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Iranian Hacking Crew Charged in Sprawling Theft Case — Including $6M Bitcoin Ransom
The U.S. Department of Justice charged an Iranian hacking group with orchestrating a sprawling cybercrime campaign that extracted millions in cryptocu…
Six-Bug Exploit Halts Maya Protocol After $1.4 Million in Bitcoin Stolen
Maya Protocol suffered a catastrophic security breach that resulted in the theft of $1.4 million in Bitcoin and other digital assets. The attacker exp…
Rare Books Traced to Amazon AI Training Facility to Be Scanned and Destroyed
Amazon operates a covert book-scanning operation at a Las Vegas facility that strips rare and copyrighted materials to feed AI training datasets, acco…
BitBox Warns Bitcoiners After Discovering ‘Severe’ Vulnerability In Firmware
BitBox, the Swiss hardware wallet manufacturer, disclosed a severe firmware vulnerability affecting its devices and urged users to upgrade immediately…
Hunting Down the Coldcard Hacker. Wave 1 Thief May Be Known to FBI
Investigators have traced stolen cryptocurrency from a major Coldcard hardware wallet breach to a specific individual potentially known to the FBI. Cl…
Kraken parent Payward joins Anthropic’s Project Glasswing for AI security push
Kraken's parent company Payward has joined Anthropic's Project Glasswing, a collaborative initiative aimed at improving AI security across the technol…
OpenAI’s Answer to Rogue Agents and Hacks Is More AI, Not Less
OpenAI President Greg Brockman argues that artificial intelligence security requires deploying more AI systems, not fewer, to detect and counter threa…
Losses Top $115M In Coldcard Bitcoin Hack: Galaxy Research
A massive security breach at Coldcard, the popular hardware wallet manufacturer, resulted in losses exceeding $115 million in stolen bitcoin, accordin…
Data of 54,000 wallet users leaked, CLARITY odds just 10%: Hodler’s Digest
A data breach compromised 54,000 users across two major hardware wallet providers. Trezor and SafePal both suffered separate leaks that exposed custom…
France Tax Data Leak Could Fuel Scams, Attacks Targeting Bitcoin Holders
A hacker is selling personal and financial data for over 678,000 French taxpayers and businesses, creating immediate risk for Bitcoin holders and cryp…
OpenAI Staff Blame Rush to Ship for Rogue Agent Hack
OpenAI staff members attribute a recent security breach involving a rogue agent to organizational pressure around product launches, according to repor…
Tether Finally Completes Independent Audit of Reserves With KPMG
Tether has completed its first independent audit of reserves with KPMG, marking a watershed moment for the stablecoin issuer after years of struggling…
Crypto wallet SafePal reveals a data breach exposing nearly 40,000 customers' order info
SafePal, a cryptocurrency wallet provider, disclosed a data breach affecting approximately 40,000 customers' order information. The company stated tha…
MiCA's cleanup is creating a new scam wave across the European Union
Scammers are exploiting the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) compliance deadline to steal funds from users migrating their …
DefiLlama delayed mobile launch over phishing apps on Apple Store, founder says
DefiLlama postponed its mobile app launch after discovering phishing apps impersonating the protocol on Apple's App Store. The founder revealed that s…
Bitcoiners Warned After French Tax Authority Confirms Data Breach Affecting Hundreds of Thousands
France's tax authority has confirmed a data breach affecting hundreds of thousands of people, triggering fresh security warnings for bitcoin holders i…
DeFiLlama Sacrificed Real Crypto to Force Apple Into Action
DefiLlama orchestrated a deliberate security demonstration by allowing a fraudulent App Store clone to drain a real wallet containing actual cryptocur…
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