Crypto Hacks

The X account of MicroStrategy was hacked in the early hours of Monday, February 26. The account was flooded with posts showing links where people could click and register for the airdrop of Ethereum-based ‘so-called official’ MSTR token.

Elon Musk-owned X confirmed on Wednesday, January 10 that SEC’s confirmation of BTC ETFs being approved – was indeed a ruse hatched by whoever hacked the SEC’s X account. The topic has been crucial in-terms of directing market trends these recent months.

Crypto hackers have reportedly been able to rob 63,210 victims so far and have managed to get away with a stolen wealth of $59 million (roughly Rs. 490 crores) between March and November this year via ‘Drainers’.

Owing to three big seizures from criminal cases, the US Treasury is estimated to be in possession of at least 194,188 BTC. Presently, this number amounts to $5.5 billion (roughly Rs. 45,778 crore).

Over the weekend, some user accounts of 3Commas were compromised and the passwords of these accounts were also changed — stirring speculations that the platform was breached by hackers. Upon internal investigation, 3Commas found that this hack only affected only a few user-accounts, and its operations on the otherwise large scale, remain safe and...

Blockchain Capital's X account was compromised by hackers on Wednesday. Scammers published a post promoting a fake crypto token on the microblogging platform. A link to a malicious website was also published along with the post, aiming to phish unsuspecting victims. It seems that Blockchain Capital has managed to regain access to its verified handl...

The native token of one of crypto’s top decentralized exchanges tumbled after the platform said it had been “exploited” as a result of a vulnerability in a programming language.

The Twitter handle of Uniswap founder Hayden Adams was hacked earlier, exposing over 254,000 of his followers to financial risks. Notorious cyber actors who targeted Adams’ account, tweeted that Uniswap’s Permit2 contract was anonymously exploited, bringing users’ tokens at risk. The scammers were trying to get Uniswap users to click on an in...

A North Korean government-backed hacking group penetrated an American IT management company and used it as a springboard to target an unknown number of cryptocurrency companies, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The hackers broke into Louisville, Colorado-based JumpCloud in late June and used their access to the company’s system...

The Twitter account of OpenAI CTO Mira Murati was reportedly hacked by crypto scammers, who promoted a fake crypto airdrop via this verified account. As of now, neither OpenAI nor Murati have addressed the incident on any public platform.

The Twitter account of the KuCoin crypto exchange was hacked on April 24. The hack reportedly lasted for about 45 minutes. The incident led to the loss of $22,268 (roughly Rs. 18.2 lakh) via 22 transactions. Victims of the attack are being contacted by KuCoin to facilitate reimbursement payments.

SushiSwap, an automated market maker (AMM) DEX, that uses a liquidity pool to facilitate trades, has reportedly undergone an exploit attack over the weekend. Researchers have claimed that SushiSwap users who engaged with the protocol between April 4 and April 9 were most likely to have been affected as part of this attack.

The Twitter account of News24 was compromised by crypto hackers during the early hours of Tuesday, March 21. The channel has not put out any official word regarding the incident in the public domain, hence, there is no clarity so far if the channel has brought the issue under the notice of investigative authorities.

2022 was the worst on record for cryptocurrency heists, with hackers stealing as much as $3.8 billion (nearly Rs. 31,100 crore), led by attackers linked to North Korea who netted more than ever before, a US-based blockchain analytics firm said in a report on Wednesday.

Losses incurred due to crypto exploits have dropped by 93 percent in January as compared to the same month last year, according to a blockchain security firm. The amount of funds lost due to crypto exploits in January this year also remained 68 percent lesser than what it was in December.

The X account of MicroStrategy was hacked in the early hours of Monday, February 26. The account was flooded with posts showing links where people could click and register for the airdrop of Ethereum-based ‘so-called official’ MSTR token.

Elon Musk-owned X confirmed on Wednesday, January 10 that SEC’s confirmation of BTC ETFs being approved – was indeed a ruse hatched by whoever hacked the SEC’s X account. The topic has been crucial in-terms of directing market trends these recent months.

Crypto hackers have reportedly been able to rob 63,210 victims so far and have managed to get away with a stolen wealth of $59 million (roughly Rs. 490 crores) between March and November this year via ‘Drainers’.

Owing to three big seizures from criminal cases, the US Treasury is estimated to be in possession of at least 194,188 BTC. Presently, this number amounts to $5.5 billion (roughly Rs. 45,778 crore).

Over the weekend, some user accounts of 3Commas were compromised and the passwords of these accounts were also changed — stirring speculations that the platform was breached by hackers. Upon internal investigation, 3Commas found that this hack only affected only a few user-accounts, and its operations on the otherwise large scale, remain safe and...

Blockchain Capital's X account was compromised by hackers on Wednesday. Scammers published a post promoting a fake crypto token on the microblogging platform. A link to a malicious website was also published along with the post, aiming to phish unsuspecting victims. It seems that Blockchain Capital has managed to regain access to its verified handl...

The native token of one of crypto’s top decentralized exchanges tumbled after the platform said it had been “exploited” as a result of a vulnerability in a programming language.

The Twitter handle of Uniswap founder Hayden Adams was hacked earlier, exposing over 254,000 of his followers to financial risks. Notorious cyber actors who targeted Adams’ account, tweeted that Uniswap’s Permit2 contract was anonymously exploited, bringing users’ tokens at risk. The scammers were trying to get Uniswap users to click on an in...

A North Korean government-backed hacking group penetrated an American IT management company and used it as a springboard to target an unknown number of cryptocurrency companies, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The hackers broke into Louisville, Colorado-based JumpCloud in late June and used their access to the company’s system...

The Twitter account of OpenAI CTO Mira Murati was reportedly hacked by crypto scammers, who promoted a fake crypto airdrop via this verified account. As of now, neither OpenAI nor Murati have addressed the incident on any public platform.

The Twitter account of the KuCoin crypto exchange was hacked on April 24. The hack reportedly lasted for about 45 minutes. The incident led to the loss of $22,268 (roughly Rs. 18.2 lakh) via 22 transactions. Victims of the attack are being contacted by KuCoin to facilitate reimbursement payments.

SushiSwap, an automated market maker (AMM) DEX, that uses a liquidity pool to facilitate trades, has reportedly undergone an exploit attack over the weekend. Researchers have claimed that SushiSwap users who engaged with the protocol between April 4 and April 9 were most likely to have been affected as part of this attack.

The Twitter account of News24 was compromised by crypto hackers during the early hours of Tuesday, March 21. The channel has not put out any official word regarding the incident in the public domain, hence, there is no clarity so far if the channel has brought the issue under the notice of investigative authorities.

2022 was the worst on record for cryptocurrency heists, with hackers stealing as much as $3.8 billion (nearly Rs. 31,100 crore), led by attackers linked to North Korea who netted more than ever before, a US-based blockchain analytics firm said in a report on Wednesday.

Losses incurred due to crypto exploits have dropped by 93 percent in January as compared to the same month last year, according to a blockchain security firm. The amount of funds lost due to crypto exploits in January this year also remained 68 percent lesser than what it was in December.