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ForkLog 24 09.10.2023

Friend.Tech clone on Avalanche hacked for $3 million

On October 7, the SocialFi app Stars Arena, inspired by Friend.Tech, lost 266,103 AVAX (~$3 million) due to a 'serious security breach' in the smart contracts.

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ForkLog 23 09.10.2023

Upbit records almost 160,000 hacking attempts in six months

In the first six months of 2023, the South Korean bitcoin exchange Upbit faced 159,061 hacking attempts. Yonhap reports.

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ForkLog 16 09.10.2023

HTX hacker returns funds after 250 ETH bounty

The cryptocurrency exchange HTX (formerly Huobi) returned the stolen 5,000 ETH (about $7.9 million at the time) for a hacker bounty of 250 ETH (about $409,000).

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ForkLog 23 06.10.2023

THORSwap restricts operations amid influx of illicit funds

The THORSwap decentralized exchange temporarily put its interface into maintenance mode after identifying potentially illicit transactions.

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ForkLog 10 03.10.2023

Friend.Tech users hit by SIM swap attack

Some users {{AOPEN_1}}Web3{{ACLOSE_1}}-social network Friend.Tech reported that they had fallen victim to SIM swapping, losing digital assets worth thousands of dollars.

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ForkLog 10 02.10.2023

CertiK: September sets 2023 high for hack-related losses

In September, the amount stolen by criminals ($329.8 million) was the highest in 2023. Such estimates were provided by CertiK analysts.

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ForkLog 14 28.09.2023

Report: Losses from hacks and scams in Q3 total $889 million

From July through September, the crypto industry lost about $889.3 million to hacks, frauds and rug pulls. Beosin analysts provided the figures.

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ForkLog 11 25.09.2023

Unknown attackers siphon $7.9 million from HTX’s hot wallet

On September 24, hackers attacked HTX's hot wallet (formerly Huobi), resulting in the loss of 5,000 ETH ($7.9 million).

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ForkLog 12 25.09.2023

Mixin Network Hacked for $200 Million

On September 23, an unknown attacker hacked Mixin Network's cloud service provider and siphoned off around $200 million in digital assets.

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ForkLog 16 25.09.2023

Lazarus Group wallets hold Bitcoin worth $42.5 million, analysts say

North Korean hackers from the Lazarus Group own cryptocurrencies worth at least $47 million.

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ForkLog 11 22.09.2023

Stablecoin ℓUSD Plunges to Zero After Linear DeFi Hack

A Hong Kong-based DeFi project Linear Finance said it was attacked, resulting in the loss of all liquidity in the ℓUSD stablecoin on PancakeSwap and Ascendex.

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ForkLog 25 20.09.2023

Balancer loses $238,000 in frontend attack

In the early hours of September 20, the Balancer DeFi protocol team said the frontend had been hacked and urged users to refrain from further use of the platform's interface.

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