Hacks


Policy

Crypto Exchange Catalyx Suspends Trading, Withdrawals Following 'Security Breach'

The Canadian exchange suffered a security break earlier this month, resulting in the loss of an unknown amount of customer funds.

Canadian regulators ordered a freeze on Catalyx recently.

Tech

Crypto Users Lost $2B to Hacks, Scams and Exploits in 2023, De.Fi Says

The figure is roughly half the estimated $4.2 billion of 2022, a year that also included $40 billion lost through the collapse of Terra, Celsius and FTX.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Mt. Gox Appears to Have Started PayPal Repayments Tied to 2014 Bitcoin Hack

Payments through bank accounts are still awaited.

Mt. Gox Creditor Kolin Burges confronts Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk)

Opinion

DeFi Has a Risk Problem and It’s Time to Solve It

While the total losses from exploits fell to $1 billion from $54 billion the year prior, this is still an unacceptable threat to users, Haven1's Jeff Owens writes for Crypto 2024.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Code Is Not (Always) Law

Sometimes, the law is the law, industry experts say.

(Kenny Eliason/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

What Are the Tax Implications of the Alleged Binance Wallet Hack (or Any Crypto Exploit)?

As with the FTX fraud, it’s unclear how tax authorities are going to treat tax issues when there’s criminal activity involved.

(Alpha Rad/Unsplash)

Finance

Poloniex Hot Wallets Hacked With $114M Seemingly Stolen: On-Chain Data

Poloniex investor Justin Sun confirmed the exploit, saying the exchange will reimburse affected users and offering a "white hat bounty" to the hacker.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

Web3 Security Firm Blockaid Raises $27M to Help Tackle Industry's 'Never-Ending' Challenges

Blockaid claims to have scanned 450 million transactions, thwarted 1.2 million malicious transactions and safeguarded $500 million in user funds in the last three months .

CEO Ido Ben-Natan and CTO Raz Niv

Tech

Friend.Tech Targeted SIM Swaps Worsen as Users Lose More Ether

CoinDesk reported earlier this week that Friend.Tech users were starting to seemingly get targeted in SIM swap exploits.

La volatilidad implícita de ether parece barata en comparación con la volatilidad histórica. (Pixabay)

Policy

There's a Lot of Thefts Happening

Regulators don’t need more excuses to look suspiciously at the crypto industry, but a recent wave of hacks and thefts provide one anyway.

FTX bought the naming rights to the Miami Heat arena in March. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk archives)