Prisma Finance engineers have already halted the DeFi protocol to investigate the attack.
Hackers News
The term “computer hacker” refers to an individual or group of individuals skilled in manipulating computer systems, often breaking through layers of security to achieve their goals. These goals can range from exploring systems out of curiosity, stealing sensitive data and defacing websites to illegally profiting from system manipulation.
In the context of cryptocurrencies, hackers target exchanges, wallets and users to steal funds. The latest news on hackers shows that no one is protected from their schemes, with several cases of exchange hacks.
In 2014, Mt. Gox, once the world’s largest Bitcoin exchanges, declared bankruptcy after losing 850,000 Bitcoin (BTC). In March 2022, hackers targeted the Axie Infinity gaming platform’s network, Ronin, stealing approximately $625 million in Ether (ETH) and USD Coin (USDC), marking the largest cryptocurrency hack to date.
Other notable hacks include the Poly Network heist, where over $600 million was stolen. FTX also faced a massive breach, losing $600 million in crypto assets. Binance, a major exchange, fell victim to a $570 million hack, and Coincheck suffered a $523 million attack in 2018.
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Elon Musk rolled out the paid verification model on X, earlier known as “Twitter Blue,” to fight the scammers and spammers thriving on the platform before his takeover.
11246On March 27, 4:40 am UTC, Munchables identified the hacker as one of its developers. An hour of negotiations led to the former developer agreeing to return the hacked funds.
5017A new NFT game built on the Ethereum layer 2 Blast has been exploited for nearly 17,500 ETH.
8592Curio said it will conduct a fund compensation program for affected liquidity providers, which could potentially take up to one year to complete.
1793ParaSwap has now returned assets to wallets that have revoked their permissions to the AugustusV6 smart contract, which was found to have a critical vulnerability last week.
3260SatoshiLabs revealed that it suspects the compromise to be a sophisticated and premeditated phishing attack planned by hackers over several weeks.
1348In its largest transaction, the HECO Chain exploiter sent 11,300 ETH worth roughly $39.5 million in one transfer.
1289A new “unpatchable” vulnerability in Apple’s M-series of chips was discovered, potentially allowing hackers access to extract secret keys and encrypted data from Macs.
8268a16z’s Packy McCormick and Coinbase’s Scott Shapiro were among those targeted by phishing scammers who used their accounts to spread malicious crypto phishing links on X.
6101Over $4.8 million was withdrawn from its liquidity pool by a self-proclaimed white hat hacker.
2197The funds were taken from a crypto whale in 2023 when the holder signed transactions that allowed the attacker to access the funds.
10968According to Layerswap, domain registrar GoDaddy’s sluggish intervention allowed the hacker to retain longer control of the domain.
2841The Ethereum version of Dolomite suffered a $1.8 million exploit, and the team is warning users to revoke approvals for this old address.
10915ParaSwap paused the v6 API soon after discovering the vulnerability and secured the potential victims’ funds through a white hat intervention. Plans to reimburse potential victims are underway.
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