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Hacker pleads guilty to $12M Solana DeFi hacks in first smart contract fraud conviction
Shakeeb Ahmed, a security engineer who exploited two Solana DeFi apps, has pleaded guilty, according to statements from…
Ledger CEO explains hack, calls it ‘isolated incident’
CEO and chairman Pascal Gauthier says the company is working with law enforcement to “find this bad actor,…
Ledger breach possibly affecting whole EVM ecosystem — Linea
Wallet provider MetaMask was also affected by the incident. Ledger released a patch to resolve the issue but…
Ledger patches vulnerability after multiple DApps using connector library were compromised
Multiple decentralized applications using Ledger’s connector library have been compromised, including SushiSwap and Revoke.cash. Ledger claims the issue…
KyberSwap commits to covering user losses from recent exploit
KyberSwap announced on Dec. 1 that it will offer grants in order to compensate users affected by a…
Nearly 70% of November’s $350 million crypto hacks linked to Justin Sun entities
November witnessed an upsurge in Web3 hacks and exploits as crypto hackers stole nearly $350 million across 28…
Justin Sun says HTX and Poloniex will offer ‘epic airdrop’ following exchange hacks
Justin Sun, a top representative for the crypto exchanges HTX and Poloniex, announced plans to reward users and…
Fantom Foundation awards $1.7M bounty for preventing $170M drain
In the aftermath of Fantom’s $550,000 hack in October, a security researcher found that the attacker could have…
Kronos Research halts trading amid $25M API key hack investigation
While Kronos Research is indefinitely halting trading services until internal investigations track down the culprit who stole over…
46% of crypto lost from exploits is due to traditional Web2 flaws — Immunefi
The security platform released a report categorizing Web3 exploits in 2022, concluding that nearly half came from “infrastructure”…
