Exploits


Markets

Berachain Halts Network to Contain Balancer-Linked Exploit, Conduct ‘Emergency Hard Fork’

The pause allows developers to roll out an emergency hard fork aimed at isolating compromised contracts and recovering affected assets before resuming operations.

(Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Bunni DEX Shuts Down, Cites Recovery Costs After $8.4M Exploit

The team cannot afford the cost of relaunching the protocol, which would require significant investment in audits and development.

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Markets

Memecoins Under Pressure as SHIB, Dogecoin Slide After Shibarium Loses $2.4M in Hack

The BONE token involved in the flash loan attack has nearly erased the initial spike alongside losses in top memecoins.

(Minh Pham/Unsplash)

Tech

SwissBorg’s SOL Earn Wallet Exploited for $41.5M After Partner's API Is Compromised

Roughly 192,600 SOL was drained from a counterparty wallet tied to a SOL Earn product on Swissborg. The crypto exchange committed to making the losses whole.

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Finance

Tether Invests in Blockchain Forensics Firm Crystal Intelligence to Fight Crypto Crime

Tether aims to curb illicit use of its USDT stablecoin as cryptocurrency-related scams and fraud increase.

Nemo suffered $2.4M hack on Monday. (TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay)

Finance

Sui's Cetus DEX Is Back Online After $223M Exploit

Liquidity pools have been restored to between 85% and 99% of their original levels.

Under a low-light red lamp, a pair of hands types on a keyboard. (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash+)

Finance

$302 Million Lost to Crypto Scams, Hacks, and Exploits in May: CertiK

The largest attack was the $225 million exploit of the Cetus Protocol.

Under a low-light red lamp, a pair of hands types on a keyboard. (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash+)

Finance

Abracadabra Drained of $13M in Exploit Targeting Cauldrons Tied to GMX Liquidity Tokens

The attack targeted pools tied to GMX liquidity tokens, specifically “cauldrons” using GM tokens as collateral.

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Finance

Animoca Brands Founder Yat Siu's X Account Exploited to Promote Fake Token

The fake MOCA token on Solana exploited Animoca's links to Mocaverse and the Moca Network.

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Finance

Extremely Unlikely WazirX Customers Will Be Made Whole in Crypto Terms: Legal Advisers

WazirX co-founder Nischal Shetty said the numbers are as of today and the objective is to reduce the gap through various efforts.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)