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A major cryptocurrency hack resulted in losses of $292 million, marking one of the largest DeFi exploits in recent history. The attack targeted a prominent decentralized finance protocol, with hackers exploiting vulnerabilities in smart contract code to drain user funds. Industry insiders are calling the incident a wake-up call for
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North Korea-linked hackers stole $577 million in two April exploits, accounting for 76% of crypto losses in 2026, according to TRM Labs.
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North Korean operatives successfully infiltrated decentralized trading platform Drift through an elaborate months-long social engineering campaign, ultimately draining $285 million from the protocol. The sophisticated attack involved spies working in-person to gain the trust of Drift employees and gradually compromise the platform's security infrastructure. The breach represents one
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Losses from crypto hacks have topped $630 million in April across more than 25 hacks, with DeFi dominating major incidents and exploits accelerating despite security updates.
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In another police action, European police arrested ten people and took down three scam centers, estimated to have stolen over $58 million from victims around the world.
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Blockaid estimates the attacker stole roughly 13.71 billion SWEAT, about 65% of the total supply, worth about $3.5 million at the time.
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The Syndicate team said it is investigating the incident with security firms and exploring options to 'make people whole.'
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Litecoin fixed a major inflation bug, but cross-chain platforms like NEAR and THORChain suffered losses after acting on invalid transactions.
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The attack has only impacted internal ZetaChain team wallets, and no user funds were affected, the team said.
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Google's security team scanned billions of web pages and found real payloads designed to trick AI agents into sending money, deleting files, and leaking credentials.
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The industry-wide effort dubbed DeFi United had raised roughly $235 million worth of Ethereum as of Monday.
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AAVE, the native token of the Aave DeFi platform, is now available on the Solana blockchain network. The move will give Solana users access to one of the largest lending protocols in decentralized finance without leaving the network. This came less than two days after the Solana Foundation revealed