Bybit sues North Korea and Lazarus Group over $1.5B 2025 hack
Bybit has filed a civil lawsuit against North Korea, the country’s Reconnaissance General Bureau and the Lazarus Group over the $1.5 billion hack that hit the exchange in…
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AFX Trade’s Arbitrum Bridge Drained of ~$24.15M in USDC After Validator Key Compromise
A decentralized perpetuals exchange operating on Arbitrum lost approximately $24.15 million in USDC after security gaps in a cross-chain bridge it operates were exploited.…
Robinhood says Vlad Tenev’s X account was compromised in fake $VLAD token promotion
Robinhood said its CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account was compromised and used to promote a fake memecoin called VLAD, according to a post from…
Wanchain Cardano-to-BNB Bridge Exploited as Forged Message Extracts $NIGHT
Wanchain’s cross-chain bridge connecting Cardano and BNB Chain was targeted in a July 21, 2026 incident that allowed an unauthorized withdrawal of $NIGHT tokens…
Cascade XYZ CLS Vault Exploited for $1.34M on Arbitrum
DeFi perpetuals platform Cascade XYZ confirmed on Wednesday that its Cascade Liquidity Strategy (CLS) vault was exploited for approximately $1.34 million in USDC. The…
Bonzo Lend Says Oracle Verifier Exploit Led to About $9M in Losses on Hedera
Bonzo Finance Labs said Bonzo Lend suffered an exploit tied to a third-party oracle verifier on Hedera, with the protocol putting the headline loss…
Solflare Team Account Appears Compromised in Phishing Campaign
A social media account linked to Solflare team member Maurice has reportedly come under unauthorized control, prompting a series of posts promoting a fabricated…
Summer.fi pauses vaults after $6 million flash loan exploit on USDC accounting logic
Summer.fi said it paused all Lazy Summer vaults after an exploit that the project’s own post-mortem said drained about $6.04 million from its USDC…
BonkDAO Loses ~$21M in BONK via Malicious Governance Proposal on Solana
BonkDAO, the decentralized organization governing the Solana-based meme coin BONK, confirmed on July 6 that its treasury was drained of approximately $20 million to…
Summer.fi Pauses Lazy Summer Vaults After Reported $6M Flash Loan Exploit on Ethereum
Summer.fi said it was pausing all Vaults across the Lazy Summer Protocol after what it described as a reported exploit earlier on Monday, with…
Routing misdirection on Uniswap V3 results in $2M extraction
A large token swap executed on July 5 on the Ethereum network was misdirected into a thinly capitalized AVAIL/WETH Uniswap V3 pool, triggering extreme…