Weekend Wrap: Ransomware botnets taken down, Cruz starts mining and more
Europol said its taken down a hacking ring that helped ransomware attackers inject their malicious code and Ted Cruz is mining Bitcoin. Go to Source
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Japanese exchange DMM loses $305M in Bitcoin via private key hack
The cryptocurrency exchange lost 4,502.9 BTC due to a hack of its private key; withdrawals have been temporarily suspended. Go to Source
Based Doge hit with ‘same as Normie’ exploit as 91.4M BOGE is drained
An attacker minted 91 million BOGE tokens and crashed its price, relying on a similar vulnerability as the Normie exploit one day earlier. Go to Source
Normie Meme Coin Suffers Exploit, Vows to Relaunch After Negotiating Hacker Bounty
Normie, a meme coin launched on Base, suffered an exploit that took its market capitalization from almost $42 million to $1 million. The exploiter sent a message offering to keep 10% of the ETH exploited, and demanding that the remaining 90% and the 600 ETH still present in the wallet of the token developers be … Read more
Weekend Wrap: 6 years jail for BTC launderer, Ulbricht thanks Trump and more
A London court jailed Jian Wen for six years after being convicted of money laundering in March and Ross Ulbricht thanked Donald Trump for his pledge to free him. Go to Source
Danger as wave of crypto influencers and celeb X accounts are hacked
The social media accounts of famous traders, rappers and even Caitlyn Jenner are shilling tokens in what many believe is part of an orchestrated string of hacks. Go to Source
Alex Labs freezes $3.9M of exploited funds sent to CEXs after hack
The team behind the Bitcoin layer-2 developer has successfully frozen some exploited crypto after the attacker tried to cash out by sending funds to exchanges. Go to Source
Solana Meme Coin Marketplace Pump.fun Suffers $80 Million Exploit
Pump.fun, a Solana-based marketplace and deployment tool for meme coins, has acknowledged suffering an exploit dealing with the bonding curve contracts in its platform. While the protocol is still investigating the matter, it reported that “the TVL in the protocol right now is safe,” as it has upgraded the contracts to deal with the attack … Read more
Stolen Poloniex Ether worth $53M never made it back to the exchange
The Poloniex hacker moved over 17,800 Ether (ETH) from six different wallets into a single Tornado Cash address. Go to Source
CertiK discovered $5M security flaw in Wormhole bridge on Aptos
A flaw in the bridge could have allowed an attacker to produce fake token transfers, but it was discovered and patched before anyone could take advantage of it. Go to Source
