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ForkLog 37 29.05.2023

Hackers hijack The Sandbox CEO’s Twitter for a fake SAND airdrop

On May 26, unknown individuals gained control of the Twitter account of Arthur Madrid, the CEO {{AOPEN_1}}metaverse{{ACLOSE_1}} The Sandbox, to spread phishing, disguising it as a fake token airdrop.

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ForkLog 11 28.05.2023

Hackers siphoned more than $7.5 million from DeFi project Jimbos Protocol

The Arbitrum-based project Jimbos Protocol was attacked, with unknown actors withdrawing 4,090 ETH (more than $7.5 million at the time of writing).

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ForkLog 8 25.05.2023

Tornado Cash hacker moves portion of stolen tokens

The attacker who compromised the Tornado Cash crypto mixer carried out a series of transactions after taking control of the protocol.

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ForkLog 9 22.05.2023

Tornado Cash attacker proposes restoring the DAO’s governance.

The attacker behind the Tornado Cash mixer published a proposal, the implementation of which could potentially restore control over the project, the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO).

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ForkLog 20 21.05.2023

Unknown attackers seize control of Tornado Cash governance

On May 20, unknown actors seized control of Tornado Cash's governance mechanism. According to Paradigm analyst going by the handle samczsun, the attackers have already begun draining TORN tokens from the protocol's smart contracts.

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ForkLog 13 17.05.2023

Uranium Finance hacker moves 650 ETH to Tornado Cash

On May 16, a wallet linked to the Uranium Finance hack moved 650 ETH (~$1.18 million) to the Tornado Cash mixer.

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ForkLog 114 15.05.2023

Users lose more than $15 million on fake HitBTC site

Attackers stole more than $15 million in Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT and other cryptocurrencies through a fake HitBTC exchange site, according to SlowMist.

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ForkLog 14 15.05.2023

Hackers stole about $30,000 in Bitcoin via counterfeit hardware wallet

Unknown criminals forged a hardware cryptocurrency wallet and siphoned off 1.33 BTC ($29,585 at the time of analysis).

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ForkLog 21 15.05.2023

White House: North Korea funds about half of its missile program through cryptocurrency theft

About half of North Korea's missile program is financed through cyberattacks and cryptocurrency theft, White House officials said.

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ForkLog 16 08.05.2023

Deus Finance DeFi protocol hacked for $6 million

The hacker drained $6 million from the Deus Finance DeFi protocol through a vulnerability in the algorithmic stablecoin DEI.

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ForkLog 9 05.05.2023

CertiK freezes $160,000 stolen from Merlin DEX

CertiK, a smart-contract security auditing firm, announced the freezing of $160,000 withdrawn from Merlin DEX after the exploit.

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ForkLog 15 02.05.2023

Ukrainian police shut down nine Bitcoin exchanges

The National Police of Ukraine, in collaboration with the FBI, blocked nine cryptocurrency exchanges used to launder criminal funds.

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