Tag Archives: Hacked

Hacker groups are preventing user access to websites belonging to French authorities to show their support for Pavel Durov. Durov was arrested on August 24 by French authorities. Russian hackers are staging Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on the French government’s website in response to the August 24 arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov. He was arrested in France for alleged involvement in money laundering, drug trafficking, and more crimes, but no formal charges have been issued...

Cthulhu Stealer attacks Mac devices and steals credentials from a long list of crypto wallets. Malware aimed at draining funds from crypto wallets installed on Macs is rising. A new malware called Cthulhu Stealer targets devices with MacOS to steal crypto wallet information, marking yet another malware affecting users of Mac devices. Cado Security identified the new malware and published a report detailing how it grabs wallet data. This has come to light days after reports of another...

Polygon’s Discord channel was hacked today, with one team member asking users not to click on any links on the group. A user has stated they lost $150,000 from their Ethereum pool because of this hack. The official Polygon Discord channel was hacked earlier today. Its chief information security officer, Mudit Gupta, warned users of the incident. “PSA: Do not click on any links in the @0xPolygon community discord until further notice. It has been compromised and we’re trying to get back...

The AMOS stealer targets wallets on MacOS devices to drain the funds they hold. Its developers advertise it as popular applications used in the MacOS ecosystem, only to have users download the malware from spoofed sites that look like the real deal. The AMOS—short for Atomic MacOS—malware has received an upgrade that allows it to clone wallet applications on devices operating with MacOS. The group behind its development, ‘Crazy Evil,’ is advertising it via Google AdSense, masking it as...

On August 21, hackers hacked McDonald’s official Instagram page and executed a scam that resulted in over $700,000 in stolen Solana. They used the popular social media account to promote a fraudulent memecoin named “Grimace,” inspired by McDonald’s purple mascot. The attack started with McDonald’s Instagram account being seized and used to spread information on the fake token called GRIMACE. Screenshots posted on X revealed that the hackers were able to create multiple posts that spammed the...