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Wormhole Hacker Moves $46 Million In Stolen Money
<p>Key Points: Another $46 million in stolen assets have just been transferred from the hacker’s wallet, wormhole hacker according to on-chain statistics, which shows that the stolen cryptocurrency from one of the biggest exploits in the industry is in motion once more. In February 2022, Wormhole’s token bridge was attacked, leading to the third-largest cryptocurrency</p>
Trust Wallet Hacked With Estimated Damage Of $4 Million
<p>Key Points: In an official announcement, crypto wallet Trust Wallet announced that there was an attack that took place on the platform over the past week, with an estimated loss of $4 million. In a series of Twitter posts, Trust Wallet said the perpetrator was a criminal organization in Rome (the capital of Italy), which</p>
FBI Seizes 151 Bitcoins From Scammers Targeting Vulnerable Victims
<p>Key Points: Bitcoin and other digital assets have been seized in connection with a fraud scheme that targets the elderly, according to a Friday announcement from the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut and the acting special agent in charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). According</p>
OpenSea’s Seaport Function Makes Stolen NFT Still Sellable
<p>Key Points: Recently, holders discovered that stolen NFTs are still being sold by rampant hackers on Opensea’s Seaport marketplace. Franklin, the sixth largest holder of BAYC, tweeted that twice in a week, someone used the “Match Advanced Order” function to sell to him the stolen goods marked as suspicious activity review (yellow mark, this is</p>
BaFin Warns 400 Crypto And Banking Apps Targeted By Godfather Malware
<p>Key Points: The “GodFather” Android virus is being used by hackers to attack banking and cryptocurrency mobile apps, according to a warning from Germany’s financial watchdog BaFin. In the statement, BaFin said that the virus has so far hit 400 cryptocurrency and financial systems, including those hosted in Germany and 15 other nations. It is</p>
Nomad Attacker Address Transfers 1205 ETH To Tornado Cash
<p>Key Points: It has been more than 4 months since. Nomad Bridge was attacked. However, the stolen funds have not been fully recovered yet, a movement has just been revealed that shows the attackers are still trying to withdraw the stolen funds using crypto mixer platforms. According to PeckShieldAlert monitoring data, attackers in the cross-chain</p>
Hackers Steal $3.26 Million Worth of Ethereum From CreamFinance
<p>Key Points: Data from blockchain analytics company Glassnode shows that an anonymous address identified by CreamFinance as an exploiter transferred 365.7 Ethereum, equivalent to almost $600,000, to the cryptocurrency exchange TradeOgre. This is the most recent in a string of significant transfers from the address, which has reportedly given TradeOgre 2,070 Ethereum for a total</p>
GMX Whale Wallet Phishing Attack Causing Damage $3.4 Million Worth Of GMX Tokens
<p>Key Points: A GMX whale lost $3.4 million in GMX, the native token of the decentralized trading system GMX, after falling for a phishing attack. On the open market, the tokens were subsequently sold. Several members of the community saw unusual GMX token trades on January 3. The transactions were then identified as an exploit</p>
Pi Network Officially Endorsed 2 Recent Listings May Not Operate On Real Pi
<p>Key Points: Over two days, the conscious-crypto community has witnessed two exchanges announcing and then listing the Pi Coin (Pi Network). Such events seem to be super concerning to every Pi miner. However, the Pi Network’s official channel reconfirmed that Pi is in Enclosed Mainnet with no external connectivity permitted. Starting on December 26, the</p>
Kevin O’Leary’s Twitter Account Was Hacked To Promote Giveaway Scam Crypto
<p>Key Points: Kevin O’Leary, a star of Shark Tank, had his Twitter account hacked on Thursday, which was used to spread a fake bitcoin and ethereum giveaway fraud. The con artists claimed that anyone could participate in Mr. Wonderful’s giveaway of 5,000 bitcoin and 15,000 ether. The Mr. Wonderful character Kevin O’Leary’s official Twitter account</p>
Fraudulent Form Gasless Sales On OpenSea Made Users Lose Millions Of Dollars
<p>Key Points: NFT holders are at risk due to a new hack involving a feature on the NFT marketplace OpenSea through phishing websites. On December 23, Harpie issued a warning on a new hacking scheme involving gasless sales on the OpenSea market platform. The cyber security company claims that many customers lost millions of dollars</p>
Solana’s Hack Story Continues With Raydium Protocol
<p>Radiyum Protocol, an order book Automated Market Maker (AMM) on the Solana [SOL] network, was compromised. According to reports, the hacker took money out of different Raydium liquidity pools without having any LP tokens of their own or burning them. The team at Radium Protocol was able to determine how the attack was carried out</p>
Atlas Trading Founders Accused Of Social Media Fraud By SEC
<p>The founders of Atlas Trading and many suspected co-conspirators have been charged of stock manipulation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC claims in the lawsuit, filed late Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, that the group promoted themselves as stock-picking experts to their legions of</p>