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Coinbase Users Fall Victim to $46 Million in Suspected Scams: A Closer Look at Recent Hacks

A worrying turn of events for the crypto world, a blockchain investigator by the name of Zachxbt has put together a report suggesting that users of the popular exchange Coinbase have been falling prey to high-dollar thefts of late, with the value of those thefts adding up to an eye-popping $46 million in just the past couple of weeks. The shadiest dealing associated with this report seems to have gone down last Thursday, when a Coinbase user was seen getting scammed out of $34.9 million— The traced stolen funds have a not-so-simple story to tell. This is because they pass through Thorchain and Chainflip, two decentralized cross-chain protocols, before being exchanged for DAI (a decentralized stablecoin). These thefts in a series of complex hacks really test the security of the cryptocurrency ecosystem. With so many complex methods of robbing coins, […]

Will Izuchukwu March 31, 2025

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$13M in ETH Lost in Hack Targeting GMX and Abracadabra/Spell Contracts

Recently, hackers targeted the decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms GMX and Abracadabra (MIM/Spell) in a security breach, resulting in a significant loss of funds. Blockchain security firm PeckShield reported that the attack hit certain contracts associated with GMX and Abracadabra/Spell, leading to the theft of around 6,260 ETH, worth $13 million. This has raised serious concerns in the DeFi space, with these two platforms being integral parts of the decentralized finance ecosystem. The Nature of the Hack: Affected Contracts and Clarifications The specific targets of the hack were the smart contracts of Abracadabra and Spell. The contracts of Abracadabra that were utilized for this hack were those known for utilizing the 'cauldrons.' Those cauldrons, which leverage GMX V2's GM pools, were identified as the entry point for the breach. However, GMX itself was very clear in saying that it was not […]

Will Izuchukwu March 25, 2025

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Twitter Account Hack Leads to Fake News and Costly Losses in the Crypto Market

In a dramatic turn of events, the popular crypto influencer @tier10k found their Twitter account hacked. The hacker took advantage of this influencer's significant following in order to announce a series of unfounded claims that sent the cryptocurrency market into a tizzy. Most of the falsehoods being propagated via @tier10k's account concerned the $TRUMP token, a cryptocurrency backed by the Donald Trump swaps and the entire Trump family. The truth of those claims was already sufficiently in doubt that the token's price, which just a few hours earlier had been hovering around 1 cent, was by then falling back down to about the same position it had traded in before this whole fiasco began. The Fake News and Its Immediate Impact on $TRUMP The chaos started when the hacked @tier10k account spread false information saying that $TRUMP, a not-so-well-known cryptocurrency, […]

Will Izuchukwu March 16, 2025

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Hackers Launder $1.39 Billion Stolen from Bybit, Impacting ETH Price and THORChain’s Transaction Volume

In a well-coordinated cyber heist, hackers have successfully laundered an incredible 499,000 ETH, valued at around $1.39 billion, taken from the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit. The laundering process, which lasted 10 days, used several advanced methods and made ample use of mixers to obscure the heist's trail. Despite serving as a massive wake-up call about the security of digital assets, the hack has managed to impact the cryptocurrency market in a big way. While the price of Ethereum (ETH) is down around 23% during the same period as the hack, the price of many other cryptocurrencies is down, too. The Complex Money Laundering Operation The scheme to steal from Bybit, one of the top crypto exchanges, was large and messy. Almost 500,000 ETH got taken. And as you can imagine, moving that much cryptocurrency into the real world is hard to […]

Will Izuchukwu March 5, 2025

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Hack on @pumpdotfun X Account Leads to Fraudulent $PUMP Token Promotion and $600K Gain for Hackers

In a troubling development today, the official X account of @pumpdotfun was taken over by hackers and used to promote a bogus token called $PUMP. The malicious actors behind the hack got the account's influence to work for them and got people to take notice of the $PUMP token. They effectively pumped their holdings and dumped them after driving the price up (actually getting people to buy the token). Once the hackers were done with their operation, the price of the $PUMP token dropped, which led to the crypto market losing a lot of money and vulnerable investors losing a lot of money. https://twitter.com/AlphaFirst_/status/1894986593372717170?t=YI8nHAu_ujjRRPvxwlZvrA&s=19 A Sophisticated Attack: Links to Previous Hacks The hack of the @pumpdotfun account was not an isolated incident. Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT has linked it to other high-profile attacks, like those on Jupiter DAO and DogWifCoin. If […]

Will Izuchukwu February 27, 2025

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Starknet’s zkLend Suffers $9.5M Exploit, Funds Laundered and Returned via Railgun Protocol

In a wake-up call in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, zkLend, a decentralized lending platform that operates on the Starknet network, was exploited for $9.5 million. The weekend exploit was a big security hit for the platform, resulting in stolen funds that were supposed to be untraceable. However, in an unexpected twist, the stolen assets were returned, thanks to a feature of Railgun, the privacy-focused protocol that played a part in laundering the funds. The Attack on zkLend A decentralized lending and borrowing protocol called zkLend, built on Starknet, has received a lot of attention for its novel approach to this service. Unfortunately, that reputation took a big hit when the system had a vulnerability exploited by a hacker who made away with about $9.5 million worth of crypto assets. After the funds were stolen, the hacker then bridged the […]

Will Izuchukwu February 12, 2025

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