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Cetus Protocol Relaunches After 0M Hack, Restores Liquidity

Cetus Protocol Relaunches After $220M Hack, Restores Liquidity

Cetus Protocol has relaunched just two weeks after a significant hack that compromised its concentrated liquidity market maker pools. Normal Users’ LP Functions to Resume Cetus Protocol, a leading decentralized exchange (DEX) and concentrated liquidity market maker (CLMM) on the Sui and Aptos blockchains, has relaunched just two weeks after a sophisticated hack severely impacted […]

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Ukraine Cyber Crime Bust: 5,000 Accounts Hacked for Crypto Mining

Ukraine Cyber Crime Bust: 5,000 Accounts Hacked for Crypto Mining

Ukrainian law enforcement recently arrested a 35-year-old man accused of hacking over 5,000 customer accounts of a hosting company to mine cryptocurrency, resulting in a loss of $4.5 million. Hacker Deploys Software to Remotely Manipulate Servers Ukrainian cyber police officers and investigators from the Zaporizhia region recently arrested a 35-year-old man accused of hacking over

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Mango Markets Hacker Avraham Eisenberg’s Fraud Charges Dismissed

Mango Markets Hacker Avraham Eisenberg’s Fraud Charges Dismissed

Key Notes Mango Markets hacker Avraham Eisenberg has seen his theft case dismissed. Eisenberg received a separate 4-year sentence after pleading guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material. Donald Trump’s administration has brought leniency to crypto lawsuits, and Eisenberg may be a beneficiary. A United States judge has dismissed the commodities fraud and market manipulation

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Cetus Offers M Bounty to Hacker for Return of M in Stolen ETH

Cetus Offers $6M Bounty to Hacker for Return of $56M in Stolen ETH

Key Takeaways: Cetus is offering a $6M bounty for the return of $56M in ETH stolen during a $223M exploit. Sui validators froze addresses linked to the hack, pausing $162M in compromised tokens. The incident sparked criticism over Sui’s centralization as token values, including CETUS, crashed. Cetus Protocol, a decentralized exchange built on the Sui

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Coinbase Faces DOJ Heat Over Hack as It Enters S&P Spotlight

Coinbase Faces DOJ Heat Over Hack as It Enters S&P Spotlight

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Coinbase saw its stock dip on its big day in the S&P 500. It closed at about $263, down from its high. Then came news of a US Justice Department probe into how hackers stole customer data. It’s a sudden turn for the

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Chainalysis Says Haowang Shutdown Fails to Dismantle Crypto Scam Networks

Chainalysis Says Haowang Shutdown Fails to Dismantle Crypto Scam Networks

The closure of Haowang Guarantee, once the largest illicit online marketplace for crypto scammers, is far from a final blow to crypto crime, according to a report published Monday by blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Haowang, previously known as Huione Guarantee, was a Telegram-based marketplace offering money laundering services, stolen data, and scam technology without requiring

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Sequoia Partner Caught in Coinbase Data Breach, More VCs May Be Affected

Sequoia Partner Caught in Coinbase Data Breach, More VCs May Be Affected

A partner at one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent venture firms has reportedly been caught in the fallout of Coinbase’s recent data breach, raising concerns that other high-profile investors may also be at risk. According to a May 16 report from Bloomberg, Roelof Botha, Managing Partner at Sequoia Capital, was among the victims whose personal

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Hacker Jailed for Posting Fake Bitcoin ETF News on SEC’s X Account

Hacker Jailed for Posting Fake Bitcoin ETF News on SEC’s X Account

The DOJ handed down a prison sentence after the SEC’s social media was hacked to falsely announce bitcoin ETF approval, briefly sending crypto markets into overdrive. DOJ Sentences Hacker for SEC X Breach and Bitcoin ETF Hoax The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on May 16 that a resident of Huntsville, Alabama, has been

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Insider Phishing Attack Shakes Coinbase

Insider Phishing Attack Shakes Coinbase

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Coinbase, the world’s third‑largest crypto exchange, faced a serious threat when outside attackers tried to extort $20 million in Bitcoin. The group paid off a small number of overseas support agents, initial reports disclose. Those insiders then leaked personal account details. No passwords

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Zoom/Telegram Deepfake Attack Vector Rises: Crypto Founders Targeted

Zoom/Telegram Deepfake Attack Vector Rises: Crypto Founders Targeted

Sandeep Nailwal, founder of Polygon, warned about a recent incident involving a hack of one of his contacts that utilized social engineering and deepfakes on Zoom to compromise other Telegram contacts. The attackers sought to install a component that would allow them to gain access to the victims’ computers. Zoom/Telegram Hacks: Polygon Founder Describes Modus

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