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23 Nov 2020 1 minute read 14 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
A hacker has stolen nearly $20 million from DeFi protocol Pickle Finance, according to an official statement on Nov. 22. The hacker had drained 19,759,355 DAI from the pDAI PickleJar (forked versions of Yearn Finance vaults) on Nov. 21 The team con...
23 Nov 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Abhimanyu Krishnan
According to a blog post published on Nov. 22, KuCoin has resumed deposit and withdrawal services on the exchange following the $281 million hack it suffered in Sep. 2020. Deposit and withdrawals on the platform have resumed, but some tokens have a...
22 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Crypto_Clem_Fandangogo
Another day another hack. $pickle was fun while it lasted though, right? I mean, it's from that TV show, Mick and Rorty or whatever, so it must have been on course for having an intrinsic contribution to the world of decentralised finance. If, b...
20 Nov 2020 3 minute read 1 comment VNFC
hello everyone let's see how Kucoin is dealing with their 26 sep hack. we are having an 18 november update, so we can compare the evolution since my 30 october article about this. Since then, when 158 projects were restored, now we have 202 . Almost...
17 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
The Origin Dollar (OUSD) project has lost $7 million in a flash loan attack, the team announced in a blog post published on Nov 17. The attacker exploited a reentrancy bug in the protocol’s smart contracts, which took place in the middle of a mint;...
13 Nov 2020 6 minute read 0 comments VLK
Dear Skilful Harvest/DeFi Hacker, The crypto revolution was started by a bunch of ?benevolent? hackers trying to evade or supersede government regulation and control. Over time it’s become all the rage, and most of the value locked in it belongs t...
13 Nov 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
DeFi Savings protocol Akropolis revealed on Nov. 12 that it had been subject to a flash loan attack, losing over $2 million as a result. The Akropolis team noticed at 14:36 GMT on Nov. 12 that $2 million in DAI had been siphoned out of a Curve and s...
11 Nov 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Heruvim78
Monero was under attack in the past 11 days, a Sybil attack trying to subvert the network reputation using a number of pseudo-anonymous identities, but the developers declared the attacker 'incompetent', as the recent updates were crucial in makin...
11 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments CryptoBrowser
The Lack Of Regulations Combined With A Low Level Of Security Are The Main Reasons Behind Hackers Attacks Hackers in the DeFi sector have been increasing their efforts in 2020, as the sector gained much-needed traction and recognition. According to...
10 Nov 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Matthew Rosenquist
A website tied to an event that quizzed people on their hacking knowledge, launched by major a security consultancy firm, is itself vulnerable to being hacked. This incident showcases a number of important lessons for every organization that wants...
