2023-9-12 06:51 |
The Ethereum co-founder has regained control of his T-Mobile account, confirming that a SIM-swap attack resulted in the hack of his X account. origin »
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s account on X (formerly Twitter) was compromised late at night on Sept. 9. Dmitriy Buterin, father of Vitalik, confirmed the hack through his X account.
2023-9-11 00:14 | |
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Cypher Protocol recovered nearly 50% of the stolen funds, worth approximately $600,000. On Aug. 7, the company suffered an exploit attack that reportedly wiped $1 million off its accounts. On Aug.
2023-8-18 16:38 | |
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An alleged SIM swap attack on the Gutter Cat Gang NFT project resulted in the illegal transfer of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) valued at more than $765,000. Co-founder of the Gutter Cat Gang, Gutter Mitch, posted a warning to the NFT community about the hijacked Twitter account and cautioned them against clicking any links. The hackers […]
2023-7-8 17:40 | |
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As of 15 June, stablecoin USDT witnessed a slight depegging from its 1:1 ratio with USD Whales dump millions of USDT causing it to account for more than 73% of the Curve 3pool Tether’s USDThe post Tether under attack as whales dump USDT; CTO stands firm appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-6-16 01:00 | |
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Ben Armstrong has accused Verizon of an attack on his Twitter account that cost investors $1 million. The post BitBoy Twitter Hack a Cautionary Tale for Crypto Influencers appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2023-6-13 20:30 | |
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Mira Murati’s Twitter feed featured what appeared to be a new crypto token from the artificial intelligence firm. The since-deleted tweet touted OPENAI, “a groundbreaking token driven by artificial intelligence-based language models.
2023-6-2 09:09 | |
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The Azuki team managed to reclaim the Twitter account shortly after the attack. Data shows the hacker was able to steal over $750,000 from one wallet, while several others were drained of ETH, USDC and NFTs.
2023-1-29 14:13 | |
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A web3 infrastructure platform Ankr has reported that the approximate damage caused by the ongoing exploit might account for as much as $5 million worth of BNB tokens. The announcement follows the platform’s halt on trading after confirming an attack…
2022-12-3 15:24 | |
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The hackers behind the attack may have been responsible for breaching India-based crypto exchange CoinDCX’s Twitter account given the similar fake XRP giveaways.
2022-9-21 23:15 | |
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The renowned Korean NFT animator DeeKay Kwon has had their Twitter account hacked and exploited to perform a phishing attack early Friday morning. DeeKay Twitter Followers Phished for Over $150,000...
2022-7-15 15:48 | |
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Gordon Goner, co-founder of Yuga Labs and Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), has warned of an imminent attack on their social media. In a post to his Twitter account, he specifically referred to “surprise mints”, hinting that this would be the likely method of attack from cyber criminals.
2022-6-13 09:34 | |
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According to OKHotshot’s investigations, the attack was conducted by hacking into the Discord account of Boris Vagner, community and social manager for Yuga Labs.
2022-6-6 07:45 | |
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An apparent phishing scam led to the hacking of the Twitter account belonging to digital artist Beeple, where more than $70000 in Ethereum was stolen. Mike Winkelmann, better known as Beeple, is a popular digital artist who helped drive the mainstream acceptance of NFTs (non-fungible tokens).
2022-5-24 09:56 | |
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Digital artist Mike Winkleman, better known as Beeple, has become the latest victim of a phishing attack after his Twitter account was hacked. The post Beeple Twitter Exploits Sees Hackers Drain Over 200 ETH appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-5-23 12:30 | |
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The account of a moderator from the nonfungible token project was compromised in the attack, posting a phishing link that drained user wallets.
2022-3-19 08:21 | |
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Cobra Bitcoin took to its official Twitter account to announce a cyber attack today at around 8 AM. It reported that investigations on how the hacker put up their malicious software on the site are ongoing, and it will take them a couple of days.
2021-9-23 12:00 | |
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As the Twitter and Square co-founder shared that he is using “Lightning to enable a currency for the internet” by allowing every account on Twitter to link to a Bitcoin Lightning Wallet, the Ethereum community took it as a direct attack against them.
2021-8-14 18:33 | |
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Another Binance Smart Chain project has been hit with a flash loan attack according to a post mortem written by the Burgerswap team. The project’s official Twitter account said at around 3 a. m.
2021-5-29 01:30 | |
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The Bitcoin market hasn’t been a pretty sight of late. The top cryptocurrency seems to be struggling to beat back the bears as price take a hit after another. Notably, this crisis started when Tesla’s Elon Musk launched a scathing attack on BTC on account of the network’s massive power consumption. Elon’s company went on […]
2021-5-24 11:17 | |
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Efani’s solution to SIM swapping? Make it so difficult to make changes to a cell phone account that an attack is virtually impossible.
2020-9-26 19:02 | |
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Talking to CoinDesk at the World Blockchain Summit Asia on Thursday, Chanpeng "CZ" Zhao called Twitter's security "weak" after a wave of account breaches Wednesday.
2020-7-16 12:00 | |
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Following a sophisticated attack, Coinhako crypto exchange which enjoys the backing of Tim Draper, announced that it was restricting its clients from withdrawing their funds. The exchange which operates in Singapore announced on Friday that it had temporarily suspended the crypto account send capabilities.
2020-2-28 16:52 | |
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A hacker has drained the account of a Chinese whale of approximately $45 million in a SIM-swap heist. For those in the dark, a SIM swap attack is an act of porting a user’s mobile number to another SIM card in the possession of a hacker without the user’s knowledge. The bad actor is then […]
2020-2-22 17:49 | |
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There’s a new extortion scam that targets Google AdSense serving websites and demands Bitcoin (BTC) in exchange for the prevention of an attack. This attack, according to the extortionist, would lead to the AdSense account of targeted users to be suspended or banned.
2020-2-18 00:44 | |
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Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) is an open standard for strengthening two-factor authentication. It involves the use of a physical key to reinforce 2FA, hardening your online accounts from attack. In this guide, we’ll explain how to use a Yubikey to lock down your exchange account, email account, and other valuable online accounts.
2020-2-9 20:32 | |
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Dubbed by many the fastest growing Ponzi scheme on Ethereum, the smart contract FairWin has emptied its account, according to data from Etherscan. Just a few days ago, the account possessed almost 50,000 ETH (~$9 million).
2019-10-1 15:00 | |
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Researchers have uncovered a new kind of “advanced” phishing attack targeting Android phones that can trick users into installing malicious settings on their devices that are disguised as innocuous network configuration updates.
2019-9-4 16:00 | |
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Yesterday, the CEO of Twitter and Square Inc. , and staunch Bitcoin and crypto supporter, Jack Dorsey, had his personal Twitter account hacked by the way of a SIM-swap attack and SMS-based backdoor.
2019-9-1 23:01 | |
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey‘s had his account hacked. Several tweets have been sent from his verified @Jack account, many of them containing racist epithets, threats, and extortion demands. We're aware that @jack was compromised and investigating what happened.
2019-8-31 23:13 | |
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey‘s had his account hacked. Several tweets have been sent from his verified @Jack account, many of them containing racist epithets, threats, and extortion demands. We're aware that @jack was compromised and investigating what happened.
2019-8-31 23:13 | |
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Litecoin has recently been targeted by malicious actors who have sought to break on-chain privacy through a dusting attack. As explained by Binance Vision, the education wing of the exchange, a dusting attack occurs when hackers send dust (an amount below the current average fee) to the personal account of a user and track itRead MoreRead More.
2019-8-11 01:00 | |
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The UK-based supermarket giant Tesco has had its Twitter account compromised by hackers. Almost mirroring an attack last year, those behind it have attempted to scam Bitcoin from the store’s customers.
2019-6-26 02:00 | |
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Hackers were able to control Tesco’s Twitter account on June 24 and urged followers to send Bitcoin to a wallet address. The hackers promised users that they were going to receive back twice the funds they send.
2019-6-26 00:22 | |
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Officials investigating the Bitcoin-fueled ransomware attack that hit Baltimore City last month believe the hackers have leaked government documents on Twitter. A Twitter account claiming to be owned by the hackers appears to have been used to leak the sensitive documents, The Baltimore Sun reports.
2019-6-5 16:36 | |
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The purpose of this infographic is to visualize the size of large cryptocurrency hacks that have occurred in the past as if they all happened today. The hacks included in this infographic extend beyond exchanges, as there were other large entities that experienced cryptocurrency hacks, such as marketplaces like Silk Road 2.
2019-5-25 21:56 | |
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By CCN: The city of Baltimore has suffered a blow in its bid to keep operations running amidst a bitcoin ransom attack that has crippled critical services. Per The Baltimore Sun, city officials had created Gmail accounts in the wake of ransomware attackers demanding $100,000 in Bitcoin.
2019-5-24 14:28 | |
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The popular Bitcoin wallet “Electrum” recently reported an attack on its servers calling on users to take additional security measures to ensure their funds are not compromised. In a tweet published by its official account,.
2019-4-10 11:33 | |
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Nearly $500,000 has been diverted out of a city of Tallahassee payroll account and the suspected culprit is a cyber attack on the city’s human resources management application. City spokeswoman Alison Faris reported that “There is no indication of any impact to external city customers or vendors.” The funds were supposed to be used for […]
2019-4-9 14:24 | |
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Special thanks to Glen Weyl, Phil Daian and Jinglan Wang for review Over the last few years there has been an increasing interest in using deliberately engineered economic incentives and mechanism design to align behavior of participants in various contexts.
2019-4-5 04:03 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Tang. The Chinese security service provider 360 Security has issued a warning that a large number of crypto exchanges have been targeted by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus and that the number is still rising after the recent hacks of crypto exchanges DragonEx, Etbox and BiKi.
2019-4-2 21:54 | |
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A vulnerability in Valve‘s Steam platform made it possible for malicious actors to take over user accounts, pilfer their items, and even infect their systems with additional malware. The security kink resided in Steam‘s server browser functionality – which lets players look up severs for a number of games (including hit titles like CS:GO, Half-Life 2, and Team Fortress 2) – according to a HackerOne vulnerability disclosure made public on March 15.
2019-3-21 19:42 | |
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There are two primary reasons why storing your private crypto keys in the cloud is a bad idea. First, your cloud provider represents a centralized honeypot that could experience a security breach, allowing cyber criminals to access your data.
2019-2-19 00:19 | |
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Hong Kong-based trading platform BitMEX owns so much Bitcoin that it could launch multiple 51 percent attacks against some altcoins for months. Bitcoin Insurance Fund Worth $76 Million Those were the results of calculations from social media commentators this week as it emerged BitMEX’s Insurance Fund now contains 21,350 BTC ($75.
2019-1-24 05:00 | |
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Whenever I claim that bitcoin is the only decentralized cryptocurrency, I get one of two arguments:My X coin is also decentralized. Bitcoin isn’t decentralized because of Core and/or miners.
2019-1-21 21:52 | |
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The hacker or organization responsible for the 51% attack against the Ethereum Classic blockchain returned 100k USD worth in tokens. According to an article published in the official blog of the cryptocurrency Exchange Gate.
2019-1-13 09:16 | |
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ICORating has recently released a new report ranking the most secure crypto exchanges in the market. In its Exchange Security Report, it ranks around 100 crypto exchanges and analyses their security such as user account safety and DoS attack protection.
2019-1-6 03:34 | |
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Quora announced today that its Q&A platform was breached by hackers on November 30, and that approximately 100 million users’ data was compromised. The attackers are believed to have accessed the following information: Account information, e.
2018-12-4 07:49 | |
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A bug centering around a new Ethereum token, GasToken, which was enabling abuse on cryptocurrency exchanges, appears to have been resolved. The details are provided in a report originally published on November 13, 2018, that discussed how the bug was exploited by attackers, and what digital platforms could do if they wished to protect their hot wallet funds.
2018-11-22 00:34 | |
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“Go for the Jugular” is the advice George Soros gave to his team during his famous attack on the British pound for a profit of $1 billion on so-called Black Wednesday in 1992.
2018-11-15 18:50 | |
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An investigation by Zachxbt has uncovered the disturbing evolution of Serpent (SerpentAU), a former pro Fortnite player turned crypto scammer. Once celebrated as a gaming talent in Australia, Serpent’s descent into fraud highlights a troubling shift from esports fame to orchestrating meme coin scams and gambling away stolen funds. Serpent’s […]
A detained social media influencer could be heading to a Russian penitentiary and staying there for about 10 years to live out her sentence for committing crypto fraud. Valeria Fedyakina, dubbed the “Crypto Queen,” is at the center of multiple charges of large-scale swindling activities that reportedly included funding the Ukrainian military amid the ongoing […]
A recent vulnerability in the Bedrock DeFi smart contract led to the loss of approximately $1.7 million, adding to the growing list of crypto exploits in 2024. The issue stemmed from a flaw in the contract’s mint function, which mistakenly cast staked Ethereum (ETH) into the same quantity of uniBTC, […]
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has helped India's Enforcement Directorate (ED), the authority investigating financial crimes, in the arrest of four individuals in a gaming scam worth $47.6 million, the exchange said on Wednesday.
A cryptocurrency scammer has pleaded guilty to defrauding multiple individuals by promising lucrative gains via an artificial intelligence-powered trading bot. According to a report from 5news, Kolin Lukas Deshazo, a resident of Springdale, California, orchestrated a cryptocurrency investment scam involving…
After a two-year trial, Jatinder Singh has been sentenced to three years in prison following a case in which Crypto.com accidentally sent him over $6.5 million. In a high-profile case involving one of the world’s leading crypto exchanges, an Australian…
The B.C. Securities Commission has ruled that the crypto platform ezBtc defrauded its customers, diverting $9.4 million to gambling, personal use. A panel from Canada‘s British Columbia Securities Commission has found that a crypto trading platform based in British Columbia,…