Crypto Hacks Surged in August, Over $313M Lost in Multiple Attacks
The two largest incidents, both involving phishing attacks and unauthorized transfers, accounted for a staggering 93.5% of the total stolen funds, totaling $293.4 million.
The two largest incidents, both involving phishing attacks and unauthorized transfers, accounted for a staggering 93.5% of the total stolen funds, totaling $293.4 million.
After a period of focusing on DeFi protocols, crypto criminals are targeting centralized exchanges. These exchanges, which handle significant Bitcoin transactions, are proving to be attractive targets.
“We're reaching out to 500+ exchanges to block the identified addresses. Many exchanges are cooperating with us, and we are actively working with them on additional resources to aid our recovery efforts,” said WazirX.
As per Web3 security firm Cyvers, a total of $234.9M (which is over ₹1900 crore) of WazirX’s funds have been moved to a new address. Each transaction's caller is funded by Tornado Cash.
QUICK BITE Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform LI.FI protocol has suffered an exploit leading to a series of suspicious withdrawals. Cyvers Alerts reports that over $8 million in user funds have