The L1 multisig contract had already been deployed to the identical address on L2. A bad actor was able to take possession of the contract on the L2. The Optimism layer-2 scaling solution’s positive phase was shattered when a smart contract vulnerability resulted in the loss of 20 million OP
Pwning.eth, a white hat hacker, found and alerted Aurora to a vulnerability. The $10 million prize for the Solana bridge Wormhole warranted more attention. After helping identify a vulnerability, Aurora, a blockchain bridge project, gave out the second-largest award in crypto history. Pwning.eth, a white hat hacker, found and alerted
Rari Fuse pool which has a five-month merger with Fei Protocol has faced an attack of $80 million by the hackers. This came to light when the Fei protocol made the following tweet on 04/30/2022. While, according to Lei Wu, Chief Technical Officer of Blocksec, 5400 ETH has already been
It’s a merry-go-round when it comes to crypto based cyber crimes and hacks. On one side the security based technologies are on a constant development and research and bringing out new advanced security systems for the blockchains. On the other hand, the dark world of hacks and cyber crimes profusely
After a hacking incident, Bitcoin’s volatility spiked on the sixth day. A group from Finland’s University of Vaasa is looking into the influence. There has been an increase in cryptocurrency theft and fraud. Two people were detained last month for allegedly stealing crypto. Bitfinex’s platform had 4.5 billion dollars worth
Trump’s Dumps has raked in roughly $4.1 million since its inception in 2017. UniCC became the market leader when Joker’s Stash was shut down. Millions of credit card credentials are traded for crypto assets every day in the Darknet market. Cybercriminals use these cards to make online purchases they may
Meter multi-chain DeFi platform gets hacked. Suffers losses estimated to be $4.4 million. A bug attack is found responsible, targeting the platform’s weak bridges. Hacks and scams have indeed become an integral part of the crypto and blockchain ecosystem. In such terms, one of the most prominent multi-chain and bridging
An unapproved video was uploaded to the hacked channels. Richard Heart, said that his channel had been blocked amid a broadcast. Throughout the afternoon of January 23, hackers launched an assault on several notable cryptocurrency YouTuber accounts. Users were directed to the hacker’s wallet via unauthorized video broadcast on the
Crypto.com activates back the addresses. New security protocol added over the previous 2FA. Introduces a time wait of 24 hours for new whitelisting and it’s first withdrawal. Ever since the continuous hacks took place upon the Crypto.com platform, the team immediately set towards the rectification of the issues. Usually, in
Crypto.com suffered a hack on January 17, 2022. Officially declares no funds were lost. DOGE founder Billy Markus thrashes Crypto.com being irresponsible for the hacks occurred. Seems there never goes a day without a hack or a scam upon the crypto industry! And so true to the fact, the global
