Security tracks the threats that affect crypto users, protocols and companies. This section covers hacks, bridge exploits, wallet vulnerabilities, phishing campaigns, exchange incidents, smart contract failures, scams and the security practices emerging across the industry.
Ilya Lichtenstein, responsible for the 4.5 billion Bitfinex hack, was released from prison this Friday, January 2, 2026. The hacker confirmed his early departure by publicly thanking the…
The holiday season has brought with it an alarming increase in digital criminal activity, warns Lionsgate Network. This intelligence firm reported that cryptocurrency scams…
A UK court has ordered Joseph James O’Connor, the British cybercriminal behind the massive 2020 Twitter hack, to repay illicit gains now valued at…
A US court has sentenced a man to five years in prison for his leading role in a $9.4 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. In…
China’s national cyber defense agency has sparked significant controversy. The National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) published a technical report this Sunday. The…
The decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) Balancer has issued an on-chain notice to the wallet holder responsible for a recent Balancer vulnerability. This incident resulted…
The United Kingdom has initiated the process for the Bitcoin return to Chinese investors who were defrauded in a $6.8 billion scheme. According to…
The prediction platform Polymarket is at the center of a controversy, following an unusual spike in transactions favoring Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado,…
An attacker exploited a critical private key vulnerability in the Hyperdrive lending protocol, siphoning approximately $21 million from the platform. The incident, made possible…
A recent report from the analytics firm Chainalysis has revealed alarming figures about criminal activity in the digital asset ecosystem. According to the study,…
French authorities, in a coordinated operation, successfully arrested two suspects linked to the attack against the decentralized finance platform Platypus. The event resulted in…
