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The first half of 2026 was the most active period for onchain security threats on record, with Blockaid verifying 212 high-threshold exploits, a 3.4-fold increase over all of 2025. North Korean Hackers Drive $600M in Stolen Funds The first half of 2026 marked the most active period for onchain security threats on record, with security … Read more
More than 60 cryptocurrency companies, blockchains, and decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols shut down or filed for bankruptcy between January and July 2026, a pace that accelerated sharply in the final weeks of July. The past several months have exposed the part of the crypto industry that rarely gets attention during bull markets. Since bitcoin retreated … Read more
Payment gateway Triple-A had more than $9.7 million drained from its hot wallets across six blockchains on July 24 and July 25, according to security alert service Peckshield. Onchain Investigator Flags the Breach First Onchain investigator Specter first reported the incident. According to a Peckshield alert published Saturday, wallets tied to Triple-A, a Singapore-based fiat-to-crypto … Read more
Blockchain security firm Peckshield says an apparent exploit of the Hedera network has seen $5.25 million in stolen funds bridged to Ethereum. The attacker’s wallet, first funded through the crypto mixer Tornado Cash, holds roughly $5.25 million in ether and wrapped bitcoin. The Numbers Are Finally Starting To Emerge Peckshield reported that the Hedera network … Read more
Federal prosecutors alleged a Ryuk ransomware operation extracted more than $15 million in bitcoin from U.S. organizations. An Armenian national admitted participating in attacks that disrupted hundreds of corporate systems and forced victims to purchase decryption keys with cryptocurrency. Ransomware Attacks Forced US Companies to Pay Bitcoin for Decryption Keys More than $15 million in … Read more
BonkDAO, the decentralized autonomous organization overseeing the BONK meme token ecosystem on Solana, confirmed on Monday that it was the victim of a targeted governance attack resulting in the loss of approximately $20 million in BONK tokens. The incident highlights a critical vulnerability in decentralized governance structures, as the attacker did not exploit smart contract … Read more
Prediction-market platform Polymarket said hackers stole roughly $3 million from users after a third-party vendor was compromised and malicious code was injected into its website. The incident has since been fully contained, and refunds are being initiated for affected users in full. A Supply-Chain Attack, Not a Direct Breach Polymarket disclosed that a compromise at … Read more
Ethereum scaling solution Taiko confirmed that its bridge source-signal proof validation mechanism was compromised, allowing hackers to bypass protocols and drain an estimated $1.7 million from its ERC-20 vault. Technical Flaw Leads to $1.7 Million Loss Ethereum scaling solution Taiko confirmed June 22 that its chain state verification mechanism had been compromised. As a consequence, … Read more
Security firm CertiK has flagged a suspicious transaction that drained roughly $2.19 million from the Aztec Connect Router contract, with the attacker’s wallet identified as 0x0f18d8b44a740272f0be4d08338d2b165b7edd17. The protocol in question was shut down three years ago, but the contracts were still sitting on-chain, and the funds inside them were still there. Aztec Connect was A … Read more
The last three months of 2026 have become the most-hacked quarter in crypto history, with roughly 70 separate exploits draining about $746 million. A Record Built on Many Small Hits The second quarter of 2026 is already the most-hacked quarter on record, tallying about 70 hacks, which is roughly twice the previous record for the … Read more