2025-1-7 00:24 |
A crypto holder lost more than half a million dollars after signing a malicious transaction on a fake cross-chain bridge. Web3 security platform Scam Sniffer reported the incident on Jan.6, posting on X that the victim lost more than $520,000… origin »
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Crypto broker DeltaPrime has seemingly fallen victim to a $4.7 million hacker attack, for the second time since September. DeltaPrime, a decentralized crypto protocol backed by Avalanche and GSR Markets, has allegedly lost $4.75 million worth of tokens as multiple…
2024-11-11 12:48 | |
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Lookonchain, a blockchain analytics platform, revealed on X today that a crypto investor has lost a large sum of digital assets due to a phishing attack. He noted that the investor fell victim to a “Permit2” phishing signature scam, resulting in his wallet being completely emptied.
2024-10-15 21:00 | |
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A clever phishing scam has cost a victim a whopping $35 million worth of crypto
2024-10-12 19:47 | |
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Australians lost over $120 million to crypto investment fraud in just 12 months, with those under 50 increasingly becoming the primary targets. Crypto investment scams are surging across Australia, with younger individuals increasingly falling victim as fraudsters employ more sophisticated…
2024-8-28 09:48 | |
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Since May 2021, a staggering $2.7 billion has been lost to approval phishing attacks — and a multinational operation led to one victim being identified in the middle of a scam. A widespread operation has been launched to thwart cybercriminals…
2024-8-4 20:54 | |
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A crypto whale who lost $24 million worth of liquid staked Ethereum via a phishing scam last year is receiving the money back. Blockchain security firm Scam Sniffer reported that the attacker had returned more than $10 million of the stolen funds as of July 15.
2024-7-17 21:15 | |
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A victim who claims to have lost $1.7 million said a scammer called them claiming to be from Coinbase and sent emails that looked like they came from the crypto exchange.
2024-7-8 09:15 | |
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According to Scam Sniffer, a MakerDAO governance delegate has lost $11 million in aEthMKR and Pendle USDe tokens after falling victim to a phishing scam.
2024-6-24 14:39 | |
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A permit phishing attack appears to have siphoned 1,807 liquid staked Ether from the victim's wallet address.
2024-5-28 17:40 | |
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An investor just fell victim to a phishing attack, losing over $101,000 in multiple cryptocurrencies across several blockchains. According to the Blockchain security firm PeckShield, the address lost over 237.
2024-5-20 12:06 | |
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A victim who lost $71 million in a WBTC scam is receiving over $47 million back in Ether, amid speculation of tax evasion motives. The post Hacker returns $47 million in ETH to scam victim appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2024-5-12 18:19 | |
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In a concerning turn of events, an anonymous crypto trader has lost approximately $71 million worth of assets in an address poisoning scam. This incident has roused much tension in the crypto ecosystem, underlining the need for improved safety measures.
2024-5-4 14:30 | |
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In a shocking incident reported by on-chain data analysis firm LookOnChain, an anonymous cryptocurrency trader fell victim to a devious phishing scam, resulting in the loss of 1,155 Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) tokens, valued at $71 million at the time of the incident.
2024-5-4 21:15 | |
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Blockchain security firm Cyvers Alert reported that an unnamed crypto trader lost 1,155 Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), equivalent to $70. 5 million worth, to address poisoning. The firm said: “Are we mistaken, or has someone truly lost $68 million worth of WBTC? Our system has detected another address falling victim to address poisoning, losing 1,155 WBTC.
2024-5-3 18:45 | |
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A cryptocurrency user has lost $68 million worth of wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) after falling victim to an "address poisoning" exploit, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.
2024-5-4 17:07 | |
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A 71-year-old digital artist in India fell victim to scammers pretending to be an NFT art dealer. According to a local report, Shivaprasad R (name changed), a practicing chartered accountant (CA), lost INR 1.58 lakhs (approximately $1895) in fees to…
2024-4-23 14:56 | |
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Philippines-based crypto exchange Coins. ph is rumored to be the latest victim of an exploit that has potentially led to the loss of 12. 2 million XRP ($6 million) for the firm. However, a part of these funds seem to have already been recovered.
2023-10-22 02:00 | |
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Two Fantom Foundation wallets on Ethereum and the Fantom Network have fallen victim to a phishing attack, losing over $650,000, according to reports from CertiK, a blockchain security firm. Another report by “Spreakaway” on X alleges that one of Fantom’s team members also lost $3.
2023-10-18 03:00 | |
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The platform was the victim of a phishing scam that routed users to a website that drained their wallets after they approved a transaction.
2023-10-11 00:00 | |
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Entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban, whose net worth is over $5 billion, fell victim to a hack on the night of Sept. 15. Cuban lost crypto assets worth $870,000 in the attack that compromised his MetaMask wallet, according to a DL News report.
2023-9-16 18:45 | |
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On Tuesday, September 12, centralized crypto exchange CoinEx became the latest victim of a hack. At the time of the reports, over $27 million in crypto had already been carted away by the attackers.
2023-9-14 19:00 | |
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The crypto space still presents risks like scams, hacks, rug pulls, etc. In another troubling event, a crypto whale lost over $24 million worth of assets in a massive phishing scam. In this case, the victim address is regarded as a major liquidity provider on the Uniswap Decentralized Exchange (DEX), supplying over $1.6 million worth […]
2023-9-8 14:30 | |
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A cryptocurrency investor lost $24.23 million in a phishing scam, losing stETH and rETH tokens. The scammer had previously been flagged and was linked to several crypto phishing websites. The post Crypto Phishing Victim Loses $24 Million in Wallet Approval Scam appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2023-9-7 11:15 | |
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In a disheartening turn of events, the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Balancer (BAL) confirmed a hack just days after warning about a critical vulnerability impacting multiple Pools. The attack, which took place on August 27, resulted in a loss of nearly $1 million for Balancer.
2023-8-29 00:00 | |
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FTX victim, who lost over 90% of his net worth following the collapse, successfully raised $450,000 from his recently launched trading fund. Belgian resident Kasper Vendeloock recently launched Musca Capital, a new fund that trades liquid tokens. The venture is…
2023-7-15 14:45 | |
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A Massachusetts man lost over $300,000 in a manipulative "pig butchering" crypto scam. The victim thought he had begun a romantic relationship online. The post Boston Resident Loses $300,000 in Crypto Scam appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2023-7-1 19:30 | |
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Jimbos Protocol has become the latest victim of a DeFi hack. The liquidity protocol of Arbitrum has lost $7. 5 million. Decentralized finance (DeFi) has been a frequent target of hacks, draining millions in users’ funds.
2023-5-29 17:15 | |
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Lookonchain just flagged a phishing attack against a crypto investor, where the victim lost about $3.8 million worth of Rocket Pool tokens.
2023-3-31 19:32 | |
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A hacking victim has submitted court papers as NFTs and won the case. The ruling took place last week, where the plaintiff, who goes by the name Rangan Bandyopadhyay, lost almost $1 million in USDT in a hacking scheme back in December 2021.
2023-3-15 18:59 | |
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The victim alleges Coinbase violated various laws when it failed to pay him for the money he lost.
2023-3-7 19:55 | |
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Solana was the victim of a $6 million heist that cleared out over 8,000 wallets in the early hours of 3 August. The exploit happened the day after the cross-chain bridge, Nomad, was lost to another haThe post Exploring 'Slope' factor in Solana exploit with Nomad update appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-8-4 15:30 | |
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Axie Infinity was the victim of the biggest hack in the history of crypto when it lost over $600 million, and today, it became witness to another attack after its Discord server's MEE6 bot was compromThe post Fear stronger than greed: The reason behind Axie Infinity's [AXS] weakness appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-5-19 09:30 | |
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Taiwanese pop superstar Jay Chou has lost more than $550,000 worth of top-notch NFTs after falling victim to a fishing scam
2022-4-1 11:02 | |
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DeFiance Capital founder and crypto investor Arthur Ox was the victim of a phishing attack. Bad actors managed to compromise Ox’s hot wallet and took control of over $1. 5 million in non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
2022-3-23 21:00 | |
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The United Kingdom’s Greater Manchester Police said it has successfully returned $5. 4 million to people who fell victim to an international cryptocurrency scam totaling more than $20 million.
2022-2-23 13:00 | |
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Decentralized trading protocol Tinyman, built on Algorand, was the victim of a smart contract exploit. The protocol is estimated to have lost $3 million after all was said and done. The post Algorand-Based Tinyman AMM Exploited for $3 Million appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-1-3 09:09 | |
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Fantom became another victim of the bear attack as the overall crypto market lost over $410. 2 billion in total market cap on 4 November. However, for Fantom, this wasn’t a first of an experience.
2021-12-5 23:00 | |
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Bitcoin DeFi tool BadgerDAO suffered a major attack earlier this week, and according to the current speculation, one of the most affected addresses that lost nearly 900 Bitcoin could be owned by Celsius.
2021-12-4 08:00 | |
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The price of the BADGER token has lost more than 22% of its value to drop to $21. 32 as the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol BadgerDAO fell victim to a hack on Thursday. BadgerDAO is focused on building products to bring Bitcoin to DeFi and provide yield on the leading crypto asset.
2021-12-2 17:31 | |
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The decentralized finance sector is growing at a breakneck pace. Total value locked in DeFi, at press time stood at more than $250 billion. However, here's the negative side to this ever-increasing ecThe post DeFi protocol bZx falls victim to phishing attack, around $55 million lost appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-11-6 11:30 | |
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The sheer number of new projects entering the NFT space is absurd and leading to a state of saturation. Almost every project now has thousands of social media followers with a strong community, which is what we see.
2021-10-4 16:21 | |
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A growing number of Australians have fallen victim of investment scams and fraudulent schemes. However, according to new report, scammers prefer bank transfers to cryptocurrencies. Australians Lose $670 Million to Scammers In 2020 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said in its annual Targeting Scams report published Monday that residents of Australia lost $851 […]
2021-6-8 11:00 | |
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It's another day, and another DeFi flash loan exploit has reared its head. The latest victim is bEarn, which lost $11 million in stablecoins on May 16. The post DeFi Protocol bEarn Suffers $11M Flash Loan Attack appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2021-5-17 08:25 | |
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IronBank, second iteration of CREAM decentralized financial protocol, falls victim to sophisticated flash-loan attack
2021-2-13 17:35 | |
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The wireless carrier is accused of failing to protect its customers from SIM swappers' lucrative heists.
2021-2-13 16:39 | |
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The plaintiff lost 15 bitcoin after an interaction with a T-Mobile customer who had been victim of a SIM-swapping attack.
2021-2-12 14:15 | |
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As of Tuesday, the Origin Protocol becomes yet another victim of the flash loan hack. This has caused a loss of funds north of $7 million including funds deposited by the founders. The attack was dThe post Another day, another defi flash loan 'hack': $7+ million lost appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-11-17 09:00 | |
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Canadian Bitcoin Scammers who pretended to be local authorities almost managed to grab $90,000 from a victim through a crypto ATM. Here?s what happened
2020-7-8 11:21 | |
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A victim of a kidnapping in Russia who lost $90,000 worth of Russian Rubles and 99. 7 in stolen Bitcoin, appealed to the court almost two years ago, to force the kidnappers to return his stolen bitcoin worth about $900,000 when the crime was committed.
2020-7-3 20:24 | |
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World Liberty Financial has carried out an emergency burn-and-reallocate action to recover millions in WLFI from wallets compromised before launch. World Liberty Financial has taken a major step to recover WLFI tokens that were taken from wallets compromised before the…
Major crypto wallets, including Metamask and Phantom, have joined forces to launch a real-time phishing defense network in partnership with the Security Alliance, also known as SEAL. The new defense network will “create a decentralized immune system for crypto security…
Scammers are specifically targeting WLFI holders, says blockchain security expert behind SlowMist.
Crypto phishing websites are becoming increasingly difficult to stop, and big tech is not doing enough to stop them.
A new phishing campaign is targeting cryptocurrency users by impersonating Aave, one of the most widely used decentralized finance platforms. On June 20, web3 security firm Scam Sniffer issued a warning that fake Aave (AAVE) ads were appearing at the…
Ex-Animoca exec had his crypto wallets drained after downloading a fake Zoom update during a phishing attack linked to North Korean hacking group Lazarus. Mehdi Farooq, an investment partner at Hypersphere and ex-Animoca Brands exec, revealed in a post on…
Criminals are using in-person crypto events to launch phishing campaigns and impersonation scams, Kraken warns. By now, it’s no secret that crypto is becoming mainstream, and with it, a bigger target.