hackers
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After the Kraken-CertiK incident earlier this week, Ledger’s Charles Guillemet weighed in on white hat hackers
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Budding DeFi protocols have already struggled to keep hackers at bay in 2024, with almost $100 million lost in less than a week
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While ill-gotten gains from exploits are significantly down from the same period compared to last year, hacks continue to pose a clear danger for budding DeFi ecosystems
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While sophisticated analytics may have played a part, the exploiter seemingly made simple mistakes
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In the months after stealing millions in crypto, the accused proceeded to Google things like “defi hacks FBI”
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After a governance takeover, the perpetrator offers a proposal, but the community is skeptical
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The notorious cybercrime group used Ethereum-based Railgun to anonymize their movements, but exchanges froze some assets
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Cybersecurity researchers say this North Korean hacker crew likely won’t slow down its crypto-phishing campaign anytime soon
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The hacker allegedly made use of Telegram and Excel to infect systems that it accessed remotely
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DeFi platform KyberSwap suffered a frontend security breach last week that allowed hackers to steal crypto from two whale wallets
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It’s difficult for any crypto hacker to escape with a large amount of stolen funds, industry watchers say
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