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ForkLog 35 04.12.2024

Hackers Exploit Solana Developers via JavaScript Library Compromise

Malefactors have breached the JavaScript library @solana/web3.js, a crucial tool for developers building decentralized applications on the Solana blockchain, according to analysts at Anza. Earlier today, a publish-access account was compromised for @solana/web3.js, a JavaScript library that is commonly used by Solana dapps. This allowed an attacker to publish unauthorized and malicious packages that were […]

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ForkLog 10 03.12.2024

Russian Police Uncover Fake Crypto ATM Scheme

In Moscow, police have detained a suspect involved in the theft of citizens’ savings through the use of crypto ATMs, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Preliminary information suggests that a group of criminals installed over 20 crypto ATMs in several Russian regions and managed them remotely. Allegedly, victims were […]

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ForkLog 19 02.12.2024

Founder of Hydra Store Sentenced to Life Imprisonment in Russia

The Moscow Regional Court has sentenced Stanislav Moiseev, the founder of a store on the darknet marketplace Hydra, to life imprisonment and a fine of 4 million rubles, as reported by Interfax. Fifteen of Moiseev’s accomplices received sentences ranging from eight to 23 years, with fines totaling 16 million rubles. All individuals involved in the […]

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ForkLog 19 29.11.2024

Losses from DEXX Hack Escalate to $30 Million

Experts at SlowMist have tracked over 8,620 Solana addresses, allegedly linked to the hacker who attacked the DEXX meme-coin trading terminal. After several days of careful data collection and analysis by our team, we are now making the list of hacker addresses public. https://t.co/adMTiBkeyS https://t.co/D0pVQzcbNQ pic.twitter.com/p7jlKawuZM — MistTrack?️ (@MistTrack_io) November 28, 2024 On November 16, […]

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ForkLog 10 28.11.2024

XT Exchange Hacked: $1.7 Million Stolen

The centralised cryptocurrency exchange XT has suspended withdrawals due to “technical work and wallet updates.” According to PeckShieldAlert, the platform lost $1.7 million in a hack.

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ForkLog 12 27.11.2024

Pump Science Reports Wallet Breach and Fake Tokens

The Pump Science team has released a report on a recent incident involving the issuance of unauthorized tokens by the Pump.fun developers’ profile. Full report on yesterday’s incident: TLDR:Do not trust any new tokens launched from the pscience https://t.co/SahErfa0Rx profile or by the wallet address: T5j2UBTvLYPCwDP5MVkSALN7fwuLFDL9jUXJNjjb8sc the wallet (T5j2UBTvLYPCwDP5MVkSALN7fwuLFDL9jUXJNjjb8sc) behind our… — Pump Science (@pumpdotscience) […]

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ForkLog 68 20.11.2024

ZachXBT Traces Portion of $6.5 Million Stolen from Coinbase Client

In October, a client of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase in the United States fell victim to a scammer who used social engineering to steal $6.5 million. On-chain detective ZachXBT assisted the victim in tracing part of the assets. 1/ An investigation into the social engineering scammer Ronaldd (Ronald Spektor) who allegedly helped steal $6.5M last […]

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ForkLog 10 20.11.2024

User Recovers $129 Million Sent to Phishing Address

An unnamed user transferred $129 million in USDT to scammers after copying an incorrect address from their transaction history. Unlike most such incidents, the recipients returned the funds within six hours. ?不知道哪位遭遇了首尾号相似钱包地址的钓鱼攻击，误转了 1.29 亿 USDT 给钓鱼地址： THcTxQi3N8wQ13fwntF7a3M88BEi6q1bu8https://t.co/vhPxMpewc8 不过，钓鱼团伙不到 1 小时归还了其中 90%，然后又过了 4 个多小时把剩余的 10% 也归还了… 情报来自 InMist 成员。 https://t.co/cFhK3sM8Go — Cos(余弦)?‍?️ (@evilcos) November 20, 2024 […]

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ForkLog 13 19.11.2024

Heather Morgan Sentenced to 18 Months for Bitfinex Hack Involvement

A US federal court has sentenced Heather Morgan to 18 months in prison for her role in laundering 119,754 BTC stolen from the Bitfinex exchange in 2016, reports CoinDesk. Her husband, Ilya Lichtenstein, who orchestrated the attack, received a five-year sentence on November 14. The couple was arrested in February 2022, when authorities seized 94,643 […]

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ForkLog 8 18.11.2024

Polter Finance Hacked for $12 Million

The decentralised lending platform Polter Finance has fallen victim to an attack on the Fantom blockchain, losing the majority of its assets—over 16.1 million SGD (~$12 million). The personal loss of the project’s founder, known as Whichghost, amounted to approximately 300,000 SGD (more than $223,000). the following is the police report filed regarding @polterfinance exploit […]

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ForkLog 55 18.11.2024

Hacker Returns $25.5 Million to Thala in Exchange for $300,000 Reward

On November 15, developers of the DeFi protocol Thala on Aptos recovered $25.5 million in stolen digital assets after reaching an agreement with the hacker. Important Announcement On November 15th 2024, Thala suffered a security breach as a result of an isolated vulnerability in the latest update to v1 farming contracts, allowing the exploiter to […]

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ForkLog 10 15.11.2024

Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

On November 14, a U.S. court sentenced Ilya Lichtenstein to five years in prison for laundering money obtained from the 2016 Bitfinex exchange hack. Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan, were arrested in February 2022 on suspicion of involvement in the attack on the exchange. At that time, authorities seized 94,643 BTC (approximately $3.6 billion […]

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