returns Almost $9M in Exploited Funds appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Mango Markets Exploiter Returns Funds, Issues Statement On Twitter

In the recent news, Mango Markets, a decentralized crypto platform based on Solana, experienced an exploit. According to a source, the attack led to a loss of $114 million worth of crypto tokens. Exploits in the crypto industry are increasingly becoming more rampant on different platforms.

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Mango Markets Community Conflicted Over Record $47M ‘Bounty’

Following one of the largest decentralized finance exploits of the year, the Mango Markets community has voted in favor of one of the largest crypto ‘bounties’ ever. The post Mango Markets Community Conflicted Over Record $47M ‘Bounty’ appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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DeFi Apps display their soft underbelly - October 2022 is the biggest month for Crypto hacks ever

Decentralized Finance protocols are harder to run than they look. There are multiple points of failure for platforms including smart contract exploits, flash loan attacks, and rug pulls by anonymous employees.

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Hackers Attack MangoMarkets, TempleDAO, And QAN DeFi Platform

2022 is a rough year for the DeFi ecosystem as hackers continue exploiting the community. From the beginning of the year till now, news of DeFi protocol exploits keeps flooding the crypto industry. So the question is: why do hackers keep targeting decentralized finance protocols? Today’s report reveals that three DeFi protocols have suffered hack […]

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Solana-Based Mango Protocol Suffers $100M+ Exploit

Mango Markets was victim to the latest exploit this week, as crypto cannot seem to escape an absolutely abhorrent Tuesday. Two exploits less than one day apart – and less than a week after the BNB Chain exploit that utilized a bridge to create millions of new BNB.

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Binance Smart Chain Reduces BNB Hack Damage by 80%, Oryen Network Shows Strength

Hacks and exploits are sad but a regular occurrence in the crypto industry. The attackers usually exploit bugs and vulnerabilities in innovative code, draining funds and then vanishing into nirvana.

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Crypto Venture-Capital Firm Paradigm Leads $14M Funding Round for DeFi Platform Exponential

The investment discovery platform includes a risk assessment feature to help combat a growing wave of DeFi exploits

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MEV Crypto Bot Gains $1M But Loses Same To Hack Same Day

Hacks and exploits are increasingly taking more root in the crypto space. With the acceptance of digital assets globally, crimes also grow. The criminals use more technological approaches to aid their exploitation and hacks on protocols and platforms.

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Stanford Proposal for Reversible Ethereum Transactions Divides Crypto Community

Can Ethereum ward off hacks and exploits without compromising on its commitment to decentralization?

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Crypto Sleuth Links The Wintermute $160M Hack To Insider Job

In the crypto industry, issues of hacks and exploits have become one of the dreaded nightmares. The increasing expansion of the crypto space brews more exploitations as well. Despite the security measures most crypto protocols build around them, the bad actors never cease to scan for available vulnerabilities.

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Hacker Exploits Profanity’s Vanity Address to Steal $950 in ETH

Barely one week after the Wintermute hack, $950,000 in Ether (ETH) has been stolen from a crypto wallet through a “vanity address” exploit, according to reports on September 26, 2022. Profanity-Generated Vanity Addresses Under Attack On September 26, Peckshield, a…

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Hacker steals $3.3 million using Profanity’s vanity Ethereum addresses

Since the crypto industry expanded its growth, it has become the favorite place for hackers to commit exploits. The Ethereum vanity addresses generated via the Profanity tool have now become the latest loophole to dupe millions of crypto users.

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Crypto trader exploits GMX, manipulates AVAX price to remove $565K

A crypto trader on GMX exchange leveraged the zero slippage feature to extract over $565,000 in profit by manipulating the price of the AVAX token. The post Crypto trader exploits GMX, manipulates AVAX price to remove $565K appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Crypto from Cream Finance Hack on Move

Cream Finance has become subject of mockery after suffering frequent exploits

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Saylor gets sued, FBI warns about DeFi exploits and Crypto.com drops $495M sponsorship: Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 28-Sept. 3

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Can AAVE's new proposals ditch 'Ghost Protocol' tag for the better

Aave [AAVE] is starting to attract attention in the crypto community after its recent exploits. Dubbed as the “Ghost Protocol,” Aave has been actively addressing community proposals recently in thThe post Can AAVE's new proposals ditch 'Ghost Protocol' tag for the better appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Here's how Near Protocol avoided two hacks in a matter of months

Digital exploits have become a common theme in the crypto industry. At the same time, it has become increasingly rare for protocols to deceive hackers. In a matter of months, Aurora Labs has been ableThe post Here's how Near Protocol avoided two hacks in a matter of months appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Elliptic Introduces Product to Track Crypto Flows Across all Blockchains in Single Screening

The analytics firm says the offering can be a game changer in the fight against exploits on cross-chain bridges, which are used to funnel crypto between different blockchains.

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Nomad Bridge Suffers ~$200M Exploit

Bridge exploits continue to prove to be a top concern across DeFi and crypto at large, as bridges time and time again have proven to be a major point of vulnerability. Enter once again another prime example with the latest 9-figure exploit, this time on the multi-chain Nomad Bridge.

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Latest Report Shows Cryptojacking Increased By 30% During The Crypto Slump

The crypto industry is fraught with different malicious actors preying on unsuspecting users, especially the cryptojacking attackers. Many hacks and exploits occur in the industry, targeting crypto firms and individual investors.

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Crypto Exploits Hit $670M Q2 2022: ImmuneFi Report

ImmuneFi has published a new report stating that DeFi protocols collectively lost more than $670 million in 50 exploits over the last quarter. While the frequency of attacks increased versus...

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Chainalysis Launches Service for Crypto Crime Victims

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has launched a “rapid response service” to help organizations deal with crypto-related attacks and exploits. Chainalysis Launches Crypto Crime Service Crypto organizations may have found a...

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Hacker Exploits ApolloX Exchange; Here’s What Led to the Loss of 53 million APX Tokens

Decentralized crypto exchange ApolloX was reportedly exploited on June 8, as the platform stated that the hacker found a flaw in the platform's Trading Rewards Contract. The post Hacker Exploits ApolloX Exchange; Here’s What Led to the Loss of 53 million APX Tokens appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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CFTC Will Beef Up Resources To Combat Crypto Fraud, Says Behnam

Crypto fraud and exploits have grown even more rampant in recent times. Consequently, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Rostin Behnam has said the commission would expand its resources to tackle these issues.

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DeFi-ing exploits: New Chainalysis tool tracks stolen crypto across multiple chains

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis introduced a new tool to help monitor transactions and tokens across DeFi protocols and multiple blockchains.

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Why The DeFi Sector Has Seen $1.57B In Exploits And Already Exceeds 2021 Record

Per a report from blockchain security firm Peck Shield, the DeFi sector has been under attack with a profitable season for bad actors. The total amount extracted from different crypto projects has already surpassed the total recorded last year.

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Report: DApp daily users surge to 2.4M in Q1 2022 despite headwinds

It appears record-level DeFi exploits have not hurt crypto enthusiasts' confidence in DApps.

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‘Centralization issues’ are the biggest culprits of DeFi attacks: CertiK

DeFi is one of crypto's biggest growth stories, but it's also riddled with the most controversy. The sector lost $1.3 billion due to exploits in 2021.

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ImmuneFi report $10B in DeFi hacks and losses across 2021

The research reveals that crypto losses in the nature of exploits and rug-pulls saw a 137% rise in comparison to figure calculated in 2020.

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SushiSwap (SUSHI) claims that the reports of a $1b bug are false

Recently, the DeFi sector across the crypto industry has seen a major number of exploits which usually result in millions of dollars in crypto being stolen. This has put the entire DeFi sector on edge, and so when a white-hat hacker reported a $1 billion bug in the software of the decentralized exchange SushiSwap (SUSHI/USD), […] The post SushiSwap (SUSHI) claims that the reports of a $1b bug are false appeared first on Invezz.

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Fraud alert! Hackers using SIM-swapping are stealing millions worth of crypto without victim’s knowledge

Rug pulls. Defi exploits. Pumps & Dumps.   You might have heard all such scams that repeatedly happen in the crypto space, leaving millions of users with worthless tokens. But have you ever heard of an attack that can steal your crypto funds using a SIM card? That’s right.

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Ciphertrace Report Shows Crypto Crime Moving to Defi

Ciphertrace, a blockchain analytics company, has announced that crypto-related crimes have moved to the realm of decentralized finance (defi) apps and protocols. Now, the impact these hacks and exploits represent is way bigger than the one classic hacks to centralized exchanges and other scams do, according to their latest “Cryptocurrency Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Report.” […]

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More Than $284 Million In DeFi Lost Through Hacks And Exploits Since 2019: Messari Research

In a report released by crypto data research firm Messari, DeFi platforms have so far lost more than $284. 9 million to unscrupulous exploiters and hackers. The firm analyzed DeFi data from 2019.

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Did an “art heist” just happen on an Ethereum CryptoPunks NFT?

Experimental and new tech is always subject to intrusions and exploits, with crypto not far behind in that regard. The post Did an “art heist” just happen on an Ethereum CryptoPunks NFT? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Crypto users’ assets like Bitcoin, Ether ‘less secure than they think’

Wallet security exploits have resulted in losses amounting to millions of dollars, which many believe hinders mainstream adoption of Bitcoin and other crypto-assets.   Recently, data compiled by NThe post Crypto users’ assets like Bitcoin, Ether ‘less secure than they think’ appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Roundup of crypto hacks, exploits and heists in 2020

2020 has been the year of DeFi, but not all has gone smoothly with the fledgling financial ecosystem.

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Roundup of Decentralized Finance Sagas of 2020

From flash loan exploits to rug pulls to scams, hacks, and crypto tribalism, 2020 has had its fair share of DeFi scandals, sagas, and soap operas. We’ll recap the biggest ones here and take a look into what may be in store for the sector in 2021.

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75% of funds recovered within 3 days of exploit, says Warp Finance

DeFi's booming ecosystem has been plagued by a series of hacks this year, with these hacks making up 21% of all crypto hack volume, according to Cipher Trace. One of the most recent exploits took pThe post 75% of funds recovered within 3 days of exploit, says Warp Finance appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Lightning Network Exploits Continue to Hinder the Bitcoin Scaling Solution

While bitcoin has run-up to all new price highs in 2020, a great number of crypto supporters have been complaining about the mempool backlog and the high fees needed to send a transaction. Meanwhile, the Lightning Network is far from seeing widespread adoption, and a number of attack vectors have been revealed this year.

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Botnet Exploits SQL Servers to Install Crypto Mining App

Sophos revealed recent botnet attacks breach Microsoft SQL server databases to install a well-known Monero mining app.

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Chris Hemsworth Embroiled in Crypto Scam That Exploits COVID-19

Government-run Scamwatch takes to Twitter to warn its followers about a crypto scam with ?Thor? star Chris Hemsworth

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What Are Flash Loans And Why Are They Bullish For Ethereum?

The crypto industry has been wrapped up in the first two major exploits of decentralized finance this week. The decriers are having a field day but the outcome may actually be bullish for Ethereum.

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Trader Exploits bZx Oracle for $330,000 Profit

A trader took full advantage of bZx’s use of a price oracle by crashing the price of wBTC after opening a 5,000 ETH wBTC short on the platform.  Breaking Down...The post Trader Exploits bZx Oracle for $330,000 Profit appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Desktop Crypto Mining Malware Is Disappearing but Cloud Computing Exploits Are Growing

A new report suggests that cloud containers are the next target for mining malware.

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White Hat Hackers Earn $32,000 for Finding Crypto Security Exploits in Last Two Months

White hat hackers reportedly earned over $32,000 in bounties for finding security gaps in blockchain- and crypto-related projects in the last two months

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Haasbot Is an Automated Trading Tool for the Crypto Market

Sudden and significant changes in the cryptocurrency markets are a common occurrence. Under such choppy conditions, you might want to try an automated trading solution such as Haasbot to help minimize the risks and maximize your profit.

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Criminals Raise the Stakes in Crypto Mining Malware Using Confluence Exploit Per Trend Micro Find

Cybercriminals are getting bolder and smarter all the time and it is hard to keep up with them, as they keep finding new exploits in several pieces of software. Now, it was recently discovered by the security intelligence company Trend Micro that the Confluence software, created by Atlassian, was used to spread crypto mining malware. […]

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