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ForkLog 25 16.06.2025

User Loses $6.5 Million Due to Wallet Purchased via Chinese TikTok

A user lost $6.5 million after purchasing a hardware wallet through the Chinese app Douyin. The device was found to be compromised, according to experts from SlowMist. ? Last night, We received an emergency report: a user lost $6.5M worth of crypto from a cold wallet. The wallet was bought via Douyin (TikTok China), but […]

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ForkLog 139 12.06.2025

Analysts Report New Surge of Covert Mining in Russia

The hacker group Librarian Ghouls, also known as Rare Werewolf, has compromised hundreds of Russian devices for covert cryptocurrency mining. This was reported by experts from Kaspersky Lab. Infection Method The perpetrators gained access to systems through phishing emails. These emails are disguised as messages from legitimate organizations and appear as official documents or payment […]

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ForkLog 19 10.06.2025

Hackers Breach Paraguayan President’s X Account, Post Fake Bitcoin Announcement

Hackers posted a message on the X account of Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, falsely claiming Bitcoin had been recognized as legal tender. At the time of writing, the post has been removed. Source: X. The post also claimed that authorities had formed a $5 million reserve in the cryptocurrency for the national treasury. Journalist Colin […]

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ForkLog 48 09.06.2025

ALEX Lab to Compensate Losses Following $8.3 Million Hack

The DeFi protocol ALEX Lab, built on the Bitcoin Layer 2 solution Stacks, will fully compensate users for losses incurred from a hacking attack amounting to $8.3 million. On June 6, 2025, ALEX Protocol was exploited via a flaw in the self-listing verification logic (an on-chain limitation on Stacks). As a result, the attacker drained […]

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ForkLog 127 02.06.2025

BitMEX Uncovers Operational Security Flaws in Lazarus Group

The North Korean state-affiliated hacking group, Lazarus Group, exhibits “amateur-level blunders” in operational security, according to findings from a BitMEX investigation. Experts identified an IP address, a database, and tracking algorithms used by the cybercriminals. One group member failed to use a VPN, revealing their actual location in Jiaxing, China. This information was obtained after […]

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ForkLog 156 02.06.2025

Hackers Extract $14.5 Million from Nervos Network and BitoPro Platforms

On May 8, $11.5 million was siphoned from the hot wallet of Taiwan’s BitoPro. The team has only now disclosed the incident. The modular blockchain Nervos Network suffered a $3 million attack. On-chain investigator ZachXBT highlighted a suspicious outflow of digital assets worth $11.5 million from the hot wallets of Taiwan’s cryptocurrency exchange BitoPro, which […]

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ForkLog 48 01.06.2025

Cryptocurrency Industry Faces $244 Million Loss from May Hacks

The cumulative losses for crypto projects from 20 recorded hacks in May amounted to $244.1 million. This figure is nearly 40% lower than the previous month, noted PeckShield. Data: X. The largest incident was an attack on the pools of the decentralized exchange Cetus on the Sui network, with a potential loss of $223 million. […]

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ForkLog 36 30.05.2025

Cetus Team Unveils Recovery Plan

The Sui network community approved an emergency update necessary for the recovery of the decentralized exchange Cetus following a breach. Over 90% of validators and stakers supported the decision during the vote. The DEX team expressed gratitude to participants and announced plans for a complete recovery and relaunch of the project in approximately one week. […]

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ForkLog 59 28.05.2025

Hacker Extracts $12 Million from Cork Protocol

A hacker exploited a vulnerability in the smart contracts of the DeFi protocol Cork Protocol, stealing $12 million in cryptocurrency, according to Cyvers Alerts specialists. ?ALERT?Our system has identified a $12M smart contract exploit, with @CorkProtocol potentially the victims. A malicious contract was deployed on May 28, 2025 at 11:23:19 UTC by an address funded […]

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ForkLog 39 28.05.2025

Sui Validators Approve Plan to Restore $162 Million to Cetus Users

The decentralized exchange Cetus within the Sui ecosystem will return the stolen $162 million if the community approves the transfer of frozen funds. Cetus has requested a community driven vote to recover the funds frozen following last week’s hack. In response, the Sui Foundation has released code for an onchain community vote. Sui validators can […]

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ForkLog 69 27.05.2025

Hackers Leak Solana Co-Founder’s Data on Migos’ Instagram

Solana co-founder Raj Gokal has fallen victim to a data breach, with hackers posting his confidential information on the Instagram page of the hip-hop group Migos, which boasts 13 million followers, according to The Block. The Web3 entrepreneur may have been subjected to extortion prior to the data release. The hacker included a link to […]

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ForkLog 44 26.05.2025

Crypto Investor Loses $2.6 Million in ‘Zero Transfer’ Scam

A user lost $2.6 million in USDT due to two phishing attacks carried out by fraudsters within three hours, according to analysts at Cyvers. ?ALERT?Our system has detected~2.6M $USDT loss from a targeted address poisoning scam involving zero-value transfers. A single victim was repeatedly scammed by the same attacker address. First, the victim lost 843K […]

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