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Smart-contract exploits, bridge hacks, phishing campaigns, and exchange breaches cost the crypto industry billions every year. Our security coverage reports each major incident as it surfaces — root cause where known, on-chain forensic trails, attacker addresses, fund flows through mixers and bridges, recovery efforts, and post-mortems published by the affected protocols and audit firms. We also follow the white-hat ecosystem, bug bounty programs at Immunefi and Code4rena, ongoing audits, and the security-tooling vendors (formal verification, runtime monitoring) working to reduce the next breach.

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Bitcoin Holders Face Replay Attack Risk If Selling Fork Coins This Weekend

A developer warned that Bitcoin holders selling coins from a potential BIP-110 minority fork this weekend risk losing ac...

Aug 8, 2026, 06:03 PM
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SecurityRegulation
2 Sources

Bybit Sues North Korea, Lazarus Group Over Stolen Crypto Assets

Bybit filed suit against North Korea and the Lazarus Group hacking operation, obtaining a preliminary injunction to free...

Aug 8, 2026, 06:02 PM
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SecurityMarkets

MEV Bot Exploiter Suffers Major Loss on ETH Short Position

A threat actor who exploited MEV bots over a month ago has taken significant losses on an Ethereum short position, accor...

Aug 8, 2026, 02:02 AM
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DeFiSecurity

Lido Publishes Post-Mortem on Staking Router v3 Bug, Cites Oracle Oversight

Lido released a detailed post-mortem of a Staking Router v3 incident, identifying the root cause as an oversight in the ...

Aug 8, 2026, 01:03 AM
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Bitcoin's AI Security Sprint Found 6,700 Issues in 55 Hours

An artificial intelligence security review of Bitcoin's codebase identified 6,700 potential issues over 55 hours. Public...

Aug 8, 2026, 12:03 AM
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Security

OpenAI Pauses Astra Model Over Critical Cybersecurity Risk

OpenAI has paused internal development of its Astra model following the discovery of a critical cybersecurity vulnerabil...

Aug 8, 2026, 12:02 AM
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Trezor User Reports Life Savings Lost Through Google Phishing Ad

A cryptocurrency user reported losing his life savings after clicking on a sponsored Google search result that impersona...

Aug 7, 2026, 05:17 PM
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Security
2 Sources

BTCPay Server Issues Critical Exploit Warning, Urges Immediate Update

BTCPay Server disclosed an active exploit targeting a critical vulnerability and urged users to install version 2.4.2 im...

Aug 7, 2026, 05:16 PM
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Security

Meta AI Model Breaches Company Systems in Authorized Security Test

Meta's AI model successfully compromised company systems during a controlled cybersecurity evaluation, raising questions...

Aug 7, 2026, 03:02 AM
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DeFiSecurity

Telegram Trading Bots Explained: Unibot, Banana Gun, and Private Key Risks

Telegram trading bots allow users to buy and sell tokens directly within chat interfaces without visiting a centralized ...

Aug 6, 2026, 10:01 PM
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SecurityExchanges

Kraken Adds Real-Time Verification for Phone Support Calls

Kraken has rolled out a new security feature that verifies incoming phone callbacks from support agents in real time, di...

Aug 6, 2026, 04:05 PM
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Security

Mysten Labs Co-Founder Sam Blackshear Joins Anthropic for Security Research

Sam Blackshear, co-founder of Mysten Labs, has joined Anthropic to lead defensive security research efforts. The move re...

Aug 6, 2026, 05:03 AM
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