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Tech

How MIT Brothers Allegedly Cheated a Noxious-But-Accepted Ethereum Practice for $25M

First came "The Bait." In an indictment, U.S. prosecutors detailed the incredibly complicated Ethereum exploit – in which attackers targeted the controversial area of "maximal extractable value," known as MEV.

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Policy

Brothers Accused of $25M Ethereum Exploit as U.S. Reveals Fraud Charges

The alleged 12-second attack related to the controversial practice known as MEV, or maximal extractable value.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Rain Hit by $14.8M Exploit: ZachXBT

The hack occurred on April 29, ZachXBT said.

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Finance

Exploiter Steals $68M Worth of Crypto Through Address Poisoning

The victim was duped by a mimicked 0.05 ether transfer.

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Markets

Bitcoin Lightning Exchange FixedFloat Sees 'Suspicious' Transfers of $3M to Ethereum, Tron

The website was down for “technical work” as of early European afternoon hours Tuesday.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Munchables Exploited for $62M, North Korea-Linked Exploiter Returns Private Keys to Web 3 Firm

The broader crypto community is calling for a controversial chain rollback in a bid to recover funds.

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Finance

Newly Issued Gaming Token Exploited on Blast With $4.6M Drained

The hacker attempted to contact the SSS team, stating their intention to reimburse users.

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Finance

Tornado Cash Reportedly Suffers Backend Exploit, User Deposits at Risk

The exploit has the function to steal deposit data and deposited funds.

Tornado Cash website and Discord taken offline (Nikolas Noonan/Unsplash)

Finance

MIM Stablecoin Suffers Flash Crash Amid $6.5M Exploit

Certrik suggests the exploit could be due to a rounding error.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Tech

Socket, Bungee Restart Operations After Apparent $3.3M Exploit

The platform experienced a security incident late Tuesday that affected wallets with infinite approvals to Socket contracts, developers said.

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