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Alibaba-Linked AI Agent ROME Attempts Crypto Mining and Network Tunnelling During Training
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (264+ words) Apparently, the model redirected GPU capacity toward cryptocurrency mining and opened a reverse SSH tunnel to an external server, bypassing internal firewall controls. The team first saw unusual outbound traffic alerts and suspected a normal security failure, such as weak…...
Flow Enters Phase Two of Recovery After $3.9M Exploit, Flags Exchange Token Movements
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (329+ words) Flow is rebuilding its network after a US$3.9 million (AU$5.9 million) exploit on Saturday, and says it is investigating suspicious exchange activity tied to a large FLOW token deposit and rapid withdrawals. In an update on X, the Flow Foundation…...
AFP ‘Crypto Safe Cracker’ Unlocks US$5.9 Million Wallet in Landmark Digital Forensics Breakthrough
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (285+ words) An Australian Federal Police (AFP) data scientist has cracked a digital wallet containing US$5.9 million (AU$9.0 million) in cryptocurrency linked to organised crime, earning the nickname "crypto safe cracker" within the agency. The find came during an AFP investigation into…...
Hyperdrive Exploit Drains US$782K in Third Major Hyperliquid Security Breach
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (294+ words) Hyperdrive, a lending protocol on the Hyperliquid blockchain, has reported losses of around US$782,000 (AU$1.19 million) after an exploit on 27 September drained two of its liquidity pools. Attackers extracted approximately 673,000 USDT0 stablecoins and 110,244 thBILL tokens from Hyperdrive's Primary USDT0 Market and Treasury…...
US$14.5B Bitcoin Heist Uncovered: Largest Crypto Theft in History Linked to Vanished Chinese Mining Pool
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (386+ words) Blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence has uncovered what is believed to be the largest crypto theft ever recorded. Chinese Bitcoin mining operation LuBian Mining Pool lost 127,426 BTC, now valued at nearly US$14.5 billion (AU$22.39 billion), in a previously undisclosed cyber…...
Coinbase Breach Hacker Trolls ZachXBT with “L Bozo” Meme on THORChain
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (312+ words) Coinbase is scrambling to contain the fallout from the data breach that festered for nearly half a year before surfacing in May, just as the attackers began demanding a US$20M (AU$31M) Bitcoin payoff to keep the stolen information under wraps....