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Balancer Labs Offers $2M Bug Bounty to Spot Vulnerabilities
Balancer Labs wants to know about any vulnerabilities in its V2 Vault architecture, available Tuesday.

$623M in Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack Moved Under Cover of COIN Hype
But the impact on the market may be little.

Lessons From the Nifty Gateway NFT Heist: Not Your Keys, Not Your Art
After what appears to be the first NFT heist, what can we take away from the Nifty Gateway hack?

This Elusive Malware Has Been Targeting Crypto Wallets for a Year
With custom domains and apps, advertising and a social media presence, the ElectroRAT malware operation targeting crypto wallets is extensive.

Who Insures the Insurer? Cover Protocol Attack Exposes DeFi’s Promise and Peril
DeFi insurer Cover Protocol, designed to reduce smart-contract failure risks, was exploited by a bug in its smart contract on Monday morning.

Cover Protocol May Launch New Token Following Attack
Cover Protocol announced it’s exploring launching a new COVER token after its current one was abused in a minting attack by a “white hat” hacker on Monday morning.

Crypto Exchange Livecoin Begs Users to Stop Trading After Losing Control of Servers
Livecoin asked clients to stop making deposits and trading after suffering a "carefully planned attack."

From SIM-Swaps to Home-Invasion Threats, Ledger Leak Has Cascading Consequences
The incident shows the variety of ways data can be used to hurt people, and raises questions about how and if certain data should be retained at all.

Hacked Crypto Exchange KuCoin Resumes Deposit, Withdrawal Services for All Tokens
The digital asset exchange that was hacked to the tune of $281 million in September said it has restored the deposit and withdrawal services of all tokens.

Dark Web Hackers Claim to Hold Keys to 10K Robinhood Accounts: Report
The number of Robinhood-related emails for sale outnumber those for other brokerages by about 5-to-1, the report says.

