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North Korean hackers used AI-enabled social engineering in Zerion attack
It is the second long-term social-engineering attack this month, after the $280 million exploit of the Drift Protocol.
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Popular DeFi platform warns users to stay away from its site after security breach
A major decentralized finance (DeFi) platform has issued an urgent warning advising users to avoid accessing its website following a confirmed security breach. The platform's development team detected unauthorized access to their web infrastructure and immediately issued public alerts across social media channels, recommending users refrain from connecting
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Web3 hacks cost $464M in Q1 as phishing drives majority of losses: Hacken
Hacken’s Q1 2026 report finds $464.5 million lost across 43 incidents, with phishing, legacy code bugs and key compromises driving losses as regulators tighten security demands.
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Kraken won‘t negotiate after extortion attempt with client data
The exchange’s head of security said there had been two incidents involving “inappropriate access” to client data, involving about 2,000 user accounts.
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Attacker mints $1 billion Polkadot tokens on Ethereum, ends up stealing just $250,000
A sophisticated attacker successfully minted $1 billion worth of Polkadot (DOT) tokens on the Ethereum network but managed to extract only $250,000 before security measures limited the exploit's impact. The incident occurred through a vulnerability in the cross-chain bridge infrastructure connecting Polkadot's native network to
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Fake Ledger app on App Store drains American musician’s 5.9 BTC
Garrett Dutton, also known as G. Love, lost 5.9 BTC after entering his seed phrase in an imposter Ledger app.
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FBI says crypto-related fraud losses hit record $11.4 billion in 2025, with seniors bearing the brunt
Americans 60 and older accounted for $4.4 billion of those crypto losses across 44,555 complaints, nearly double the next-closest age group.
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‘See you in court’: WLFI threatens Justin Sun after he alleges hidden blacklist backdoor in token contract
Sun called himself "the first and single largest victim" of World Liberty's blacklist, referencing his own wallet which has been frozen since Sep. 2025.
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Why Fed and Treasury leaders Powell, Bessent just rushed into a critical cyber-risk meeting
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell convened an urgent meeting with Wall Street leaders this week, bypassing the routine briefing cadence and pulling bank CEOs into a direct conversation about AI-driven cyber risk. Reports noted that the meeting aimed to ensure banks underst
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Bitcoin Depot ATM Operator Says $3.6 Million in BTC Stolen in Corporate Hack
The Bitcoin ATM operator disclosed a hack two weeks after attackers gained control of settlement account credentials and stole BTC.
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ZachXBT Exposes Internal Data of North Korean IT Workers, Reveals $3.5M Transactions
ZachXBT exposed internal data from North Korean IT workers today, detailing a $3.5 million crypto flow since late 2025. According to ZachXBT, the dataset came from a compromised device and includes 390 accounts, chat logs, and transaction records. The findings reveal how workers used fake identities
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Anthropic limits access to AI model, fearing future of cyberattacks
AI models have reached a level of coding capability where they can surpass all but the most skilled humans at finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities, Anthropic said.