Diving into the $320M Wormhole Bridge Hack
The full story behind the exploit that led to the fraudulent minting of 120,000 wETH and threatened to crash Solana.
Early February of 2022 was...
Tracing Private Cryptocurrencies
Many believe total anonymity is possible using privacy enhanced cryptocurrencies. It might not always be the case.
Are popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum private?
Absolutely...
The $160M Wintermute Hack: Inside Job or Profanity Bug?
Getting to the bottom of the exploit that led to one of the biggest hacks in the history of decentralized finance.
In order to understand...
How the Big Binance Bridge Hack Will Change the way People...
$566M worth of BNB was stolen from Binance’s cross-chain bridge BSC Token Hub, but how they responded to the hack will be the most...
What You Need to Know about the $460M MtGox Hack of...
The full story behind the first major crypto hack and how much really was lost.
MtGox was one of the very first platforms on which...
How Crypto’s Biggest Hacker was Found but Never Identified
The $611M Poly Network exploit is the largest crypto hack to date in terms of mark-to-market value and all the stolen funds were returned,...
The 12 Biggest Hacking Incidents in the History of Crypto
The most comprehensive ranked list of the biggest crypto hacks in history (Up until November 1, 2022. I suspect a larger one is just...
What the Biggest Blockchain Game’s Hack Reveals about the Future of...
Axie Infinity’s Ronin Bridge Hack for $551M worth of crypto assets could paradoxically lead to higher rates of blockchain adoption by showing that it’s...
A Deep Dive Into the ‘Rags to Riches’ Manual for Withdrawing...
Annualized data from blockchain forensics provider Chainalysis indicates that crypto-enabled crime has dropped precipitously through the first half of 2023, but cybercriminals are also...
How KuCoin Survived a Massive Hack of $285M Worth of Crypto...
When attacked, some crypto projects and exchanges buckle and fold under pressure; KuCoin set the standard in 2020 for how to react to crypto...
Verified Crypto Account Listings Proliferate on the Dark Web
Verified crypto-exchange accounts have become a hot commodity on the dark web, with login credentials available for as little as $20, according to May...
How the Nomad Bridge Hack can Help Us Explore the Potential...
One attacker and hundreds of copycats looted the Nomad bridge for over $190 million; few did the right thing.
Decentralization is a hot-button topic in...
Cryptosec Maps Dark Web SIM Swapping Economy
In the U.S. alone, SIM-swapping attacks resulted in $72 million worth of losses last year, four-million dollars more than 2021, according to the Federal...
Gleaming Wisdom from the Strange $170M BitGrail Hack
Around $170M worth of cryptocurrency was allegedly stolen from an obscure Italian crypto exchange called BitGrail in 2018; it’s still unclear exactly how or...
What the $534M Coincheck Hack Taught Us All About Safe Storage...
The biggest crypto heist in history at the time it occurred in 2018 was an eye-opener for many reasons, not least of which for...
