Tag: Hacker
New York prosecutor charges hacker over $9M exploit of Solana-based exchange
A former security engineer for an international technology firm has been arrested and charged for allegedly using a smart contract bug to steal $9 mil [...]
Arcadia Finance hacker used reentrancy exploit, team demands return of funds
The Arcadia Finance attacker used a reentrancy exploit to drain $455,000 from the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, according to a July 10 post-m [...]
$794K SIM swap hacker PlugwalkJoe sentenced to five years in prison
British Hacker Joseph O’Connor, also known online as PlugwalkJoe, has been sentenced to five years in U.S. prison for his role in stealing $794,000 wo [...]
2020 Twitter Hacker Sentence to 5 Years on Crypto Theft, SIM Swapping Scheme
Joseph O'Conner, a British man who made roughly $900,000 in an elaborate Twitter hack and a separate crypto-related SIM-swapping scheme, received a 5 [...]
DeFi protocol Sturdy Finance offers $100K bounty to hacker if funds are returned
Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Sturdy Finance has offered a $100,000 bounty to the hacker that exploited the protocol. The lending platform sai [...]
Atomic Wallet hacker sends crypto to mixer used by Lazarus Group: Elliptic
Illicit funds gained from the $35 million Atomic Wallet hack have been moving to a crypto mixer known to be favored by North Korea’s most notorious cy [...]
Jimbos Protocol offers $800K bounty to the public after hacker ignores deal
Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Jimbos Protocol has offered 10% of the exploited funds to the general public after giving the hacker several day [...]
Jimbos Protocol offers deal to hacker, threatens police action
The team behind exploited decentralized finance (DeFi) app Jimbos Protocol has offered a deal to the app’s exploiter: Keep 10% of the funds and return [...]
Russian Bitcoin (BTC) Wallets Allegedly Exposed by Apparent Hacker
The unknown individual used a feature in how the bitcoin blockchain documents transactions to identify 986 wallets controlled by the Foreign Military [...]
SafeMoon hacker agrees to return 80% of stolen funds: Finance Redefined
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most signifi [...]
SafeMoon hacker agrees to return 80% of stolen funds, says development team
The attacker who drained $8.9 million of Binance Coin (BNB) from SafeMoon has agreed to return 80% of the funds, according to an April 18 blockchain m [...]
Safemoon Hacker Strikes Deal With Developers to Return $7.1M
A hacker that exploited decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Safemoon has agreed to return 80% of the stolen funds valued at $7.1 million, according [...]
Hacker mints 1 quadrillion yUSDT after exploiting old Yearn Finance contract
Blockchain security firm PeckShield recently detected a hack that allowed the exploiter to mint over 1 quadrillion Yearn Tether (yUSDT) from $10,000 i [...]
Euler Finance opens redemptions after hacker returns funds
On April 12, Ethereum-based noncustodial lending protocol Euler Finance announced that it would open redemptions after hackers returned the vast major [...]
Sentiment recovers $870K after negotiations with the hacker
Lending protocol Sentiment has managed to recover the stolen funds from the recent hack by offering the hacker a bounty worth $95,000.In an on-chain t [...]