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PeckShield
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Crypto scams and hacks surpass $3b in 2024, up 15% from 2023
Crypto investors faced a tough 2024 as hacks and scams exploited weaknesses, costing billions in losses. Crypto-related hacks…
December’s crypto losses from hacks were lowest in 2024: PeckShield
In December 2024, more than 25 hacks in the crypto industry led to approximately $24.7 million in losses,…
Nexera burns 32.5m compromised tokens after $440k loss
Decentralized finance protocol Nexera has burned stolen NXRA tokens in a bid to mitigate damage to its ecosystem’s…
Unizen hacker transfers $2.1M stolen funds to Tornado Cash
The hacker’s use of Tornado Cash marks the first movement of the stolen Unizen funds since March, heightening…
WazirX hacker funnels $149M of SHIB, MATIC other altcoins into ETH
Blockchain security firms say bad actors typically move altcoins into Ether to prepare for laundering, as the native…
Stolen Poloniex Ether worth $53M never made it back to the exchange
The Poloniex hacker moved over 17,800 Ether from six different wallets into a single Tornado Cash address.
WBTC thief spreads $71M loot across multiple crypto wallets
Stolen crypto from a $71 million wallet impersonation scam is on the move after six days of dormancy.
Losses from crypto hacks drop 67% to $60m in April
In April, crypto fraudsters stole $60.2 million, a 67% decrease from March.
Prisma Finance hacker sends $6.5m in ETH to Tornado Cash
PeckShield reported the movement of assets from addresses related to the hacking of the Prisma Finance protocol.
Crypto investors lost nearly $2b over 600+ incidents in 2023, data shows
Analysts at blockchain forensic firm PeckShield say the crypto industry witnessed over 600 hack incidents over the past…