Hacks, exploits, scams and the state of crypto security.
DOJ charges convicted money launderer Rossen Iossifov with draining $290K in court-seized Kraken crypto from prison, exposing a US forfeiture custody gap.
Bonzo Lend lost ~$9M on July 11 after an attacker exploited a flaw in Supra's oracle verifier to inflate SAUCE token collateral prices on the Hedera network.
Hong Kong's SFC gives licensed crypto platforms until July 8, 2027 to replace OTP logins with phishing-resistant authentication — or cover user phishing losses.
A Solana genesis-distribution wallet lost ~180,900 SOL ($14.2M) in a suspected hack. The attacker unstaked, bridged to Ethereum, and converted funds to 7,918 ETH — flagged by ZachXBT.
Attackers hijacked the Injective Labs SDK GitHub repo to publish a malicious npm package designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet keys from developers and apps.
Ethereum Foundation deploys AI agents to hunt network vulnerabilities. Octane Security's AI already caught a high-severity Nethermind bug that could have frozen 38% of block production.
INTERPOL's Operation First Light 2026 netted 5,811 arrests across 97 countries and seized $293M in illicit assets, including intercepted crypto transfers — up 47% on 2024.
Operation First Light, Interpol's 97-country sweep, netted 5,811 arrests and $293M — including a single Thai suspect's wallet that processed $123M in romance-scam proceeds.
Bull Bitcoin has filed a legal challenge at France's Conseil d'État to annul the DAC8 crypto-reporting decree, arguing it creates a data breach risk for holders.
Secret Network proposes migrating SCRT from Cosmos to Arbitrum, citing AI exploit risks and a $4.7M bridge hack. SCRT fell ~24% on the news. Vote set for Sept 1, 2026.
