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BSV (Bitcoin Satoshi Vision), a fork of Bitcoin Cash, created in 2018, suffered a major attack of 51%. That happened on August 3, about 11:45 am when the hackers were able to alter the system creating 3 different chains that were mined together. The news was first published by the network data PM...

Decentralized liquidity protocol THORchain became the target of cybercriminals. For the third time in the course of a month, the protocol was attacked. As the team informs via Twitter the hack that took place on July 23, was a white hack, where the attacker willingly caused less damage. THORchain...

Blockchain interoperability hub ChainSwap was attacked. The exploit, which happened on July 10, caused a loss of around $8 M. On July 11, the ChainSwap team informed that liquidity had been removed temporarily and warned not to acquire the in-built token ASAP, as long as the case was in the process...

Today, May 20 Binance Smart Chain-based DeFi aggregator PanCake Bunny was attacked and lost $200 M in crypto. The hacker used a flash loan. After the exploit, the price of the BUNNY token fell significantly, by about 96%. PanCake Bunny's team announced the criminal's steps through several tweets....

The anonymous crypto network Firo (previously known as Zcoin) has been hit by a 51% attack. The Firo team is currently negotiating with exchanges and pools. Users are strongly advised not to make transactions on the Firo network. The developers also told about the testing a solution "that...

As a result of the attack, Warp Finance's Defi Lending Protocol lost $7.7M worth of stablecoins. “The protocol was attacked using a sophisticated flash credit scheme that permitted the user to borrow more than the collateral, resulting in the loss of creditors' funds. The team is considering...

The Ethereum Classic (ETC) network has undergone a 51% attack again. On August 6, Bitfly tweeted that its Ethermine mining pool has disabled ETC payments after reorganizing over 4,000 blocks. Today another large 51% attack occurred on the #ETC which caused a reorganization of over 4000 blocks....

Users of Microsoft SQL were becoming victims of a malicious OS. Attackers managed to covertly extract Monero and another dollar-tied altcoin Vollar (VDS), which combines elements of privacy and smart contracts. The name of the Vollgar botnet refers to this token, as well as a rough way to gain...

The Binance cryptocurrency exchange is exposed to 5-10 attacks daily, but confidence in its own security provides cooperation with white hackers. Zhao said the attacks are constant. They work with 10 groups of white hackers on an ongoing basis, so today he can confidently say: they are safer than...

A new botnet for cryptocurrency and mining has been identified utilising Android Debug Bridge ports, a system created to determine app defects connected to a majority of Android phones and tablets. Trend Micro reported that the botnet malware has been found in 21 countries and is most prevalent in...