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AnubisDAO Points at ‘Critical Mistake’ After Losing USD 60M of Investors Money

Investors in AnubisDAO, a relatively new DeFi project which was promoted as a fork of OlympusDAO, have lost USD 60m due to one “critical mistake,” an anonymous person behind the project claims.AnubisDAO launched on Thursday and managed to raise ETH 13,256 (USD 58m today) using Copper,...

, by Ruholamin Haqshanas

Cream Finance Suffers Another Exploit as Attacker Runs Away With USD 100M+

Ethereum (ETH)-powered decentralized finance (DeFi) project Cream Finance (CREAM) suffered another flash loan attack as the attacker reportedly stole more than USD 100m worth of tokens.Blockchain analytics and security firm PeckShield flagged the attacker's address, while Cream finance confirmed...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

North Korea Is Targeting Crypto Users with Spear-Phishing Attacks, Says UN

A UN report has alleged North Korea is conducting spear-phishing activities on the crypto industry, and is looking to attack crypto users in a range of nations, including across the border in South Korea.Per Newsis and SBS, the UN says that it has seen evidence that Pyongyang-linked hackers and...

, by Tim Alper

Bitcoin.org Attacked by ‘Double Your Bitcoin’ Scammers

Bitcoin.org, a popular Bitcoin (BTC) resource that had 1.7m visits in August, has apparently been attacked by crypto scammers. The website is now not available.A message on the website now claims that "The Bitcoin Foundation is giving back to the community" and uses the old tactics to deceive...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Vee Finance Reports an USD 36M Exploit, VEE Takes a Dive

Lending protocol platform Vee Finance was a victim of a USD 36m–heavy exploit a week after its mainnet launch, also seeing its VEE token plummet.Yesterday, the team confirmed the incident, stating that they are “investigating the cause,” and that all services have been paused.This...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

SushiSwap’s MISO Suffers USD 3M Attack, Contract Thefts May Rise

Out-in-the-open contractor theft seems to have appeared as another way to attack crypto projects – as a token launchpad front end was attacked with a malicious code, resulting in more than USD 3m stolen.Joseph Delong, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at decentralized exchange SushiSwap, tweeted...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange, USD 100M DeFi Initiative + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news._____Exchanges newsPayment giant Square and social media giant Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said that Square's new division focused on...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Cream Finance Suffers USD 25M Flash Loan Attack

Decentralized finance (DeFi) project Cream Finance (CREAM) confirmed that they've suffered an exploit today."C.R.E.A.M. v1 market on Ethereum has suffered an exploit, resulting in a loss of 418,311,571 in AMP and 1,308.09 in ETH, by way of reentrancy on the AMP token contract," the team said. This...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Tether Frozen in Poly Hack Returned to Owners, Fuelling Centralization Debate

The tether (USDT) that was frozen by its issuer Tether during the recent Poly Network hack have been returned to their rightful owners, Tether announced. However, this has raised concerns that this particular part of the cryptocurrency space is not as decentralized as it claims to be.On Wednesday,...

, by Sumejja Muratagić-Tadić

A Tale of Two Hacks: Poly Hacker Bows Out, Liquid to Restore Operations

In the aftermath of the recent hacks that targeted interoperability protocol Poly Network and Japanese crypto exchange Liquid, both entities are signalling efforts to restore their operations, as well as freeze and return the stolen assets. Amidst all that, Poly Network's hacker has apologized "for...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

US May Regulate DeFi, El Salvador’s Bitcoin Draft Regulations + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Regulation newsDecentralized finance (DeFi) projects may still fall under the jurisdiction of the US Securities and Exchange Commission...

, by Sumejja Muratagić-Tadić

Liquid Exchange Hacked, Working With Other Exchanges on Recovering Funds

Japanese crypto exchange Liquid has suffered an attack this morning, with the thief taking off with a still unconfirmed amount of bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH), among other coins. The exchange has started working with its colleagues on freezing and returning the funds."We are currently tracing...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Poly Hacker Prolongs Return of Funds, Offered Position of Chief Security Advisor

The biggest decentralized finance (DeFi) hack, of interoperability protocol Poly Network, with roughly USD 600m stolen is not over just yet, as the attacker has not yet provided the final key of the multisignature wallet, stating that they will provide it "when everyone is ready." However, the...

, by Eimantas Žemaitis

T-Mobile ‘Hackers Want BTC 6’ for Data, US Offers Dark Web USD 10M in Crypto (UPDATED)

The telecoms heavyweight T-Mobile appears to have suffered a data breach involving the personal and financial data of 100m users, with hackers ready to hawk out the data in exchange for bitcoin (BTC) – while the American State Department is planning to hand out crypto payments to a more...

, by Tim Alper

‘Shall We Play a Game’, Asks Poly Network Hacker Upon Returning the Funds

As nearly all stolen funds from the massive hack of the decentralized finance (DeFi) interoperability protocol Poly Network have been returned, the hacker continued their Q&A session, consciously providing some clues about their identity - as well as saying they have been offered half a million...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

New Crypto Unicorn, DAO Hack, Police Seize USD 9.5M in Ethereum + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. ____Investments newsCrypto tax and accounting software maker TaxBit has raised USD 130m in a Series B round led by venture firms IVP...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

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