The crypto sector continues to face an alarming wave of cyberattacks, with a recent breach involving the Bedrock protocol adding to the growing list of DeFi exploits. Ten hours ago, Cyvers Alert, a digital asset monitoring platform, flagged a suspicious transaction linked to Bedrock, a DeFi multi-asset liquid restaking protocol.
On Monday, Sam Altman’s OpenAI X account was hacked in an attempt to deceive users with a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. Hackers posted a message promoting a fake blockchain token, $OPENAI, luring unsuspecting users to a phishing site that aimed to steal their crypto wallet credentials. The hack targeted OpenAI’s official
Cybersecurity firm Cyvers has identified a significant breach at Bankroll Status, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform on the BNB Chain, resulting in losses of approximately $230,000. Cybersecurity experts attribute the attack to the notorious DualPools hacker group. Cyvers flagged the suspicious transaction as part of a broader malicious operation. Their
The crypto market continues to face multiple hacking incidents, with the latest targeting Shezmu, a leveraged yield protocol. On September 21, Chaofan Shou, co-founder of blockchain analytics firm Fuzzland, raised alarms regarding a compromised storage vault belonging to Shezmu, leading to the theft of approximately $4.9 million in cryptocurrencies. The
BingX, a prominent Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, has resumed withdrawal services for digital assets following a hack that resulted in $52 million in losses. Reportedly, the estimated initial loss of the security breach was $43 million. In an official X post on September 20, Chief Product Officer of BingX, Vivien Lin,
Crypto hackers have seized control of the Supreme Court of India’s official YouTube channel to execute a Ripple and XRP scam. On September 20, the channel, which boasts over 217,000 subscribers, was rebranded to promote misleading cryptocurrency content. Users encountered videos touting Ripple and XRP investments, misleading many in the
The Indian crypto exchange, WazirX’s exploit, has been a prolonged discussion among the community for the past two months. The WazirX hack became the notable crypto hack in 2024. Meanwhile, the hacker transferred 5,000 ETH, worth approximately $11.7 million, to the mixing tool. Reportedly, the attacker has recently moved 10,000
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
