How KuCoin Survived a Massive Hack of $285M Worth of Crypto...
When attacked, some crypto projects and exchanges buckle and fold under pressure; KuCoin set the standard in 2020 for how to react to crypto...
$31 Million Hack of Meerkat Finance
On March 4, 2021 Binance Smart Chain-based yield farming protocol Meerkat Finance lost $31 million in user funds - just one day after launching...
Verified Crypto Account Listings Proliferate on the Dark Web
Verified crypto-exchange accounts have become a hot commodity on the dark web, with login credentials available for as little as $20, according to May...
$30M Stolen From Grim Finance
DeFi protocol Grim Finance said about $30 million was stolen by hackers exploiting a reentrancy vulnerability in their platform. A security flaw in the...
Potential $600M FTX Hack
In the midst of the FTX meltdown, the once 2nd largest exchange appears to also be facing one of the largest crypto hacks of...
BNB Chain Halted After Suspected Hack, $536M Compromised
BNB Chain has been halted after one of the biggest BNB holders started displaying erratic on-chain behavior, suggesting a hack.
At around 17:30 UTC the...
Diving into the $320M Wormhole Bridge Hack
The full story behind the exploit that led to the fraudulent minting of 120,000 wETH and threatened to crash Solana.
Early February of 2022 was...
Gleaming Wisdom from the Strange $170M BitGrail Hack
Around $170M worth of cryptocurrency was allegedly stolen from an obscure Italian crypto exchange called BitGrail in 2018; it’s still unclear exactly how or...
What You Need to Know about the $460M MtGox Hack of...
The full story behind the first major crypto hack and how much really was lost.
MtGox was one of the very first platforms on which...
How Crypto’s Biggest Hacker was Found but Never Identified
The $611M Poly Network exploit is the largest crypto hack to date in terms of mark-to-market value and all the stolen funds were returned,...
Tracing Private Cryptocurrencies
Many believe total anonymity is possible using privacy enhanced cryptocurrencies. It might not always be the case.
Are popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum private?
Absolutely...
Trying to Solve the Mysterious $200M BitMart Hack
A missing pile of Safemoon and other cryptocurrencies, accusations of broken promises, and then nothing.
When a high-profile cyber attack takes place and hundreds of...
Cryptosec Maps Dark Web SIM Swapping Economy
In the U.S. alone, SIM-swapping attacks resulted in $72 million worth of losses last year, four-million dollars more than 2021, according to the Federal...
New UK Crypto Rules for Sanctions
UK Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation updated its sanctions guidance on 30 August to explicitly include “cryptoassets” among those that must be frozen...
The 12 Biggest Hacking Incidents in the History of Crypto
The most comprehensive ranked list of the biggest crypto hacks in history (Up until November 1, 2022. I suspect a larger one is just...
