Whalechart Twitter hacked to promote fake Uniswap giveaway

On Jan. 23, web3 security firm WalletGuard alerted the crypto community that bad actors took over Whalechart’s Twitter page to promote a fake giveaway. Twitter account promoting a malicious link The @Whalechart Twitter account, which has more than 223K followers,…

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FTX Claims Hackers Stole $415 Million From The Collapsed Crypto Exchange

FTX disintegrated in November last year which then led to a cascade of events that exacerbated the already struggling crypto market. The failed exchange is again hogging the headlines as FTX reports more than $415 million worth of crypto was hacked.

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FTX, Congress, Stablecoins: What 2023 May Bring for Crypto Regulations

Can you believe this year started off with U.S. law enforcement officials arresting two individuals in connection with the 2016 Bitfinex hacked funds? For this week’s newsletter, the 102nd since we first launched in 2021, I asked CoinDesk’s Policy Team what they’re looking out for this upcoming year.

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Crypto Hacks Continue to Plague Industry Despite Security Checks as BitKeep Sees $8 Million in User Funds Lost

BitKeep Wallet users lost $8 million due to downloading a hacked APK version. The community sense something shady. The post Crypto Hacks Continue to Plague Industry Despite Security Checks as BitKeep Sees $8 Million in User Funds Lost appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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BIT Mining subsidiary BTC.com loses $3m to cyber attack

A parent company of bitcoin mining pool and blockchain browser BTC.com admits being hacked in December, losing millions to the attack. BTC.com suffers crypto heist Crypto mining firm BIT Mining has revealed that its subsidiary, BTC.com, fell victim to a…

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Hacked user data sold for $140M of crypto in 8 months

Research shows that vendors on the darknet got at least $140 million in revenue in 2020-2021 by selling hacked data products. Recent research by The Conversation reveals that from Sep. 1, 2020, through Apr.

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FTX Hacker Sent 255 BTC ($4.1 million) to Crypto Alternate OKX

The FTX attack earlier this month was a sad twist in an already tragic story. According to newly obtained evidence, the FTX attacker transmitted $4.1 million in Bitcoin to OKX via ChipMixer. OKX Received FTX Hacked Funds Hundreds of thousands…

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Venture capitalist Bo Shen hacked: $42M stolen

Venture capitalist, Bo Shen, was hit by a hack that left him with $42 million less in his portfolio. Shen wrote in a Nov. 23 Twitter thread that he lost a total of $42 million of crypto assets to a…

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Who Is the FTX Hacker? On-Chain Clues Shed Light on the Situation 

The address that transferred approximately $372 million from FTX likely belongs to a black hat hacker. Who Hacked FTX? Debate is raging over who hacked FTX. The embattled crypto exchange...

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Paolo Ardoino Talks FTX, Adoption And Self-Custody With Bitcoinist

What happened here was not a mistake; it is not that they were hacked. They took several decisions to put at risk customer assets. The crypto industry saw dark days over the past week. FTX, the former second-largest exchange in the world, crumbled.

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Paolo Ardoino Talks FTX, Adoption And Self-Custody With NewsBTC

What happened here was not a mistake; it is not that they were hacked. They took several decisions to put at risk customer assets. The crypto industry saw dark days over the past week. FTX, the former second-largest exchange in the world, crumbled.

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First Mover Americas: FTX's Hacked Funds Are on the Move

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Nov. 15, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

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FTX CEO John Ray Confirms Late-Night Hack, Says Company Is Working With Law Enforcement

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX’s new CEO, John Ray, took to Twitter Saturday to confirm that the exchange and its U.S. subsidiary, FTX US, were hacked last night in an attack that drained hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto out of the exchanges’ wallets.

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'FTX Has Been Hacked': Crypto Disaster Worsens as Exchange Sees Mysterious Outflows Exceeding $600M

FTX officials appeared to confirm rumors of a hack on Telegram, instructing users to delete FTX apps and avoid its website.

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Deribit Hot Wallets Hacked for $28 million

Deribit, a crypto options and futures trading exchange, announced on Twitter that it had undergone a hot wallet compromise as the hawkers made away with $28 million worth clients' funds.

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Hackers attack Deribit hot wallets, steal $28M in crypto

Crypto derivatives platform Deribit was hacked for $28 million late evening (UTC) on November 1. The post Hackers attack Deribit hot wallets, steal $28M in crypto appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Is 2022 the "year of crypto hacks" as this attempt makes it to the "Hacktober" list

A group of individuals hacked the official Twitter account of cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io, and proceeded with a fraudulent Tether [USDT] giveaway scheme. The hacking effort has put over one millioThe post Is 2022 the "year of crypto hacks" as this attempt makes it to the "Hacktober" list appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Crypto Wallet BitKeep Hacked for $1M in BNB Chain, Polygon Tokens

BitKeep will launch a compensation portal within three days and claims it will compensate 100% of tokens stolen from users.

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Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Pays Off $96M TrueFi Debt Weeks After Being Hacked

The TrueFi loan was one of the firm's largest outstanding known debts owed to a DeFi lending platform.

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North Korea Uses Crypto Hack Funds to Develop Nuclear Weapons

North Korea seems to be using hacked funds to finance their new nuclear adventures. This is according to a new investigation that involves U.S. Intelligence. The post North Korea Uses Crypto Hack Funds to Develop Nuclear Weapons appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Don’t Call It A Hack: Crypto Reacts To The Binance Smart Chain Exploit And Halt

Was the Binance Smart Chain hacked? In the following article, you’ll find Changpeng Zhao’s exact words about the incident. Everybody else’s opinions, though, are about the halting of the chain. Most people are unaware of what Bitcoinist told you a year ago: the Binance Smart Chain is centralized and advertised as such. It’s not a […]

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Top Crypto Exchanges That Have Never Been Hacked

Due to the crypto industry’s accelerated growth, cybercriminals have been targeting it, and the rate of cyberattacks is rising quickly. Numerous significant crypto exchanges have experienced a breach of security previously.

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Hackers Breached Twitter Account Of Oman’s Indian Embassy To Push XRP Scam

Hackers keep trying new ways to loot money in crypto and fiat. This time, scammers hacked a Twitter account of the Indian Embassy in Oman to promote an XRP scam that requires users to click on a phishing link.

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Hacked Crypto Market Maker Wintermute Has $200M in Outstanding DeFi Debt

Cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute has $200 million in outstanding DeFi debt to several counterparties, according to data provided by Nansen.

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Crypto market maker Wintermute hacked with over $160M stolen

Crypto market maker Wintermute has reportedly suffered an exploit, with roughly $160 million in digital assets stolen, the firm’s founder and CEO Evgeny Gaevoy has announced. This latest crypto news sees yet another instance where malicious actors have targeted a DeFi platform, stealing millions in crypto assets.

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Can Hardware Wallets Be Hacked? You Are NOT That Safe With A Hardware Wallet!

Can Hardware Wallets Be Hacked? A hardware wallet is a type of crypto wallet that stores your private keys (and consequently your coins) offline or in ‘cold storage, meaning that it cannot be accessed via an internet connection.

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Hackers Mess With South Korea’s YouTube Channel To Play Elon Musk Crypto Video

According to local media sources, the official South Korean government YouTube channel was hacked on Saturday to show a video of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk discussing cryptocurrencies. Yonhap News reports that once the hackers gained access to this channel’s controls, they renamed it “SpaceX Invest” to make it appear to be affiliated with Musk’s aerospace […]

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Solana-hacked crypto could be claimed as a tax loss: Experts

Australian, Canadian & U.K. crypto investors may potentially claim hacked crypto as a tax loss, but U.S. investors will miss out, according to tax experts.

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Circle Invested in 2 Hacked Crypto Companies, Adding to Its Headaches Amid Stablecoin Scrutiny

The venture-capital arm of the USDC stablecoin issuer backed Nomad and Slope, which were both exploited this week.

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Biggest Crypto Wallets Hacked, Solana Losing Millions, Industry in Danger: Crypto Market Review, August 3

Problematic week for crypto continues with one of biggest networks in industry facing massive hack

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Crypto Bridge Nomad Hacked, $45M Stolen So Far: Report

The cross-chain messaging protocol said it's aware of the situation and is investigating.

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Premint Hacked: Over 300 NFTs stolen and sold for 400k

On Sunday, Premint users were the targets of a hack, in which 400k in Ethereum was accumulated from the sale of 300 stolen NFTs. Multiple users fell for the scam. The hack is amongst the biggest hacks, in the busiest quarter, of the busiest year for crypto scammers.

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Last Week [in] Crypto: Crypto Winter Blows out Bitcoin Speculators, British Army’s Twitter Hacked, US Employees Barred From Owning Crypto

Be[in]Crypto has combed through layers of breaking stories over the last week to bring you up to speed on the most important happenings in the ecosystem. The post Last Week [in] Crypto: Crypto Winter Blows out Bitcoin Speculators, British Army’s Twitter Hacked, US Employees Barred From Owning Crypto appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Rumors About Mt. Gox Effect On Bitcoin Resurface, Victims to Receive 150K BTC?

Victims from crypto exchange Mt. Gox hacked could finally see compensation for their lost Bitcoin. Almost a decade after an attack forced the platform to shut down, users began a long litigation process which could be which could bear fruit in the next coming months.

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British Army’s social media accounts hacked by crypto scammers

Hackers had access to multiple official social media accounts of the British Army for nearly four hours, when they posted crypto phishing links and scams.

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Which cryptocurrencies are the most secure?

Security within the crypto industry is a hot topic, with influential protocols being hacked and the black swan event that was the Terra Luna catastrophe. The post Which cryptocurrencies are the most secure? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Hacker steals $438K in crypto, NFTs after compromising Beeple’s Twitter account

The Twitter account of famous digital artist Mike Winkelmann, commonly known as Beeple, was hacked on May 22. The post Hacker steals $438K in crypto, NFTs after compromising Beeple’s Twitter account appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Targeted phishing scam nets $438K in crypto and NFTs from hacked Beeple account

Links posted to a fake Louis Vuitton NFT raffle were made to capitalize on a recent real collaboration between Beeple and the luxury fashion brand.

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TREZOR T Review – Is Trezor T Safe? Can It Be Hacked?

Czech based company Satoshi Labs, founded by two tech and crypto enthusiasts Pavol “Stick” Rusnak and Marek “Slush” Palatinus, has been known for quite some time as one of the leading security experts in the crypto industry.

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Shopify facing another lawsuit from crypto holders over Ledger data breach

The e-commerce giant is in the hot seat again for its alleged role in making the hacked Ledger user data available to malicious actors.

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New Crypto Security Solution Protects Bitcoin, Other Digital Assets From Theft

When people evaluate the unpredictability of the cryptocurrency market, they can see why crypto security is so important. Online crypto wallets and exchanges have been hacked in large numbers in the last 24 months.

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$2 million in crypto recovered from hacked Trezor wallet

Three years after it became apparent that Dan Reich couldn’t access his Trezor One hardware wallet, a computer engineer and hacker, Joe Grand, has come to his rescue.  Trevor one owner loses access to wallet Reich, an entrepreneur based in New York City, and his friend had in 2018 discovered that their investment in Theta, […] The post $2 million in crypto recovered from hacked Trezor wallet appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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The biggest crypto heists of all time

Crypto exchanges are hacked surprisingly often. A few of the biggest crypto heists that occurred in the past few years are discussed in this article.

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Elon Musk Urges McDonald’s to Accept DOGE, SHIB Accepted by SuperJeweler, BTC Could Be Hacked with Quantum Computers: Crypto News Digest by U.Today

What’s going on in the crypto industry? Read U.Today’s news digest to find out!

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India: Three institutional handles hacked, renamed to 'Elon Musk' to promote crypto

Less than a month after Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was hacked, major institutional handles in India were reportedly renamed "Elon Musk" over the weekend. Following which, sThe post India: Three institutional handles hacked, renamed to 'Elon Musk' to promote crypto appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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SEC delays spot Bitcoin ETF decisions, Nike enters Metaverse arena, and a crypto exchange gets hacked: Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 12-18

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AscendEX Hacked, $77.7M Lost From Hot Wallets

A significant crypto hack occurred at AscendEX on Dec. 11, 2021, the third major attack in less than two weeks. The post AscendEX Hacked, $77.7M Lost From Hot Wallets appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Mt Gox Gets Approval To Return 141,686 To Victims Affected In 2014 Hack

Mt Gox is set to return BTC lost by victims who were affected when its platform was hacked back in 2014. The Mt Gox hack has become somewhat of a legend in the crypto space, although it is very much real.

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TREZOR T Review 2021 – Is Trezor T Safe? Can It Be Hacked?

Czech based company Satoshi Labs, founded by two tech and crypto enthusiasts Pavol “Stick” Rusnak and Marek “Slush” Palatinus, has been known for quite some time as one of the leading security experts in the crypto industry.

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