White hat hacker – DIGIT INFO

Virtuals Protocol fixes bug, pledges bounty for researcher’s discovery

DIGIT — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 09:26:09 +0000

A pseudonymous security researcher identified a critical vulnerability in Virtuals Protocol’s audited contract, prompting an urgent fix.

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LastPass threat actor steals $5.4M from victims just a week before Xmas

DIGIT — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 04:42:25 +0000

White hat organization Security Alliance (SEAL) urged users to transfer crypto funds from LastPass if their private keys had been stored there since December 2022 or earlier.

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White hat ‘SEAL’ team protecting from crypto hacks surpasses 900 investigations

DIGIT — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 06:59:54 +0000

The crypto security team is preparing to launch a battleground for hackers and crypto protocols at the DeFi Security Summit at Devcon in November.

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Ronin Network Reclaims $12 Million in Stolen Digital Assets

DIGIT — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:30:11 +0000

Ronin Network stated that digital assets worth $12 million, siphoned by so-called white hat hackers on August 6, were returned in full the same day. The Ronin team mentioned that they paused the bridge approximately 40 minutes after the first on-chain action was detected. The team also assured users that their funds were “safe and […]

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Kraken Calls Security Research Firm’s Demands ‘Criminal’; Certik Slams Threats Against Its Employees

DIGIT — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 21:14:25 +0000

Kraken has accused an unnamed security research firm of stealing $3 million from its treasury and attempting to extort more money. Nick Percoco said so-called white hat hackers failed to fully disclose the bug transaction details and have not made arrangements to return the stolen funds. White Hat Hackers Refuse to Abide by Rules The […]

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BNB Chain faces $80K Bitcoin exploit. White hat hacker or ongoing exploit?

DIGIT — Tue, 28 May 2024 10:50:32 +0000

Certain on-chain signs point to a potential white hat, or ethical hacker, looking for blockchain vulnerabilities.

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Bitcoin bridge XLink resurrection underway post $10M hack

DIGIT — Fri, 17 May 2024 09:16:02 +0000

XLink faced a security breach involving almost $10 million, with $4.3 million recovered thanks to a friendly neighborhood white hat hacker.

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DeFi lender Tender.fi suffers exploit, white hat hacker suspected

DIGIT — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:33:22 +0000

DeFi lending platform Tender.fi sees $1.59 million of assets drained by alleged white hat hacker taking advantage of a misconfigured oracle.

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iOS jailbreak dev wins $2M bounty for finding critical Optimism bug

DIGIT — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 02:54:15 +0000

Ethereum scaling startup Optimism disclosed a “critical bug” fix in the project’s Geth fork that would have allowed malicious hackers to create infinite ETH

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Immunefi to bolster DeFi security service with new funds

DIGIT — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:50:00 +0000

The platform has paid out more than $7.5 million in bug bounties since inception in December 2020.

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