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How a Solana feature designed for convenience let attackers drain more than $270 million from Drift

The exploit did not involve a bug in Drift's code. It used "durable nonces," a legitimate Solana transaction feature, to pre-sign administrative transfers weeks before executing them, bypassing the protocol's multisig security in minutes.

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Finance

North Koreans hackers likely behind $286 million Drift Protocol exploit: Elliptic

The blockchain analytics firm pointed to cross-chain laundering patterns and Solana-specific tracing challenges that mirror prior North Korean state-linked operations.

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Tech

Galaxy Digital's testnet suffers hack but no client funds or information were compromised

Mike Novogratz’s crypto financial services firm said unauthorized access was limited to a segregated R&D workspace; trading systems and client accounts were unaffected.

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Finance

Hacker steals $282 million crypto from a victim in social-engineering attack

A sophisticated social-engineering attack led to the theft of more than $282 million in BTC and LTC, with the funds rapidly laundered through monero.

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Markets

Truebit token crashes 99.9% after hacker drains $26.6 million in ether

The attack exploited a flaw in an older smart contract, allowing the attacker to buy TRU at no cost and sell it back to extract ether.

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Finance

North Korean hackers stole a record $2 billion of crypto in 2025, Chainalysis says

North Korea-linked hackers drove a record year for crypto thefts, favoring rare but massive attacks on centralized services, led by Bybit’s $1.4 billion breach.

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Tech

Anthropic Research Shows AI Agents Are Closing In on Real DeFi Attack Capability

Models tested by MATS and the Anthropic Fellows program generated turnkey exploit scripts and identified fresh vulnerabilities, suggesting automated exploitation is becoming technically and economically viable.

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Markets

Solana Traders Hit by Months-Long Browser Malware That Skimmed Every Swap

Wallet interfaces typically summarize instructions as a single swap, and the bundled transaction executes atomically—meaning users unknowingly sign off on both.

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Finance

North Korea’s AI-Powered Hackers Are Redefining Crypto Crime

Mysten Labs’ chief cryptographer warns that artificial intelligence, not quantum computing, poses the real near-term threat to blockchain security.

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XRP Investor Says $3M in XRP Was Stolen; Cold Wallet Maker Says Seed Import Made Wallet Hot

Long-time XRP investor Brandon LaRoque says he discovered the loss on Oct. 15 in cold wallet maker Ellipal’s mobile app, but the theft occurred on Oct. 12.

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