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Exploits

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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
Bridge Exploits Cost $2B in 2022, Here’s How They Could Have Been Averted
The bridges that are essential to our multi-chain cryptoverse are vulnerable to hacks. But an analysis of some of the biggest exploits of the past year reveals that applying m...
New York City street view of multiple bridges and overpasses (Red Morley Hewitt/Unsplash)
By Martin Köppelmann
Jun 2, 2023 at 5:31 p.m. UTC
Jun 2, 2023
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Consensus Magazine
Trm labs
Crypto Hacks Are Down and Hackers Tend to Return Stolen Money: TRM Labs Report
The sanctions against Tornado Cash, as well as last year's arrest of the Mango Markets infiltrator, motivate hackers to return their loot, researchers believe.
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By Anna Baydakova
May 22, 2023 at 9:41 p.m. UTC
May 22, 2023
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Technology
Huobi
Huobi and Gala Games to Give $50M to Victims of pGala Scheme
The firms will compensate the scheme’s victims while fighting for millions in damages from the cross-chain bridge that covered up the token-printing scheme.
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By Elizabeth Napolitano
Apr 3, 2023 at 9:16 p.m. UTC
Apr 3, 2023
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Finance
Exploits
Euler DeFi Protocol Exploited for Nearly $200M
The losses occurred over four transactions in dai (DAI), wrapped bitcoin (WBTC), staked ether (sETH) and USDC after the attacker conducted a flash loan attack.
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By Jamie CrawleyShaurya Malwa
Mar 13, 2023 at 9:55 a.m. UTC
Mar 13, 2023
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Technology
Defi
Wormhole Bridge Exploiter Supplies $46M to Crypto Lending Platform Maker, Buys Wrapped Ether
The exploiter may be earning returns on staked cryptocurrency.
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By Shaurya Malwa
Feb 13, 2023 at 11:11 a.m. UTC
Feb 13, 2023
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How a Year of Exploits and Hacks Shaped Regulatory Responses to Crypto
Video
Cdtv
How a Year of Exploits and Hacks Shaped Regulatory Responses to Crypto
Ari Redbord, Head of Legal and Government Affairs at TRM Labs, reflects on the record-setting year in crypto exploits. While millions of dollars drained from crypto protocols...
How a Year of Exploits and Hacks Shaped Regulatory Responses to Crypto
By CoinDesk Inc
Dec 29, 2022 at 3:32 p.m. UTC
Dec 29, 2022
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Finance
Rug pulls
Defrost Finance Says Hacked Funds Have Been Returned
The hack, which some observers had characterized as a rug pull, was estimated to have netted $12 million.
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By Sheldon Reback
Dec 26, 2022 at 3:20 p.m. UTC
Dec 26, 2022
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Consensus Magazine
Crypto 2023
This Was the Worst Year for Crypto Hacks. Here’s How 2023 Can Be Better
OpenZeppelin’s Stephen Lloyd Webber writes about the plague of exploits that drained billions from crypto protocols – and how Web3 can better secure itself.
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By Stephen Webber
Dec 19, 2022 at 8:29 p.m. UTC
Dec 19, 2022
Crypto 2023HackOpinionExploitsSecurity
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Tech
Defi
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.
(Adam Levine/CoinDesk)
By Shaurya Malwa
Dec 2, 2022 at 1:25 p.m. UTC
Dec 2, 2022
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Markets
Bnb
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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By Sam Reynolds
Dec 2, 2022 at 6:08 a.m. UTC
Dec 2, 2022
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