Tagged: crypto hacks

May 1, 2026 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain analytics platform DefiLlama has highlighted a troubling milestone: April 2026 now ranks as the single month with the highest number of cryptocurrency hacking incidents ever recorded. Industry estimates place the April tally of DeFi and crypto related hacks and security breaches at roughly 28 to… Read More

March 22, 2026 @ 3:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Plenty has changed in the three years since Immunefi released its first State of On-Chain Security Report, and not necessarily for the good. Should your protocol get hacked in 2026, the stats suggest the direct theft will be roughly $25 million. Your token will shed… Read More

April 4, 2025 @ 10:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

North Korea has emerged as a somewhat unexpected powerhouse in the world of cryptocurrency—not as a legitimate player, but as a prolific cybercriminal state. According to a detailed investigation by The Wall Street Journal, the isolated nation has pilfered more than $6 billion in digital… Read More

February 22, 2025 @ 12:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Blockaid noted that on February 21, 2025, Bybit fell victim to one of the largest crypto heists in history, losing “approximately $1.5 billion” worth of Ethereum (ETH) tokens. Blockaid pointed out that this incident wasn’t just another hack—it was a stark reminder… Read More

January 8, 2025 @ 8:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Radiant Capital has shared an important update on the October 16, 2024 incident in which Radiant Capital was targeted by a “highly sophisticated” cyberattack that resulted in a loss valued at “approximately $50M USD.” On October 17, 2024, Radiant released a post-mortem of the attack… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 10:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Shakeeb Ahmed was sentenced recently to three years in prison by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero for “hacking two separate decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges and stealing cryptocurrency worth over $12 million…. Read More

December 15, 2023 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jameson Lopp, co-founder and CTO at Casa, has shared key insights after the widely reported Ledger hack / security breach that appears to be impacting a large number of DeFi platforms and dApps, with some unconfirmed reports indicating major losses of crypto funds. Lopp, who… Read More

December 13, 2022 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

This is an interesting list. NordVPN has put together a roster of the biggest crypto hacks of 2022.  Security breaches, digital asset thefts, and crypto scams have become so prevalent they have become wallpaper. They happen all of the time, highlighting profound shortcomings in cyber-security… Read More

August 21, 2021 @ 7:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Astra Protocol, which aims to equip the decentralized finance (DeFi) space with a complete legal layer and unlock the future growth of the industry, notes that operating within DeFi comes with “unpredictability” as well as key opportunities. Some of the main benefits… Read More

August 12, 2020 @ 10:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jameson Lopp, the CTO at Casa, a Bitcoin focused security company, notes that since the industrialization of BTC mining began in 2015, there have been concerns regarding the concentration of hashpower within Chinese borders. Hashpower is the computing power needed to secure the Bitcoin network,… Read More