2025-3-1 14:24 |
THORChain developer Pluto announces his departure after a vote to block North Korean hacker-linked transactions was reverted. A validator is also threatening to exit unless the protocol can stop the flow of hacker funds. In a recent post, Pluto declared… origin »
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Ethereum’s layer-2 solution Linea is promising greater decentralization after the project’s team manually halted block production in a bid to censor a hacker’s address. Linea, Ethereum‘s zkEVM solution designed to improve scalability with over $1 billion in locked value, has…
2024-6-3 14:42 | |
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The Deribit hot wallet hacker has transferred 1,610 ETH (over $2.5 million) to Tornado Cash, according to data from the Ethereum block explorer Etherscan.
2022-11-8 13:31 | |
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Less than a year after a block reorg that caused $100,000 worth of double-spending, VertCoin has seen yet another 51 percent attack where 603 blocks were reorganized on the chain. As per Crypto Briefing, a mere 125 BTC, worth $29, was sent to the hacker’s wallet, but the larger implications of this show that theRead MoreRead More.
2019-12-3 13:55 | |
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White hat hackers have found more than 40 bugs in blockchain and cryptocurrency platforms in the past 30 days, according to an investigation by Hard Fork. There is a silver lining though: none of the vulnerabilities appear to be particularly serious at first glance.
2019-3-14 19:17 | |
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An unidentified hacker on February 22, 2019, made away with 2. 09 million EOS worth about $7. 7 million after a new active EOS Block Producer failed to update the mainnet account blacklist – typically, a decentralized platform should not be vulnerable to a single point of failure – but EOS seems to be wired in aRead MoreRead More.
2019-3-1 14:00 | |
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Blockchains are everywhere, we get it. But did you know blockchain is now powering a little toy train? Dutch hacker/dad Roeland P Lanparty has turned his son’s LEGO Duplo toy into a literal STEEM train.
2019-1-24 18:09 | |
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Several Chinese researchers from Fudan University, Tsinghua University and the University of California Riverside have produced the first systematic study of the malicious mining of cryptocurrencies, known as cryptojacking, unveiling increasing complexity over time.
2018-9-25 23:59 | |
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For well over a year, versions of Bitcoin Core — Bitcoin’s leading software implementation — contained a severe software bug. The bug was fixed with Bitcoin Core 0.
2018-9-22 21:22 | |
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According to data from EOS Authority, EOS has finally acquired the minimum votes required for its network to go live. After EOS failed to launch its platform on its projected launch date of June 2, a live-stream vote was called, where users voted “Go” to launch the blockchain network.
2018-6-15 03:10 | |
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Zilliqa CEO Matt Dyer steps down as the team focuses on delivering Zilliqa 2.0 following recent bridge recovery efforts. Matt Dyer has stepped down as chief executive officer of Zilliqa Technology, the company announced, as the project moves toward a…
Over 90% of WazirX creditors have voted in favor of proposed restructuring plan, clearing a key hurdle ahead of court review in Singapore. Creditors had nearly 10 days to cast their votes on Zettai’s restructuring plan — and by the…
The downfall of Mount Gox, once the biggest cryptocurrency exchange, is a lesson in what can go wrong. It took 10 years after the platform’s collapse for creditors to start getting their compensation.
An expert from Oak Security has explained what went wrong with the JELLY token exploit, which cost the Hyperliquid exchange $10.63 million. Reactions are still mounting from an exploit that cost Hyperliquid (HYPE) exchange’s users $10.63 million in losses. The…
North Korea’s Lazarus Group allegedly made a profit of $2.51 million after selling 40.78 Wrapped Bitcoin that was bough two years ago. According to data from SpotOnChain, a wallet believed to belong to the North Korean hacker group has just…
Shady crypto mixing protocol eXch is merging with an offshore entity and restructuring to evade scrutiny over laundering tens of millions stolen from Bybit. Centralized crypto mixing protocol eXch revealed in an update on Bitcoin Talk that it plans to…
The open-source payment platform UPCX suspended transactions following an unauthorized withdrawal of approximately $70 million in digital assets. Blockchain security firm Cyvers identified the breach on April 1, flagging suspicious activity involving 18.