The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has took 2 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) worth more than $100,000 and 86.5 Ether (ETH) from a reported phishing fraudster. The declared fraudster in concern, Chase Senecal — understood as Horror (HZ) online — was atfirst exposed through a prolonged examination by independent blockchain sleuth ZachXBT published back in September. […]
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dosage of important decentralized financing (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you considerable advancements over the last week. 2023 began on a bullish note for the whole crypto market, consistingof the DeFi community, with most of the tokens publishing double-digit gains in January and recording multi-month highs. […]
In February 2022, OpenSea fell prey to a major phishing attack that resulted in over $1.7 million in nonfungible tokens (NFTs) being stolen from users. It wasn’t the only incident: Blockchain users reportedly lost $3.9 billion to fraudulent activity in 2022 alone. As we entered 2023, there was a chorus of promises to increase security […]
An oracle hack allowed the exploiter to manipulate the price of the AllianceBlock token, leading to an estimated $120 million loss, according to Peckshield. 1275 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT A small-scale decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) has suffered a rather sizeable smart contract exploit […]
Around $8.8 million was lost to crypto exploits in January, a massive decline from the figures this time last year. Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT Aside from the bullish crypto market rally in January, there’s been more positive industry news as the month saw a decline in losses from […]
Three main addresses carried out transactions worth $27.18 million to six crypto exchanges. 297 Total views 7 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT North Korean exploiters behind the Harmony Bridge attack continue to launder the funds stolen in June 2022. According to on-chain data revealed on Jan. 28 […]
The majority of the funds stolen were from a single wallet which had $751,321.80 USDC drained from the malicious link. 298 Total views 10 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT Azuki, a popular nonfungible token (NFT) project, had its Twitter account compromised on Jan. 27 leading to hackers […]
The hacker accumulated as much as $90 million worth of crypto during a six-year thieving spree. 141 Total views 26 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT A hacker dubbed the “Blockchain Bandit” has finally woken from a six-year slumber and has started to move their ill-gotten gains. According […]
Kevin Rose, the co-founder of the nonfungible token (NFT) collection Moonbirds, hasactually fallen victim to a phishing fraud leading to more than $1.1 million worth of his individual NFTs taken. The NFT developer and PROOF co-founder shared the news with his 1.6 million Twitter fans on Jan. 25 asking them to prevent purchasing any Squiggles […]
A since-removed tweet called on Robinhood’s 1.1 million Twitter fans to each pay $0.0005 for a token called ‘RBH’ on the Binance Smart Chain. Own this piece of history Collect this post as an NFT An unidentified group or specific hasactually hacked the Twitter account behind crypto and stock trading platform Robinhood to push users […]
Blockchain transaction history shows that the hacker transferred the funds onto a DEX and then went on to cycle funds around different DeFi protocols. 86 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT The hacker behind the $321 million Wormhole bridge attack has shifted a large chunk […]
The FBI also confirmed earlier reports this month by figures such as ZachXBT that the hackers had started moving a large chunk of the funds around via privacy protocols. 156 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed the […]