On August 24, 25, and 29, the Discord channels of Polygon, Avalanche, Zksync, and Orderly Network were compromised. In each case, hackers used the channels to distribute harmful links, posing a significant risk to users. On Aug 29, Orderly Network’s official Discord channel was compromised. The protocol recently launched its
A breach has occurred in the Polygon community Discord channel. The chief information security officer at Polygon, Mudit Gupta, acknowledged the intrusion and warned users not to click on any links published in the Discord channel until the issue is fixed. Even though Gupta claimed that all privileged accounts had
A significant cyberattack has hit the blockchain platform Nexera. Theft of 47 million NXRA tokens occurred as a consequence of this security compromise. The blockchain security company Cyvers Alert uncovered this flaw when it saw an unusual transaction utilizing Nexera’s proxy contract. An unidentified address gained control of Nexera’s proxy
Ronin Network has experienced a significant security breach, resulting in the loss of nearly $9.8 million worth of Ethereum (ETH). This incident highlights the growing concerns surrounding crypto security, particularly amidst the recent wave of hacking activities. On August 6, 2024, Ronin Network, which underpins the popular play-to-earn game Axie
A security vulnerability forced the temporary suspension of all activities on the Casper Network, a blockchain platform known for its decentralized applications. After discovering the hack, the Casper Network team quickly worked with validators to put the network on suspension. In order to lessen the blow of the security compromise
The dreadful hack of July that shook the entire crypto community was WazirX’s $230 million attack. Besides this, there was a minor breach staged. On July 23, dYdX, an Ethereum decentralized exchange (DEX), encountered a DNS hijack. What actually happened? How quickly did the platform recover? Who was affected, and
WazirX founder Nischal Shetty has planned the recovery of the stolen assets. He revealed the initial details of the stolen crypto funds and clarified that no security breach occurred before July 18, as misinformation was out about WazirX, and that a few wallets hacked, eight days before the hack. Nischal
Decentralized finance (DeFi) crypto exchange dYdX restored its version 3.0 website after a DNS hijacking attempt on July 23. The team restored the website three hours after announcing the compromise. https://t.co/Ym1dFLLOwx website has been recovered by dYdX Trading Inc. 🙏 Please note that your machine may still be caching the
Web3 security firm Cyvers has detected multiple suspicious transactions involving prominent Indian exchange WazirX’s Safe Multisig wallet on Ethereum. According to an X post, it is believed that $234.9 million of funds in the Multisig have been moved to a new address. Each transaction’s caller was funded by Tornado Cash,
In a concerning development for the crypto community, an adept scammer has executed a phishing scam on the Blur marketplace, making off with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) valued at approximately $239,676. The victim, known as 0xQuit on X (formerly Twitter), reported the theft. That involved six Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs,
