tornado cash
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...
Hacker Steals $100M From Harmony’s Horizon Bridge 17
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...
Malware
A malware program called Smominru has been mining privacy oriented cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) on half a million infected computers. The malicious mining script has also been stealing sensitive user data. Sophisticated, Multi-Stage Malware Detected Carbon Black, an online security firm, revealed in a report released on August 7, 2019 that...
Mango Markets Set To Return Stolen Funds Worth $114 Million  18
Mango Markets’ Daffy Durairaj tweeted that the firm is in the process of carving a plan out to return stolen funds  The firm suffered a massive online exploit earlier this month, which resulted in the firm losing nearly $114 million worth of funds. Mango Markets DEX, which suffered a massive...
Binance Secures $5.8 Million Worth Of Laundered Axie Infinity Funds 20
Crypto exchange Binance has secured a part of stolen Axie Infinity funds.  Binance’s CEO Changpeng Zhao stated that the exchange has successfully retrieved stolen funds worth $5.8 million from the Axie Infinity hackers.  Crypto Exchange Binance has successfully seized $5.8 million worth of stolen funds from the Axie Infinity hackers....
Hacktivist Group Anonymous Pledges To Expose Do Kwon 21
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...