Crypto losses to hacks exceed $313M in August
The two largest phishing attacks together made up 93.5% of the total stolen funds, amounting to $293.4 million.
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The two largest phishing attacks together made up 93.5% of the total stolen funds, amounting to $293.4 million.
The German governments latest Bitcoin transfers could impact the market significantly, as it moves 3,000 BTC to various crypto exchanges and an unknown wallet.
May was the biggest month in terms of crypto losses in 2024 so far, with nearly $385 million in net losses suffered from crypto hacks.
Kronos Research was exploited for $25 million in November 2023, with one of the six wallets linked to the hacker moving funds to Tornado Cash on May 7.
The hacker holds about $4.3 million in various crypto assets in their Ethereum wallet.
Pink Drainer, infamous for aiding in crypto thefts, shut down operations after amassing over $85 million in stolen assets.
Security breach in Jimbos Protocol, a liquidity protocol operating under the Arbitrum system, resulted in a significant loss of 4,000 Ether (ETH), approximately worth $7.5 million, on May 28. (Read More)
SafeMoon, a DeFi protocol in the BNB chain fell to attackers who exploited a vulnerability in the burn mechanism. On-chain sleuth Peckshield found that the bug was caused by a recent protocol change, which the hacker used to artificially boost the price of SafeMoon’s native token SFM and simultaneously sell enough Tokens back to the […]
PeckShield, a company specializing in blockchain security, has revealed via Twitter that FilDA, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, has been subjected to a significant attack [...]
The hacker has other associated wallets that have also shifted funds to privacy networks such as Aztec.
Selling pressure intensifies for popular meme coin Shiba Inu as bankrupt crypto broker Voyager Digital transferred copious amounts of cryptocurrencies to Coinbase, in a desperate bid to boost liquidity. This has been revealed by blockchain analyst PeckShield. In the tweet shared by the platform, it was found that Voyager shifted 300 trillion SHIB tokens that […]
The scammer behind the crypto wallet draining kit even recommended an alternative and gave advice to budding cybercriminals.
Despite the sanctions on the crypto mixing service, the bad actors behind January’s biggest exploit have deposited millions worth of funds into Tornado Cash.
Blockchain security firm PeckShield on Twitter said it has found dozens of pump-and-dump tokens purporting to be related to ChatGPT.
The Ethereum community has come forward to support relief efforts, with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin leading the charge with his generous donations for Turkey and Syria. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on February 6th, leaving behind a death toll that has now risen to 33,000, making it one of the world’s worst […]
A long-forgotten Bitcoin wallet has finally seen some action after 11 years of dormancy. As reported by Peckshield Alert, the address “1MMXRA” was reactivated and transferred 412.23 BTC, worth over $9.5 million. The address first purchased the BTC in September 2012, at a time when Bitcoin was trading near $12.36. Over the years, the cryptocurrency […]
The top two gas consumers on the Ethereum network, according to the most recent data from blockchain security company PeckShield, are zero-transfer con artists. To access the victims’ wallets, scammers utilize bogus wallet addresses to coerce users into sending money to these addresses. It is well known that Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains are the […]
Defrost Finance, a DeFi protocol built on Avalanche, published a blog post on Medium today detailing the refunding process after retrieving the funds lost in its recent exploit. According to the post, all stolen funds from V1 have been given back. Soon, the Defrost team will begin the process of returning these assets to their legitimate owners. The […]
“Merry Christmas guys. We got a lump of coal from Santa Claus,” wrote one user in response to the allegations and the incident.
Gala Games said the unusual activity of its pGALA token was actually part of efforts to safeguard it from potential attack.
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