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Polymarket suffers live POL drain as team rules out feared contract exploit
Polymarket faced what many users interpreted as a possible hack on May 22 after public alerts described a…
THORChain exploit turns emergency chain halt into a DeFi trust test
THORChain’s suspected multichain exploit and emergency halt on May 15 has turned into another DeFi security incident, and…
Ripple insider warns XRP holders as fake airdrop scams surge across XRPL
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is seeing a drastic rise in fraud attempts targeting its users as the network…
OpenAI’s new cybersecurity push has a lesson for crypto: stop waiting for the hack
OpenAI introduced a new cybersecurity initiative, Daybreak, on May 11, designed to find, validate, and help fix software…
After the $16.5 billion in exploits, DeFi is now being forced toward the controls it once resisted
The rsETH crisis resulted in $200 million in bad debt on Aave’s books, despite not a single line…
DPRK Calls Cyber Theft Accusations ‘Absurd Slander’ Driven by Reptile Media
North Korea-linked actors have been frequently connected to large-scale crypto hacks, thefts, and laundering operations in recent years.…
KelpDAO and Drift Lead Devastating $650M Crypto Hack Wave of April
April 2026 turned out to be an unusual month for the crypto market. While overall activity remained steady…
DeFi lost $13B this month as the KelpDAO rescue shows both the best and worst of DeFi
The official DeFi United site shows over 69,550 ETH raised from 222 wallets across 1,623 transfers, all aimed…
OpenAI’s new image model shows why crypto scams are about to get much worse
A crypto founder had his laptop compromised when he joined what appeared to be a Microsoft Teams call…
Will new Apple CEO combat fake crypto apps littering the “walled garden” App Store?
Apple is heading into its biggest leadership transition in years, just as scrutiny is mounting over the security…
