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Hackers hijack a dozen DeFi websites, all registered with Name.com, and steal about $138,000
Hackers hijacked a dozen DeFi front ends via domains registered with Name.com, stealing about $138,000; points to a DNS-level compromise.
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Binance says it has replaced 90% of stolen crypto after massive $6.3 billion breach
Binance says it has replaced 90% of the roughly $6.3B stolen, funded by corporate reserves, futures reserves and SAFU, with user balances intact.
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Over Sleepless Nights, Binance War Room Fought to Contain Hack
Coverage of how Binance's war room worked through the night to contain a $6.3B hack.
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Binance Says 90% of Stolen Assets Replenished, Targets Nov. 1 Restart
Binance says it has replenished 90% of stolen assets and targets a Nov. 1 restart, with full cryptographic proof due by Nov. 3.
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Origin Restores OGN Liquidity After Pulling Funds During Binance Incident
Origin says an attacker sold OGN at a 79% average discount, and onchain data shows Curve pool liquidity returning after a 46.74 million OGN withdrawal.
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CertiK Puts 2026 Crypto Losses at Record $9.2 Billion
CertiK's live dashboard puts 2026 crypto losses at a record $9.2 billion, with $3.03 billion frozen or returned in October.
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The $6.3 billion Binance hack paradox: Centralization made the hack possible, but also saved $3 billion
Analysis of the $6.3B Binance hack argues centralization both enabled the breach and limited losses to about $3B.
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Chainalysis Flags DeFi Receipt-Token Route in Binance Hack
Chainalysis traces a DeFi receipt-token route (USDT to jUSDT on JustLend) in the Binance hack flows.
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Blockchain investigator Chainalysis hit by cybersecurity incident
Chainalysis disclosed a cybersecurity incident and has brought in third-party experts to review its security.
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Aave Freezes tBTC Reserve After Threshold Pauses Minting and Redemptions
Aave froze its tBTC reserve after a threshold pause halted minting and redemptions, while repayments and liquidations continue on about $136.5M in deposits.
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The $3 Billion Kill-Switch: Inside the $6.4B Binance Heist—and Why Only Bitcoin Is Real Bearer Money.
Analysis of the October 29 Binance hack, which drained about $6.36B across 10 chains without leaked private keys, framed as a stress test of crypto custody.
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Bitcoin stolen from Binance tops Tesla’s holdings and is over twice El Salvador’s reserve
Blockchain investigators link an 18,270 BTC theft from Binance to North Korea, a haul now larger than Tesla's disclosed bitcoin holdings.
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My AI agent's trade broke the limit. The refusal told it what would fit.
A builder used Codex CLI with an MCP guardrail to cap a perps trade at $25; after the refusal the agent resized its BTC short and the order filled onchain on Somnia testnet.
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Interlock: Securing AI Agents with TigerGraph Multi-Hop Risk
A dev team put a TigerGraph risk check in front of an agent's crypto wallet and ran 38 attack scenarios; the guard cut attack success to 11% from 89% for a naive wallet.
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Israel Extradites Nomad Suspect After Supreme Court Rejected His Code-Bug Defense
Israel extradited Alexander Block, whose code-bug defense failed at its Supreme Court, to face charges over the 2022 Nomad hack.
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SEC Says $130 Million Crypto Scheme Used the Agency’s Own Databases to Look Registered
The SEC says a $130M crypto scheme used the agency's own databases and fake SEC-sealed certificates to look registered, then blocked withdrawals.
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Binance hackers raced to move billions before it could be frozen
Attackers converted stolen stablecoins into assets issuers could not freeze, while Tether and Circle moved to immobilize billions in response.
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Here We Go Again: Binance Loses $6.3b in Largest Robbery in History
Galaxy Research's account of a $6.3B Binance robbery, the largest in crypto history, is a must-read for anyone holding exchange balances.
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Blockchain Data Firm Allium Says Every Chain Passed Checks After Security Incident
Allium says its warehouse data passed checks on every chain after unauthorized access, but has not said how the access happened or what it reached.
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Inside the largest crypto hack on record: How attackers breached Binance for $6.3 billion
Investigators tie the $6B Binance hack to North Korea and detail how hot-wallet signing infrastructure was compromised and where funds went.
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$2.7B of the Binance hack was saved by Tether and Circle freezes. What does that say about decentralization?
Reddit argument that Tether, Circle, Ripple freezes and Arbitrum's Security Council saved about $2.7B of the Binance hack, undercutting the decentralization narrative. Opinion, but a pointed one.
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Experts divided over Binance hack asset freezes, warn recovery is another matter
Tether and Circle froze billions in stolen Binance-hack funds within hours, but legal experts doubt smaller victims get the same protection.
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Binance Hack: Why Bitcoin Didn't Crash Like It Did in 2018
Bitcoin fell only about 3% during the Binance hack, versus nearly 11% in 2018, a useful market-reaction comparison.
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Binance Just Suffered the Biggest Hack in Crypto History. What Now?
Binance says it will cover a $6.3B loss from the record hack; the piece covers what is known and what to watch before withdrawals reopen.
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$8 Million Crypto Kidnapping Lands Texas Brothers 15-Year Prison Terms
Texas brothers received 15-year sentences for a gunpoint crypto kidnapping that forced an $8M transfer.
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Polymarket Sends $3.9M Back to Traders After Vendor Script Drain
Polymarket is repaying $3.9M after a hijacked vendor script drained $2.7M from 726 wallets.
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Biggest Crypto Hacks. Only one got its money back.
Table of major crypto hacks since 2014 and how little was recovered; useful context after the Binance incident.
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Secret Service, FBI Join Binance Hack Probe as Circle Freezes $823 Million
Federal agencies have joined the Binance hack investigation, and Circle froze $823M as Binance sets aside $6.34B for losses.
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4 real? Tracking exploitation and patching of eMudhra’s weak keys
Cloudflare reports on how it patched eMudhra weak-key certificate exposure and what exploitation evidence it sees.
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It’s always North Korea
Citation Needed explains who is likely behind the Binance hack, how the funds are laundered and where they go.