How Attackers Made $15M From Staking Platform Helio After Ankr Exploit
A delay in updating price data on BNB-related derivative tokens allowed some exploiters to piggyback off a previous attack.
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Dec 2, 2022 at 1:25 p.m. UTC
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DeFi Protocol Ankr to Reimburse Users Affected by $5M Exploit
The attacker was able to mint 6 quadrillion aBNBc tokens, which was eventually turned into roughly 5 million USDC.
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Dec 2, 2022 at 6:08 a.m. UTC
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FTX Exploiter Transfers $200M in Ether to 12 Crypto Wallets
The exploiter had previously drained hundreds of millions of digital assets from FTX on the same day as the embattled crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy protection.
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Nov 21, 2022 at 5:36 p.m. UTC
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FTX Accounts Drainer Swaps Millions in Stolen Crypto, Becomes 35th-Largest Ether Holder
The funds were converted to DAI stablecoins and bridged to the Ethereum network.
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Nov 15, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. UTC
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FTX Hack or Inside Job? Blockchain Experts Examine Clues and a ‘Stupid Mistake’
Insolvent crypto exchange FTX suffered a $400 million exploit late Friday after filing for bankruptcy protection.
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Nov 14, 2022 at 8:30 p.m. UTC
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Huobi Exchange Users Furious After GALA Holdings Are Converted to ‘Meme Token’
The move came after a bug forced a bridging service to relaunch the wrapped version of GALA that trades on Binance Smart Chain, sparking widespread confusion.
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Nov 4, 2022 at 8:04 p.m. UTC
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Temor a hackeo de US$1000M provoca desplome de 20% en GALA, pero la firma insinúa que se atacó a sí misma
“Todos los tokens de GALA en Ethereum y en los puentes están a salvo”, tuiteó una empresa afiliada.
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Nov 4, 2022 at 1:12 p.m. UTC
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$1B Crypto Hack Fears Spur 20% GALA Plunge, but Firm Implies It Attacked Itself as a Safeguard
"All GALA tokens on Ethereum as well as the underlying bridge collateral are SAFE," an affiliated firm tweeted.
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Nov 3, 2022 at 11:38 p.m. UTC
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With Hacks at a Record High, Crypto Needs to Find Better Ways to Keep Users Safe
Nearly $3 billion has been lost to protocol exploits so far in 2022, more than double last year’s total, according to blockchain security firm Peckshield.
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Nov 3, 2022 at 4:19 p.m. UTC
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DeFi Protocol Solend Struck by $1.26M Oracle Exploit
The Stable, Coin98 and Kamino lending pools have all been disabled.
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Nov 2, 2022 at 10:09 a.m. UTC
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