Defi exploit – DIGIT INFO

No ‘respite’ for exploits, flash loans or exit scams in 2023: Cybersecurity firm

The industry is likely to see “further attempts from hackers targeting bridges in 2023,” while users are urged to be warier of their private keys.

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$62M crypto stolen in Dec was the ‘lowest monthly figure’ in 2022: CertiK

The month of December had the smallest figure for cryptocurrencies stolen in 2022 with around 23 major incidents according to CertiK.

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Defi Platform Moola Exploited for $8.4 Million in Incident Described as ‘Incredibly Simple Attack’

Moola, a decentralized finance (defi) lending and borrowing platform, was recently exploited for $8.4 million in what has been described as an “incredibly simple attack.” Moola responded to the attack by pausing all activity on the platform. The defi platform also told the attacker(s) it was willing to negotiate a “bounty payment in exchange for […]

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Binance CEO Says Exchange Recovered $450 Million From the Curve Finance Attack

Following the recent Curve Finance attack, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced that the exchange had recovered $450 million from hackers. The decentralized finance (defi) platform Curve saw roughly $570 million siphoned from the application on August 9. Binance Boss Says Exchange Froze 83% of the Curve Finance Hack Funds, Domain Provider Says Exploit Was DNS […]

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Inverse Finance exploited again for $1.2M in flashloan oracle attack

No user funds have been affected by the exploit, but Inverse Finance has incurred a debt and offered the attacker a bounty to return the stolen funds.

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Illicit crypto usage as a percent of total usage has fallen: Report

A rapidly growing crypto market means that hacks and scams are accounting for less overall activity, and their percentage of total usage continues to decline.

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Maiar decentralized crypto exchange goes offline after bug discovery

The exchange has been taken offline due to the discovery of the bug and the team has implemented an “emergency fix” and updated the decentralized exchange.

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More than $1.6 billion exploited from DeFi so far in 2022

The amount exploited this year so far surpasses the total amount stolen in all of 2020 and 2021 combined, with the month of March alone beating 2020 by over $200 million.

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Attackers Steal $80 Million From Rari Capital’s Fuse Platform, Fei Protocol Suffers From Exploit

According to a report from the blockchain company Blocsec, Rari Capital’s Fuse platform has lost roughly $80 million from a “reentrancy vulnerability.” On Saturday, Fei Protocol’s official Twitter account confirmed it lost funds from the Rari Fuse platform exploit. $80 Million Swiped from Rari Capital Another decentralized finance (defi) protocol attacker has managed to siphon […]

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AkuDreams dev team locks up $34M due to smart contract bug

A highly anticipated NFT project has been hit with an exploit and a smart contract bug, causing a disruption to its auction and leaving the team with $33 million unable to be accessed.

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