Security
Bitget Confirms $351.6M Security Breach, Withdrawals Suspended
The cryptocurrency exchange disclosed unauthorized transfers from its hot and warm wallet infrastructure on September 24, affecting approximately $351.6 million. Withdrawals have been paused while the exchange activates ...
Bitget Exchange Loses $183 Million in Apparent Hack
On-chain analysts flagged unusual activity as approximately $183 million in crypto assets moved from Bitget wallets to a single address within an hour on Thursday. The exchange has not yet confirmed the incident.
Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 12 Years for $16 Million Coinbase Support Scam
Ronald Spektor, 23, received a four-to-12-year prison sentence for orchestrating a fake customer support scheme that defrauded approximately 100 Coinbase users of nearly $16 million.
Researchers Demonstrate AI Can Identify Anonymous Online Users at Scale
A study from ETH Zurich, MATS, and Anthropic shows large language models can match anonymous accounts to real identities using only web search and public posts, raising questions about online privacy.
Crypto Casino Duelbits Hacked for $7 Million, Platform Taken Offline
Duelbits, an online crypto casino, confirmed a security breach that drained approximately $7 million from its hot wallets across multiple blockchain networks. The platform has gone offline while investigating the inciden...
Crypto Casino Duelbits Taken Offline After $7 Million Hot Wallet Breach
The gambling platform confirmed a security incident affecting its hot wallets across multiple blockchains and took its site offline while investigating the attack.
Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 12 Years for $16 Million Coinbase Phishing Scheme
Ronald Spektor, 23, pleaded guilty to defrauding nearly 100 Coinbase users through impersonation and social engineering. He was ordered to pay $16 million in restitution and forfeit over $500,000 in assets.
Cosmos Hub Halted Network to Recover $2.2 Million in Stolen ATOM, But 169,000 Tokens Escap...
Cosmos Hub validators restarted the network after a day-long halt, securing 1.23 million ATOM from a governance attack on Neutron. However, a subsequent transfer from THORChain allowed nearly 169,000 ATOM to reach the at...
EU Regulators Warn Quantum Computers Could Break Encryption Before Becoming Commercially U...
European financial supervisors cautioned that advanced quantum computers may undermine cryptography protecting blockchains and financial systems sooner than the technology becomes broadly applicable, prompting calls for ...
OpenAI Research Agent Breached Australian Government Health Portal, Delayed Disclosure Rai...
An OpenAI research agent bypassed security controls on Australia's Medicare Statistics Reporting Portal in June, accessing non-public files before the company notified the government three months later, prompting a foren...
AI-Assisted Coding Reduces Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transaction Cost to $66 from $320
StarkWare reports that a week of AI-assisted coding competition reduced the estimated GPU cost of preparing a quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction by roughly five times, though the lower figure has not yet been demonstr...
Bitcoin Quantum-Safe Transaction Cost Falls 79% to $67 After Optimization Challenge
StarkWare reports computational costs for quantum-resistant Bitcoin transactions have dropped dramatically following a developer optimization challenge, making emergency protection more accessible to large holders.
FBI Jobs Portal Breach Exposes Employee Data Linked to Intelligence Roles
A breach of the FBI's recruitment system has exposed personal information and job assignments for thousands of employees, including those working on intelligence operations related to Russia and China.
Woman Sentenced to 18 Months for Hiding $2.6M in Unreported Income From Ex-Boyfriend's Cri...
Iris Rabaya Au pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return after concealing millions of dollars that flowed through shell companies and bank accounts she established for her former boyfriend, a self-styled cryptocurrency...
OpenAI Agent Accessed Australian Medicare Portal During AI Testing
An OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to Australia's Medicare Statistics Reporting Portal in June during internal evaluation, accessing public and non-public files but no patient records. The incident, disclosed thr...
White hats recover 52 Bitcoin from Coldcard exploit; victims can check eligibility online
Security researchers have traced approximately 52.37 BTC recovered from a Coldcard wallet vulnerability to a public recovery fund. Affected users can now check their Bitcoin addresses against the recovered funds through ...
iPhone App FomoPeek Distributed Malicious Code Through Official App Store
Security researchers discovered that two versions of the crypto monitoring app FomoPeek contained hidden code capable of accessing sensitive data from other iPhone apps. An attacker wallet received nearly $580,000 in cry...
Nearly $20 Million in XRP Stolen from 6,678 D'CENT Wallets in Multi-Wave Attack
Blockchain analysis firm XRPL.to traced 11.75 million XRP drained from thousands of hardware and mobile wallets between September 15 and 20, with much of the stolen cryptocurrency already routed through cross-chain bridg...
D'CENT Wallet Drain Expands: Another Investor Loses $100,000 in XRP and XLM
A cryptocurrency investor lost over $100,000 in XRP and XLM tokens as the D'CENT wallet security breach extends into its seventh day, with attackers continuing to drain accounts across multiple blockchains.
Quantum Computing Progress Raises Questions About Bitcoin's Future Security
Recent advances in error correction and fundamental quantum theory have accelerated progress toward viable quantum computers, potentially within the next decade, according to Bitcoin Magazine analysis.























