News with the tag "Hack"

Imprisoned FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been on the move. The former crypto executive was previously incarcerated in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, but Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) data indicates he now resides at FTC Oklahoma City, a transfer center that temporarily houses inmat...

The FBI is issuing an alert over an ongoing ransomware campaign known as “Medusa” that’s hit hundreds of victims. Medusa is a type of malicious software first discovered in 2021 that encrypts its victims’ files before demanding a ransom in exchange for a decryption key. Medusa actors typically gain ...

The decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Zoth has experienced a severe security breach that has sent ripples of worry across the cryptocurrency sector. The breach, detected by the Cyber Alert System, appears to have resulted from a compromise of the protocol’s deployer wallet, which, in turn, was r...

A billion-dollar bank is warning customers after a cybersecurity breach affecting thousands of customers. In a filing with the Office of the Maine Attorney General, Western Alliance Bank says an unauthorized actor exploited a vulnerability in a third-party file transfer software system it uses. The ...

Crypto is in the midst of what Mintology CEO Zach Burks calls “crime season,” as hacks and illicit activity drive down investor confidence. So far in 2025, over $2.2 billion in crypto has been stolen, including a $1.5 billion heist by North Korea’s Lazarus Group . In a note to crypto.news, Burks war...

Real-world assets (RWA) restaking protocol Zoth has fallen victim to a security breach, resulting in the loss of approximately $8.4 million in crypto assets. On March 21, the blockchain security firm Cyvers Alerts reported the incident, indicating a compromised deployer wallet as the root cause. ALE...

Watcher.Guru, a prominent crypto and finance news source with 2.9 million followers on X, reported that its account was hacked, leading to unauthorized posts and potential social engineering tactics. Hackers Block Ripple Execs After Compromising Watcher.Guru’s X Account Watcher.Guru, a crypto and fi...

In a chilling reminder of the ever-present dangers lurking in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, yield infrastructure company Zoth has become the latest victim of a significant security breach. Blockchain security firm PeckShield alerted the crypto community via X (formerly Twitter) about a sta...

In a startling turn of events for the crypto community, popular crypto news platform Watcher Guru has reported a security breach of its official X (formerly Twitter) account. Despite having robust security measures in place, including two-factor authentication (2FA), the platform confirmed that its ...

The post Who Is the Hyperliquid Whale? ZachXBT Uncovers a British Hacker Behind $20M Trades appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News A mysterious trader, who made $20 million from leveraged trades on Hyperliquid and GMX, has been identified as William Parker, a British hacker with a history of finan...