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Ethereum Foundation Helps Expose North Korean Workers That Infiltrated Crypto Firms
The Ethereum Foundation reported that a six-month program helped expose around 100 DPRK IT workers across 53 crypto projects.
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Russia-linked Grinex exchange suspends operations after $15 million hack, blames ‘hostile states’
Liquidity and users of the sanctioned Garantex exchange have flowed into Grinex over the past year, Elliptic claims.
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Tether announces $150M recovery program for Drift Protocol
The Drift Protocol will use the $150 million to relaunch and restore user funds following a $280 million exploit earlier in April.
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French minister says new measures are coming after crypto kidnappings
Jean-Didier Berger said at Paris Blockchain Week that France is preparing new steps to protect crypto holders as wrench attacks and kidnappings keep mounting.
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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.