Rocket Pool X Users Alerted to Fake Hack by Hijacked Account
On January 17, a hacker compromised the Ethereum staking protocol Rocket Pool’s X account. The hacker requested that users move their assets by clicking on a fraudulent link. The hijacker of Rocket Pool sent a message outlining the bright contract flaws that the purported team had found. In order to prevent losses, the message instructed […]
CoinsPaid Gets Hacked Again, Losing Over $7m
CoinsPaid, an Estonian provider of cryptocurrency payment services, was the target of a cyberattack that led to the theft of about $7.5 million in cryptocurrency on the Ethereum (ETH) and Binance (BNB) chains. The hack was discovered by the Cyvers platform’s real-time security notifications on X social media. The money from CoinsPaid has been stolen […]
December Crypto Losses Near $100M Following Orbit Bridge Hack
Blockchain security firms report that the recent exploit on the cross-chain platform Orbit Bridge has resulted in a nearly $100 million increase in the value of cryptocurrencies lost to hacks in December. December was the fifth most compromised month of 2023, according to a report by blockchain security firm PeckShield on January 1. The news […]
Justin Sun Gives New Ultimatum to Poloniex Hackers, Offers $10m Bounty
Poloniex verifies the hackers’ identity and offers a $10 million white hat bounty to retrieve funds pilfered. According to on-chain data published by blockchain security company PeckShield , Poloniex has publicly identified the hacker responsible for stealing $120 million from the exchange on Nov. 10. The hacker has also been offered a $10 million white […]
Vitalik Buterin: X account hack caused by SIM-swap attack
The co-founder of Ethereum has regained control of his T-Mobile account, verifying that a SIM-swap attack compromised his X account. Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has officially verified that the recent breach of his X (Twitter) account resulted from a SIM-swap attack. Buterin made this statement on the decentralized social media platform Farcaster on […]