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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a criminal investigation into the alleged hack that resulted in approximately $372 million being stolen from FTX-controlled wallets on the evening that the Bahamas-based exchange declared bankruptcy. Massive cryptocurrency outflows began on Nov....

Serum (CRYPTO: SRM), a decentralized exchange software built in the Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) ecosystem, may have been compromised when the hacking of bankrupt FTX occurred on Saturday. A new report shows that FTX had $8.9 billion in liabilities before it filed for bankruptcy and $...

A 17-year-old teen is arrested today and a journalist suggests that the teen is suspected for the GTA 6 leak which happened last week along with the Uber leak that happened this month with the connection of hacking group Lapsus$. The City of London Police posted on Twitter that on the evening of...

When a company's computer systems are compromised, it is not surprising there is going to be a negative impact on its share price, though the price action following such an announcement can vary. The above scenario applies to Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ: TTWO), which is the...

Last week, millions of dollars were hacked from Solana’s (CRYPTO: SOL) ecosystem. While its blockchain wasn’t hacked directly, hackers were able to drain funds from Solana wallets. It’s still unclear exactly how the hackers were able to access the funds, but it appears that...

Axie Infinity (CRYPTO: AXS) has announced its Ronin Bridge will be restarting three months after an exploit of $625 million. What Happened: On Tuesday, June 28, Axie Infinity’s Ronin Bridge was restarted following external audits and internal audits. These audits were carried out by...

The Horizon bridge enabling the transfer of crypto assets between the Harmony (CRYPTO: ONE) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) blockchains has been hacked and $100 million worth of assets were stolen. What Happened: Harmony's official Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR)...

A hacker has returned 1 million OP tokens to Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin. Some 18 million more tokens are expected to be returned once certain conditions are met. What Happened: Following the recent exploit of Optimism (CRYPTO: OP) where 20 million OP were stolen due to a...

On June 9, Optimism (CRYPTO: OP) reported it suffered a loss of 20 million OP, currently valued at more than $16 million, due to an exploit by a hacker. What Happened: Major Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) layer-2 protocol, Optimism incorrectly sent 20 million OP to the wrong blockchain address....

Yuga Labs announced it removed a segment of the code underlying the Bored Ape Yacht Club that allowed the creation of an infinite amount of Bored Apes. What Happened: Following its Discord servers being hacked four days ago, resulting in 200 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)...

The Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) Discord server was hacked on Saturday. The attacker managed to steal 200 Ethereum-worth (CRYPTO: ETH) of NFTs ($360,000), along with an 145 ETH ($260,000).  The project’s community manager, Boris Vagner’s Discord account, was compromised. The...

Crypto projects Rari Capital and Fei Protocol have said that they have incurred an $80 million hack.  According to the Chinese crypto blogger Colin Wu, multiple pools related to these platforms have been attacked, citing data provided by BlockSec.  Breaking: BlockSec found that multiple...

Dapper Ape High Society (DAHS), a metaverse project on Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), launched its DAHS genesis NFT mint on Feb. 19 at a mint price of 0.75 SOL. Original investors in the project have seen, on average, a 600% return because floor prices for DAHS NFTs have risen to 4.57 SOL...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter handle was compromised for a brief period on Saturday.  The account was restored after sharing a link promising a Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) giveaway. When it was hacked, misleading information was shared about the mainstream adoption of Bitcoin and...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) announced the detection and the resolution of the recent account hack that allegedly compromised 530 million accounts, Reuters reports. Business Insider reported the free availability of phone numbers and other user profile details before...