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Israel’s Bits of Gold Suffers Data Breach Affecting 200,000 Customers
Israeli crypto brokerage Bits of Gold has disclosed a data breach that potentially exposed personal information belonging to around 200,000 customers. The company said a hacker accessed a third-party data analytics system containing names, national identification numbers, contact details, bank information, IP addresses and public wallet addresses. ...
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SafePal Data Breach Exposes Order Information of Nearly 40,000 Customers
SafePal has disclosed a data leak that potentially exposed the personal and purchase information of nearly 40,000 customers. The vulnerability in an order-tracking plugin affected orders placed between March 2025 and April 2026 and could have allowed unauthorised access to other customers’ order details. SafePal said there is no evidence that wal...
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Harmony Plans Blockchain Rollback After Hacker Allegedly Mints Nearly 4 Billion ONE Tokens
Harmony is exploring a possible blockchain rollback after an alleged exploit led to the unauthorised minting of nearly 4 billion ONE tokens, equivalent to around 26 percent of its existing supply. The network has released an emergency patch, halted its token bridge and worked with exchanges to freeze suspicious funds. Harmony said thousands of tran...
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BTCPay Server Offers Up to 3 BTC Bounty to Recover Bitcoin Stolen in LND Attack
BTCPay Server has offered a reward of up to 3 Bitcoin, worth around $190,000 (roughly Rs. 1.8 crore), for information that helps recover funds stolen during last week’s attack. The project said the bounty is open even to the attackers and will pay 10 percent of the amount recovered. BTCPay is also rewarding researchers who identified the exploite...
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Crypto Exchange Coinsbuy Loses Over $8 Million in Coordinated Cross-Blockchain Attack
Crypto exchange Coinsbuy suffered losses exceeding $8 million after a suspected attacker targeted wallets across the TRON and Ethereum blockchains. The hacker drained more than $6 million in stablecoins from eight TRON wallets and moved additional USDT and Ether from three Ethereum wallets. Most of the stolen assets were subsequently routed through...
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Brazil's Central Bank Proposes 24-Hour Holds on High-Value Crypto Transfers
Brazil’s central bank has proposed new safeguards requiring virtual asset service providers to place precautionary holds of up to 24 hours on certain crypto transfers to foreign platforms and self-custody wallets. The measure would apply to amounts exceeding $10,000 (roughly Rs. 9.5 lakh) received in a single transaction or across a customer’s ...
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BTCPay Server Blocks Remote Lightning Node Access After LND Vulnerability Exploited by Hackers
BTCPay Server has temporarily blocked remote access to Lightning Network nodes running LND after a vulnerability was exploited to obtain credentials and steal funds. The restriction affects external wallets accessing nodes through BTCPay’s domain and Tor onion URL on Docker deployments. BTCPay said Lightning payments can continue while developers...
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EU Regulators Warn Crypto Users of Impersonation Scams During MiCA Transition
European regulators have warned crypto users about a rise in impersonation scams following the implementation of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. Fraudsters are reportedly posing as financial watchdogs and licensed crypto firms to deceive users of exchanges that failed to secure MiCA authorisation. Authorities have urged investors to ...
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Galaxy Research Identifies at Least 15 Attackers Exploiting Coldcard Security Flaw
Galaxy Digital's chief researcher Alex Thorn said at least 15 attackers exploited the Coldcard hardware wallet vulnerability, with total losses now estimated at around $100 million. Thorn said victim reports helped identify multiple attackers that would have otherwise remained anonymous. The findings come after successive waves of coordinated theft...
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Bitcoin Exchange Service Boltz Shuts Down, Cites Rise in AI-Powered Hacking Attempts
Bitcoin swap platform Boltz has suspended its services indefinitely after reporting a sharp increase in AI-assisted hacking attempts. The non-custodial exchange said attackers have been adapting faster than its small security team can identify and patch vulnerabilities, making it unsafe to resume operations. Boltz stressed that no user funds were c...
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Researchers Warn of New Bitcoin Wallet Attacks as 448 BTC Is Swept From Hundreds of Addresses
Galaxy Digital’s head of research, Alex Thorn, has warned of a suspected fourth wave of attacks targeting vulnerable Coldcard Bitcoin wallets. The latest activity involves 709 potential victim addresses and nearly 449 Bitcoin, with attackers moving funds to separate destination wallets. Thorn urged affected users to transfer their holdings immedi...
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Bitcoin Wallet Exploit Costs Users $38 Million in 25-Minute Attack
A flaw in the key generation process of Coldcard hardware wallets has been linked to the theft of 584 Bitcoin, worth around $38 million, from 500 wallets in just 25 minutes. Security researchers said the vulnerability affected how wallet seeds were generated in certain firmware versions, potentially exposing users to attacks. Coinkite has acknowled...
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Crypto Hacks Top $1 Billion in H1 2026 as Ethereum and Solana Lead Losses: Report
Ethereum and Solana recorded the highest cryptocurrency hack losses during the first half of 2026, according to a new security report from Blockaid. The report estimates total industry losses at $1 billion, with Ethereum losing $332 million primarily through code exploits, while Solana lost $326 million largely due to compromised keys and signing i...
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Apple Sued After Users Allegedly Lose $1.8 Million to Fake Bitcoin Wallet App
Apple is facing a lawsuit in the US after three users alleged they lost a combined $1.8 million by downloading a fake Bitcoin wallet application from the App Store. The plaintiffs claim Apple failed to prevent the counterfeit app despite promoting the App Store as a secure platform. Apple said it has since removed the fake applications and develope...
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Blockaid Reports $450,000 Exploit as Garden Finance Disables App
Garden Finance has taken its application offline after a security incident involving an external solver led to the theft of approximately $450,000 in USDT, according to Blockaid. The protocol said user funds were not affected and that the breach was limited to the solver's infrastructure. Garden is working with blockchain security firms to investig...
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Israel’s Bits of Gold Suffers Data Breach Affecting 200,000 Customers
Israeli crypto brokerage Bits of Gold has disclosed a data breach that potentially exposed personal information belonging to around 200,000 customers. The company said a hacker accessed a third-party data analytics system containing names, national identification numbers, contact details, bank information, IP addresses and public wallet addresses. ...
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SafePal Data Breach Exposes Order Information of Nearly 40,000 Customers
SafePal has disclosed a data leak that potentially exposed the personal and purchase information of nearly 40,000 customers. The vulnerability in an order-tracking plugin affected orders placed between March 2025 and April 2026 and could have allowed unauthorised access to other customers’ order details. SafePal said there is no evidence that wal...
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Harmony Plans Blockchain Rollback After Hacker Allegedly Mints Nearly 4 Billion ONE Tokens
Harmony is exploring a possible blockchain rollback after an alleged exploit led to the unauthorised minting of nearly 4 billion ONE tokens, equivalent to around 26 percent of its existing supply. The network has released an emergency patch, halted its token bridge and worked with exchanges to freeze suspicious funds. Harmony said thousands of tran...
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BTCPay Server Offers Up to 3 BTC Bounty to Recover Bitcoin Stolen in LND Attack
BTCPay Server has offered a reward of up to 3 Bitcoin, worth around $190,000 (roughly Rs. 1.8 crore), for information that helps recover funds stolen during last week’s attack. The project said the bounty is open even to the attackers and will pay 10 percent of the amount recovered. BTCPay is also rewarding researchers who identified the exploite...
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Crypto Exchange Coinsbuy Loses Over $8 Million in Coordinated Cross-Blockchain Attack
Crypto exchange Coinsbuy suffered losses exceeding $8 million after a suspected attacker targeted wallets across the TRON and Ethereum blockchains. The hacker drained more than $6 million in stablecoins from eight TRON wallets and moved additional USDT and Ether from three Ethereum wallets. Most of the stolen assets were subsequently routed through...
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Brazil's Central Bank Proposes 24-Hour Holds on High-Value Crypto Transfers
Brazil’s central bank has proposed new safeguards requiring virtual asset service providers to place precautionary holds of up to 24 hours on certain crypto transfers to foreign platforms and self-custody wallets. The measure would apply to amounts exceeding $10,000 (roughly Rs. 9.5 lakh) received in a single transaction or across a customer’s ...
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BTCPay Server Blocks Remote Lightning Node Access After LND Vulnerability Exploited by Hackers
BTCPay Server has temporarily blocked remote access to Lightning Network nodes running LND after a vulnerability was exploited to obtain credentials and steal funds. The restriction affects external wallets accessing nodes through BTCPay’s domain and Tor onion URL on Docker deployments. BTCPay said Lightning payments can continue while developers...
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EU Regulators Warn Crypto Users of Impersonation Scams During MiCA Transition
European regulators have warned crypto users about a rise in impersonation scams following the implementation of the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. Fraudsters are reportedly posing as financial watchdogs and licensed crypto firms to deceive users of exchanges that failed to secure MiCA authorisation. Authorities have urged investors to ...
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Galaxy Research Identifies at Least 15 Attackers Exploiting Coldcard Security Flaw
Galaxy Digital's chief researcher Alex Thorn said at least 15 attackers exploited the Coldcard hardware wallet vulnerability, with total losses now estimated at around $100 million. Thorn said victim reports helped identify multiple attackers that would have otherwise remained anonymous. The findings come after successive waves of coordinated theft...
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Bitcoin Exchange Service Boltz Shuts Down, Cites Rise in AI-Powered Hacking Attempts
Bitcoin swap platform Boltz has suspended its services indefinitely after reporting a sharp increase in AI-assisted hacking attempts. The non-custodial exchange said attackers have been adapting faster than its small security team can identify and patch vulnerabilities, making it unsafe to resume operations. Boltz stressed that no user funds were c...
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Researchers Warn of New Bitcoin Wallet Attacks as 448 BTC Is Swept From Hundreds of Addresses
Galaxy Digital’s head of research, Alex Thorn, has warned of a suspected fourth wave of attacks targeting vulnerable Coldcard Bitcoin wallets. The latest activity involves 709 potential victim addresses and nearly 449 Bitcoin, with attackers moving funds to separate destination wallets. Thorn urged affected users to transfer their holdings immedi...
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Bitcoin Wallet Exploit Costs Users $38 Million in 25-Minute Attack
A flaw in the key generation process of Coldcard hardware wallets has been linked to the theft of 584 Bitcoin, worth around $38 million, from 500 wallets in just 25 minutes. Security researchers said the vulnerability affected how wallet seeds were generated in certain firmware versions, potentially exposing users to attacks. Coinkite has acknowled...
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Crypto Hacks Top $1 Billion in H1 2026 as Ethereum and Solana Lead Losses: Report
Ethereum and Solana recorded the highest cryptocurrency hack losses during the first half of 2026, according to a new security report from Blockaid. The report estimates total industry losses at $1 billion, with Ethereum losing $332 million primarily through code exploits, while Solana lost $326 million largely due to compromised keys and signing i...
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Apple Sued After Users Allegedly Lose $1.8 Million to Fake Bitcoin Wallet App
Apple is facing a lawsuit in the US after three users alleged they lost a combined $1.8 million by downloading a fake Bitcoin wallet application from the App Store. The plaintiffs claim Apple failed to prevent the counterfeit app despite promoting the App Store as a secure platform. Apple said it has since removed the fake applications and develope...
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Blockaid Reports $450,000 Exploit as Garden Finance Disables App
Garden Finance has taken its application offline after a security incident involving an external solver led to the theft of approximately $450,000 in USDT, according to Blockaid. The protocol said user funds were not affected and that the breach was limited to the solver's infrastructure. Garden is working with blockchain security firms to investig...
