Tagged: hack

November 8, 2026 @ 5:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polygon governance weighs hard fork to reclaim roughly $6.8 million in POL stolen from Binance and Polymarket. On November 4, 2026, a Polygon Improvement Proposal appeared on the network’s community forum calling for a coordinated hard fork of the Polygon Proof-of-Stake chain. The measure would… Read More

November 6, 2026 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has significantly updated its account of a recent cybersecurity incident, revealing a broader exposure of customer information than initially reported. In a late-evening update on November 4, 2026, the company stated that it had discovered certain customer details—including names, usernames, password… Read More

November 5, 2026 @ 11:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazilian digital asset platform Mercado Bitcoin has confirmed it will start restoring limited customer access on Monday, November 9, after a security breach that disrupted operations earlier in the week. The first stage will allow users to log in solely through the company’s website in… Read More

November 4, 2026 @ 8:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has identified the French cooperative banking group Crédit Mutuel Arkéa as the alleged victim of a substantial cryptocurrency theft, estimating losses above $133 million. The bank, which manages assets in the region of $235 billion, has issued no public confirmation or denial… Read More

November 4, 2026 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset manager Grayscale has framed Binance’s roughly $6.3 billion security breach as a potential turning point that could push cryptocurrency exchanges toward tighter operational and custody standards, even as it risks eroding short-term market confidence. In a recent statement, the firm highlighted that approximately… Read More

November 4, 2026 @ 5:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Liquid Federation announced on November 3 that Bitcoin reserves supporting the Liquid Network have been fully restored, reestablishing one-to-one backing for every circulating L-BTC. According to figures published on the network’s public dashboard that morning, 4,270.54 L-BTC were in circulation and matched by an… Read More

November 4, 2026 @ 2:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao has cautioned that artificial intelligence is set to accelerate cyberattacks on cryptocurrency platforms and traditional banks in the wake of the exchange’s record-breaking $6.34 billion theft. The October 29 incident, which Binance has detailed in an official initial findings report, ranks… Read More

November 3, 2026 @ 5:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On November 2, 2026, Brazil’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Mercado Bitcoin, confirmed a security incident that led it to suspend deposits and withdrawals as a precautionary step. The exchange stated that it had identified and swiftly contained an issue in one of its systems early that… Read More

November 3, 2026 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Late on Friday, October 30, 2026, security monitoring systems detected a coordinated front-end attack against decentralized finance websites. Blockchain security firm Blockaid issued an initial community alert identifying a potential frontend compromise affecting the official domains of Flap (flap.sh) and Kintsu (kintsu.xyz). The firm urged… Read More

November 3, 2026 @ 6:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and a senior official, has dismissed U.S. claims that Pyongyang orchestrated the largest cryptocurrency theft on record—an estimated $6.3 billion to $6.4 billion drain of Binance hot wallets on October 29, 2026. In a statement… Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 12:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On November 1, 2026, the open-source Bitcoin payment processor BTCPay Server issued an urgent advisory directing anyone running a self-hosted instance to take it offline. The project’s official account stated that it had begun receiving reports of unauthorized parties sweeping funds from hot wallets attached… Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

North Korean-linked actors have moved roughly $242 million of assets taken from Binance across the Tron network in just two days, according to on-chain analysis, while U.S. authorities press cross-chain protocols to block related activity and the exchange faces substantial customer outflows after restoring withdrawals…. Read More

November 2, 2026 @ 1:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

North Korea-linked attackers drained approximately $6.36 billion from Binance wallets across ten blockchains in roughly 20 minutes on October 29, 2026, marking the largest cryptocurrency theft on record and pushing the regime’s cumulative haul since 2017 to about $12.8 billion. Blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs… Read More

November 1, 2026 @ 9:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Binance hack “In dollar terms, it would rank among the largest in crypto history, alongside Bybit’s roughly $1.5 billion loss in February 2025. We should expect these records to keep being broken: crypto prices are rising, and exchanges hold more assets every year, so each… Read More

November 1, 2026 @ 4:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the US Secret Service, and the IRS have all said North Korea is behind the massive Binance hack, in which hackers stole over $6 billion in crypto and stablecoins. Yesterday, the FBI Cyber Branch said the North Korean TraderTraitor… Read More

November 1, 2026 @ 6:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Indian cryptocurrency platforms have endured a series of significant security breaches in recent years, leaving users with incomplete recoveries and highlighting structural weaknesses that set them apart from larger international counterparts. Exchanges including CoinDCX and WazirX have been among the most prominent targets, while others… Read More

November 1, 2026 @ 1:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a swift early-morning incident on October 26, 2026, an attacker emptied 48 Solana wallets linked to the Bloom Telegram trading bot, removing 9,408 SOL valued at roughly $953,000 in just 94 seconds. Blockchain analysis firm Bitquery traced the activity, which affected wallets belonging to… Read More

October 31, 2026 @ 6:31 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Binance said it has set aside more than $6.34 billion in company funds to cover losses following a security breach that resulted in the theft of approximately $6.3 billion in digital assets. “We want to be clear about our commitment: Binance will absorb the financial… Read More

October 31, 2026 @ 4:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hackers who drained Binance hot wallets this week walked away with 18,270 bitcoin, a sum larger than Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) disclosed corporate holdings and roughly 2.3 times the bitcoin sitting in El Salvador’s national reserve wallets. At roughly $78,500 per coin, that bitcoin slice alone… Read More

October 30, 2026 @ 3:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prediction market operator Polymarket temporarily halted trading on its international platform on October 29, 2026, after determining that a third-party provider had been compromised. The company stated that it had identified and resolved the underlying problem, referred the matter to law enforcement authorities, and would… Read More