White hat ‘SEAL’ team protecting from crypto hacks surpasses 900 investigations
The crypto security team is preparing to launch a battleground for hackers and crypto protocols at the DeFi Security Summit at Devcon in November. Go to Source
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The crypto security team is preparing to launch a battleground for hackers and crypto protocols at the DeFi Security Summit at Devcon in November. Go to Source
Ronin Network stated that digital assets worth $12 million, siphoned by so-called white hat hackers on August 6, were returned in full the same day. The Ronin team mentioned that they paused the bridge approximately 40 minutes after the first on-chain action was detected. The team also assured users that their funds were “safe and … Read more
Kraken has accused an unnamed security research firm of stealing $3 million from its treasury and attempting to extort more money. Nick Percoco said so-called white hat hackers failed to fully disclose the bug transaction details and have not made arrangements to return the stolen funds. White Hat Hackers Refuse to Abide by Rules The … Read more
Certain on-chain signs point to a potential white hat, or ethical hacker, looking for blockchain vulnerabilities. Go to Source
XLink faced a security breach involving almost $10 million, with $4.3 million recovered thanks to a friendly neighborhood white hat hacker. Go to Source
DeFi lending platform Tender.fi sees $1.59 million of assets drained by alleged white hat hacker taking advantage of a misconfigured oracle. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Ethereum scaling startup Optimism disclosed a “critical bug” fix in the project’s Geth fork that would have allowed malicious hackers to create infinite ETH Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The platform has paid out more than $7.5 million in bug bounties since inception in December 2020. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
On Friday, a few days after the initial hack for $611 million, the Poly Network project detailed that the company has obtained all the assets stolen minus the frozen tether that was blacklisted by Tether Limited. The Poly Network team said they are in control of the funds along with “Mr. White Hat,” but the … Read more
Two days after the notorious Poly Network hack, the hacker continues to send funds back to the project. On August 12, the Poly Network hacker so far has returned millions worth of ether, thousands of uni tokens, 1,032 wrapped bitcoins, and 96 million in stablecoins. The day prior, after returning $260 million in tokens, the … Read more