Two hardware wallet makers are now trading barbs after OneKey’s security team said it managed to reproduce an exploit in an old version of Ledger’s Ethereum app, and Ledger fired back over how that claim got framed. OneKey founder and…
Ethereum-based lending protocol Term Finance suffered a governance-based attack that drained roughly $8.5 million from its vault products, according to blockchain security firms tracking the incident. In response, Term Labs moved quickly to permanently shut down all Term Meta Vaults,…
A 19-year-old suspected member of the Scattered Spider hacking group has been extradited to the United States over his alleged role in an $8 million crypto ransom demand targeting a luxury jewelry retailer. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed…
Sanctioned Kyrgystan-registered cryptocurrency exchange Grinex has halted trading after attackers pulled over one billion Russian rubles from its wallets, with the platform attributing the breach to foreign state actors and calling it a deliberate assault on Russia’s financial system. Grinex…
Key Takeaways Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs has identified a ransomware group known as Embargo as having moved more than $34 million in crypto ransom payments since April 2024. The group operates under a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model and has targeted…
Key Takeaways The judge sided with Eisenberg’s core defense which was that the exploit did not involve misrepresentation or deception, but rather a calculated use of openly accessible DeFi mechanisms. Eisenberg, who describes himself as an “applied game theorist,” was…
Key Takeaways Australian authorities have confiscated assets valued at more than 4.5 million Australian dollars following a lengthy probe into stolen crypto linked to a Queensland man. The Australian Federal Police-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) secured the forfeiture of…
Key Takeaways German authorities have seized $38 million in crypto from eXch, a crypto platform accused of laundering funds linked to 2025 Bybit’s $1.4 billion hack. The announcement was made jointly by Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and Frankfurt’s…
Key Takeaways Two U.S.-based companies allegedly set up by North Korean operatives have been linked to a cyber campaign aimed at stealing sensitive data from cryptocurrency developers, according to findings shared by cybersecurity firm Silent Push. Reportedly, the entities, Blocknovas…
Key Takeaways Leading Cross-chain trading protocol Chainflip is rolling out an emergency software upgrade to prevent the movement of funds linked to the $1.4 billion Bybit exploit. The upgrade, version 1.7.10, is designed to block illicit transactions within the protocol,…
