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Crypto security incidents in October lead to $129M in losses: CertiK

DIGIT — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 09:49:29 +0000

The biggest incidents in October included the Radiant Capital hack, a phishing attack and the hacking incident involving crypto exchange M2.

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Losses from crypto rug pulls outpaced DeFi exploits in May: Beosin

DIGIT — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 06:20:01 +0000

Over $45 million was lost to exit scams in May while exploits on DeFi protocols racked up less than half that amount over the same period.

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Blockchain security firm freezes $160K stolen in Merlin DEX ‘rugpull’

DIGIT — Fri, 05 May 2023 03:22:22 +0000

CertiK has contacted law enforcement in the U.S. and U.K. to find the pseudonymous operators.

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Crypto Incidents Involving Exit Scams, Hacks, and Code Exploits Reach Record Low in December 2022 According to Certik

DIGIT — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 13:04:50 +0000

According to blockchain security company Certik, the number of cryptocurrency incidents involving exit scams, hacks, and code exploits in Dec. 2022 was the lowest monthly figure of the year. Certik noted that the combined incidents amounted to $62.2 million “lost to exploits, hacks, and scams.” Record Low Cyber Attacks in December 2022 Result in $62.2 […]

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Report: 33% of US Based ICO Investors Say Founders Intentionally Deceived Them or Withheld Key Information

DIGIT — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:50:45 +0000

A survey conducted by Xangle Research finds that a third (33%) of respondents say founders of an initial coin offering (ICO) in which they invested either intentionally deceived them or withheld key information. A further 17% of the responding ICO investors say they did not know if they had been deceived. However, about half (50%) […]

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Hackers Have Looted More Bitcoin Than Satoshi’s Entire Stash

DIGIT — Fri, 24 May 2019 15:13:58 +0000

Ever since cryptocurrencies started gaining value, hackers have targeted exchanges that provide digital asset trading and malicious entities have siphoned billions of dollars worth of bitcoin since 2010. So far, over 1 million of the world’s BTC has been stolen from exchanges and traders continue to leave vast quantities of funds on centralized trading platforms. […]

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