DeFi however is facing growing pressure with major incidents and exploits becoming larger in terms of losses despite ...

DeFi lost over $750 million in early 2026 — largely from Drift Protocol and KelpDAO. Bridges remain a major risk area — the Kelp incident ...

The first half of 2025 has marked a grim milestone for the cryptocurrency industry, with over $2.1 billion stolen across 75 distinct hacks and exploits, according to a recent report by TRM Labs. This ...

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May is over, and it was another month filled with exploits. According to a report by PeckShieldAlert, 14 significant bridge ...

The world's second-largest crypto exchange Bybit suffered an exploit Friday that saw it drained of about $1.4 billion worth of Ethereum and staked ether. Bybit CEO Ben Zhou immediately shared news of ...

Sony’s weighed in on the question of whether its PlayStation Network online login was “hacked” yesterday. Its verdict: not a hack, just an “exploit.” “We temporarily took down the PSN and Qriocity ...

Two North Korea-linked hacks in April drained almost $600 million from DeFi protocols Drift Protocol ($285 million) and Kelp DAO ($292 million). Cybersecurity experts believe the attackers used AI to ...

Losses from crypto scams, exploits and hacks tapered off in the last months of 2024, with December registering as the smallest month of hacks in the entire year. Blockchain security firm CertiK said ...

Aethir said it halted a bridge exploit on its Ethereum-linked contracts, limiting losses to under $90,000 after PeckShield estimated $400,000 in damages. Aethir, a decentralized GPU cloud ...

Victims of hacks and scams received minimal assistance from Tornado Cash developers in recovering stolen funds, according to government witness testimony in Roman Storm's trial. Prosecutors argued ...

DeFi has become one of the most prominent uses of blockchain and sees virtually every financial service you can imagine delivered in a decentralized manner. This has meant greater access to financial ...