Crypto Hacks

South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, Upbit, has reported a $36 million exploit on the Solana network, a breach that unfolded with unsettling precision on November 27 — the exact date the platform suffered its notorious 2019 hack, when 342,000 ETH were siphoned by North Korea’s Lazarus Group.

On November 21, 2025, Cardano suffered its most serious technical failure in nearly a decade, when a single flawed delegation transaction triggered a rare chain split—effectively causing the blockchain to divide into two competing versions of itself.

Indonesian authorities have arrested a Bandung-based hacker accused of exploiting a critical flaw inside the trading platform Markets.com—an incident that has quickly brought light to the limitations of Know-Your Customer identification as a primary defense mechanism for crypto exchanges.

The U.S. Department of Justice has intensified its pursuit of North Korea’s state-backed hacking operations, launching a major forfeiture action against $15.1 million in stolen Tether (USDT) while simultaneously securing guilty pleas from five individuals who helped Pyongyang’s operatives embed themselves deep inside America’s corporate infrastructure.

The world's cutest decentralized exchange, Bunni DEX, is facing a harsh reality, after announcing that it will be shutting down operations following an $8.4 million exploit in September, becoming the second DeFi project this week to fold under the pressure of mounting security breaches and financial strain.

A dormant wallet tied to the Chinese Bitcoin mining pool LuBian has suddenly transferred nearly $1.3 billion in Bitcoin, just one day after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled a massive $15 billion crypto forfeiture case linked to alleged money laundering through international mining operations.

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a dangerous new Android vulnerability, dubbed “Pixnapping,” that could allow malicious apps to secretly steal what’s being shown on your phone screen — including crypto wallet recovery phrases, two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, and other sensitive information.

After more than a year of silence, missed deadlines, and legal hurdles, India-based crypto exchange WazirX has finally won the Singapore High Court’s approval for its long-awaited restructuring plan.

Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao appears to have become the latest target in what experts describe as a state-backed retaliation campaign by North Korea’s notorious hacking unit, the Lazarus Group.

In a plot that sounds more like a Hollywood thriller than a courtroom case, two men in Scotland are accused of planning a multimillion-dollar crypto heist from behind bars.