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Attorney Says Drift Protocol May Be Liable for Damages After Attack
13+ hour, 18+ min ago (351+ words) The $280 million Drift Protocol attack was likely carried out by threat actors aligned with North Korea state-affiliated hackers. The hack of the Solana-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Drift Protocol could have been prevented if standard operational security procedures were followed…...
Drift Protocol Exploit Took 'Months Of Deliberate Preparation"
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (423+ words) Drift Protocol said, with "medium-high confidence," that the recent attack was carried out by the same actors responsible for the $58 million Radiant Capital hack in October 2024. Drift Protocol, a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange (DEX), says the recent exploit against the platform…...
Circle Failed To Freeze $420M in Illicit USDC Activity Since 2022
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (336+ words) Circle had several hours or days to freeze illicit USDC funds in many of the 15 cases presented, but failed to act, according to ZachXBT. Onchain detective ZachXBT claims that Circle, the issuer of the USDC (USDC) stablecoin, has failed to…...
Drift Seeks Contact With The Hacker After $280M Exploit
3+ day, 33+ min ago (379+ words) Drift Protocol initiated onchain contact with wallets tied to the $280 million exploit as an unknown sender also attempts to pressure the attacker. Drift Protocol, a Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX), said Friday it had opened onchain contact with wallets tied to…...
Crypto Hackers Steal $168 Million from DeFi Protocols in Q1 2026
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (424+ words) January saw the largest attack against a DeFi protocol of the quarter, the $40 million private key compromise of portfolio management platform Step Finance. Crypto hackers stole over $168.6 million in cryptocurrency from 34 decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols in the first quarter of…...
Drift Says Nonce Attack Drove Exploit as Circle Faces USDC Scrutiny
4+ day, 46+ min ago (459+ words) Drift said a durable nonce attack helped drive its Solana exploit, as critics questioned why stolen USDC moved for hours without a freeze. Drift Protocol, a Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX), confirmed Thursday it was targeted in a roughly $280 million exploit,…...
Drift Protocol Warns of Potential Cybersecurity Exploit
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (388+ words) The reported incident could be a $200 million exploit of the decentralized crypto exchange due to a leak of a crypto wallet private key. Drift Protocol, a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange (DEX), detected "unusual" trading activity on the platform on Wednesday, warning…...
CertiK: OpenClaw AI Agent Puts Crypto Wallets at Risk
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (569+ words) CertiK has advised ordinary users "who are not security professionals, developers, or experienced geeks" against installing and using OpenClaw. The widespread integration of AI assistants such as OpenClaw introduces critical security risks that open up users to unauthorized actions, data…...
Singapore Court Order Follows Curve Dispute After Resupply Exploit
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (392+ words) A Singapore court ordered OneKey founder Wang Lei and an X user to stop threatening or defamatory claims tied to a dispute over the 2025 Resupply exploit. A Singapore court has ordered two crypto industry figures to stop making threatening or…...
Axios NPM Package Compromised in Supply Chain Attack
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (403+ words) Security companies flagged [email protected] and 0.30.4 as compromised, urging credential rotation and rollback of affected packages. Two malicious Axios npm releases have prompted warnings for developers to rotate credentials and treat affected systems as compromised after a supply chain attack poisoned…...