Learning about the top 10 DeFi hacks is a smart move that can help you to better understand the market's history and future. The world of DeFi (Decentralized Finance) remains an exciting and expanding …
Curve Finance’s $62M exploit exposes larger issues for DeFi ecosystem
Hackers stole around $62 million from Curve Finance on Sunday, causing a ripple effect throughout the crypto sector and raising questions about the strength of the decentralized finance ecosystem. …
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Optimism: DeFi protocol succumbs to hack, how was OP impacted
Hundred Finance, a lending and borrowing DeFi protocol on the Optimism [OP] network, was attacked by a hacker on 15 April. The hack led to the exploitation of $7 million worth of assets. According to …
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How an elite team pressured a hacker to return $200 million he stole from DeFi platform Euler
The wild world of DeFi has seen its share of hacks and high jinks, but nothing quite like what befell the lending service Euler Finance in recent weeks. The saga began in mid-March when a hacker used …
Mt. Gox creditor saga: What lessons has the Bitcoin community learned?
In the early days of Bitcoin, Mt. Gox was by far the most prominent Bitcoin exchange in the world. The Tokyo-based company was responsible for more than 70% of all Bitcoin transactions in 2013. …
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Euler Hack Shines Light on Promise – and Peril – of DeFi Composability
Euler Labs is offering a $1M bounty for information that leads to the arrest of a hacker who stole more than $200M from the Euler protocol on Monday. The hack is the sixth-largest in DeFi history. …
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Euler Finance blocks vulnerable module, working on recovering funds
Decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Euler Finance became a victim of a flash loan attack on March 13, resulting in the biggest hack of crypto in 2023 so far. The lending protocol lost nearly …
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Oasis Exploits Its Own Wallet Software to Seize Crypto Stolen in Wormhole Hack
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platform Oasis said Friday it seized assets tied to last year’s $140 million exploit of the Wormhole bridge and returned them to an “authorized third party” after being …
Cryptocurrency Account Security
Crypto-hacking and theft have been front and center in the news. Separate from the failures and alleged fraud of CeFi crypto-exchanges, estimates suggest that $3.8 billion worth of cryptocurrencies …
Lessons From Proof Founder Kevin Rose’s $1.4M NFT Phishing Experience
Kevin Rose, the CEO and founder of Proof, fell victim to an apparent phishing attack, with his hacked wallet estimated to have held rare NFTs worth millions. After the theft, Rose worked with OpenSea …
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