Tag Archives: Hacking

On Aug. 15, crypto compliance and research firm Chainalysis released the first part of its 2024 crypto crime report. The firm revealed that aggregate illicit activity on-chain has dropped by 19.6% year-to-date, down from $20.9 billion to $16.7 billion. It added that this demonstrates “that legitimate activity is growing more quickly than illicit activity.” Part 1 of our mid-year #cryptocrime update is here! Illicit on-chain activity dropped by nearly 20% YTD, but stolen fund...

Investigations into a multi-million dollar hack on the omnichain tokenization platform Holograph have begun to yield results. French authorities have arrested two individuals who may have been involved in the attack. According to a tweet by the official Holograph X account, the Italian Directorate of Anti-Mafia Investigations, in collaboration with multiple enforcement agencies, including Europol, France’s Office for the Prevention of Cybercrime, and the Paris Search and...

Nexera, a DeFi protocol, has been affected by a smart contract security breach that resulted in the theft of $1.5 million worth of NXRA tokens. Following the incident, the value of the protocol’s native token plummeted by over 40%. $1.5 Million Stolen and NXRA Token Plummets 43% The exploit was first reported on August 7 by Cyvers, a blockchain security firm, via a post on X that stated, “Our system has detected a suspicious transaction involving your proxy contract.”...

WazirX, the largest Indian cryptocurrency exchange, was hit by a security breach in one of its multisig wallets on Thursday. The incident resulted in the loss of over $230 million from the multisig wallet. Over $230 Million Stolen in WazirX Breach The company announced the attack in a post on X: At WazirX, our commitment to transparency and community welfare is paramount. There was a cyber attack on one of our multisig wallets. Below are the preliminary findings to clarify...

Crypto exchange Kraken says it got its money back from the “security researchers” that took $3 million from the platform this year. “Update: We can now confirm the funds have been returned (minus a small amount lost to fees),” tweeted Nick Percoco, Chief Security Officer for Kraken, on Thursday. Kraken Gets Its Money Back Though Kraken first refused to identify the culprits, blockchain security experts at CertiK outed themselves on Wednesday as the ones behind the hack....

Omnichain tokenization platform Holograph’s native token, HLG, fell nearly 80% in value following a recent hack. The malicious actor exploited a vulnerability in the protocol’s operator contract, minting 1 billion HLG tokens that were initially valued at approximately $14.4 million. The Holograph Exploit Holograph confirmed the breach on their X account, assuring users that the initial exploit has been patched and efforts are underway with cryptocurrency exchange partners to...

The UwU Lend protocol, previously targeted in a nearly $20 million hack on June 10, is facing an ongoing cryptocurrency exploit that has so far resulted in the theft of $3.7 million. This development comes as the protocol has been making efforts to reimburse its users following the $19.3 million June 10 hack. $3.7 Million Hack Cyvers, an on-chain data analytics platform, was the first to alert UwU Lend about the ongoing exploit. According to its findings, the bad actors...

On Sunday, Loopring, an Ethereum zero-knowledge roll-up protocol, announced a significant security vulnerability attack on its smart wallets, linked to the Loopring Official Guardian. The project is collaborating with security and law enforcement agencies to investigate how the two-factor authentication system was compromised and to track down the cybercriminals. Loopring Official Guardian Exposed In a comprehensive announcement shared on platform X, Loopring disclosed that...

UwU Lend, a decentralized lending platform, has become the latest victim of a malicious hack. According to the blockchain security firm, Arkham, the lending protocol saw $19.3 million stolen by bad actors. Although the cause of the hack is yet to be identified, some users claim that the project’s founder is the one behind the attack. UwU Lend Loses $19.3M UwU Lend was forked from the open-source codes for AAVE v2, an Ethereum-based lending protocol. It offers a cohort of...

The popular on-chain sleuth highlighted in his Telegram channel the latest fraudulent activity that involved an early investor in the Solana-based meme coin – ANDY. It’s also worth noting that Pepe’s best friend’s price has plummeted by more than 20% in the past day alone. ZachXBT Investigation of ANDY DrainerAs the graph above demonstrates, the exploiter drained approximately $2 million worth of meme coins on Friday in several transactions. They began swapping half of the...