Crypto wallet providers urged to rethink security as criminals drain them of millions Innovative Ethereum feature exploited as victims say goodbye to assets Cyber-crime19 Mar 2024 | 13
Poloniex crypto-exchange offers 5% cut to thieves if they return that $120M they nicked White hat bounty looks more like a beg bounty Cyber-crime10 Nov 2023 | 18
95% of NFTs now totally worthless, say researchers 'Even the most prominent collections are struggling to maintain demand' Offbeat21 Sep 2023 | 74
1. This crypto-coin is called Jimbo. 2. $8m was stolen from its devs in flash loan attack 3. It's asked for 90% of the digital dosh back, or else it'll beg the cops for help Cyber-crime30 May 2023 | 46
Scammers steal $4 million in crypto during face-to-face meeting Demand to display wallet full of coin facilitated mystery heist Cyber-crime08 Feb 2023 | 86
Another crypto shocker: Major player actually corrects $400m mistake instead of cratering Fellow crypto-exchange Gate.io spots error, returns funds Security14 Nov 2022 | 26
Luxury smartphone brand returns with $41,500 device If your mobile's not 18k gold with diamonds, do you even crypto bro? Offbeat25 Oct 2022 | 48
Merge shifts Ethereum to full proof-of-stake, price slumps Power consumption plummets, too, so there's that Personal Tech15 Sep 2022 | 42
US warns cryptominers must cut power use to avoid busting US carbon goals Datacenters or digicash - what's the bigger boon to society? Systems09 Sep 2022 | 54
Crypto sleuths pin $100 million Harmony theft on Lazarus Group Elliptic points to several indicators that suggest the North Korea-linked gang was behind the hack Cyber-crime01 Jul 2022 | 8
Plot to defeat crypto meltdown: Solend votes to seize, liquidate whale account 95% of SOL deposits from 1 person, so margin selloffs could mean collapse Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 59
Smart contract developers not really focused on security. Who knew? Comment Bugs cost $680m in 2021, academics say, as devs have other concerns Software26 Apr 2022 | 28
Beanstalk loses $182m in huge flash-loan crypto heist A lesson learned the very hard way Personal Tech18 Apr 2022 | 93
Ethereum transaction shuffling for profit ... and not much fun for everyone else Uni trio probe efforts by miners to max out rewards at expense of others Personal Tech31 Mar 2022 | 6
Europe advances crypto-coin regulation – without potential ban on Bitcoin Vote held after red-tape targeting proof-of-work assets removed Personal Tech16 Mar 2022 | 28
Indonesia bars financial institutions from offering crypto services Advises citizens to avoid 'Ponzi schemes' Security27 Jan 2022 | 17
Crypto.com now says someone tried to drain $34m from hundreds of accounts Won't reveal net loss, says it stopped some withdrawals and has reimbursed those who had funds taken Security20 Jan 2022 | 8
Crypto.com acknowledges 'unauthorized activity' on servers, maintains no funds have been lost Security biz PeckShield claims $15m in Ethereum taken Security18 Jan 2022 | 9