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Wintermute Offers Bounty For $160M DeFi Hack 

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Wintermute’s CEO, Evgeny Gaevoy, shared additional details via Twitter after encountering a $160M DeFi hack yesterday. Gaevoy is also offering a 10% bounty to hackers in exchange for stolen funds. After encountering a massive $160M DeFi hack yesterday, Wintermute’s CEO, Evgeny Gaevoy, took to Twitter to share more details about the...

Revolut Data Breach Ends Up Exposing Personal Details Of Nearly 50,000 Users

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Revolut Data Breach Ends Up Exposing Personal Details Of Nearly 50,000 Users 13
The report from the State Data Protection Inspectorate confirms that the Revolut data breach may have impacted 50,000 of its customers. Revolut had recently encountered a malicious cyber attack that resulted in jeopardizing the company’s database temporarily. Leading fintech startup Revolut recently fell prey to a malicious cyber attack that...

Kyber Network Exploited for $265,000

Rahul Nambiampurath·
Kyber Network Exploited for $265,000 14
Kyber Network identified and fixed a vulnerability in the front-end. The attacker managed to steal $265,000 through malicious code that was discreetly inserted into the Google Tag Manager. The Kyber Network team has promised to reimburse victims. Kyber Network has revealed that it has been the victim of an exploit...

Tornado Cash Developer Allegedly Had Links to Russia’s FSB

Rahul Nambiampurath·
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Reports are emerging that the recently arrested Tornado Cash developer is linked to Russia’s FSB. Alexey Pertsev was a former employee of the FSB, according to one report. GitHub also recently removed the source code of Tornado Cash and deleted associated accounts. Reports are emerging that the popular crypto mixing...

North Korean Lazarus Group Believed To Be Behind $100M Harmony Hack

Rahul Nambiampurath·
Lazarus Group of North Korea behind Harmony attack
North Korea’s Lazarus Group is believed to be behind the $100 million attack on Harmony Protocol’s Horizon bridge. Blockchain forensics company Elliptic said that there were several signs that suggested Lazarus executed the attack. North Korea is suspected to be behind several attacks on the DeFi market, catching the attention...

Hacktivist Group Anonymous Pledges To Expose Do Kwon

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Anonymous has uploaded a new video that targets Terra Form labs founder Do Kwon Anonymous group has pledged to expose Do Kwon’s crimes and bring him to justice as soon as possible.  Popular hacktivist group Anonymous is back again and has uploaded a new video that pledges to expose Do...

Hacker Steals $100M From Harmony’s Horizon Bridge

Rahul Nambiampurath·
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Harmony Protocol’s Horizon Bridge has been hacked, with about $100 million stolen. The team has contacted authorities and shut down the bridge. This is not the first time that a bridge has been hacked this year, with Ronin and Wormhole both suffering very expensive hacks. Harmony Protocol’s Horizon bridge has...