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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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Uranium Finance Hacker Convicted of $55M Theft and Money Laundering

A New York jury convicted cybersecurity consultant Jonathan Spalletta of computer fraud and money laundering for two att...

Oct 8, 2026, 12:05 PM
Uranium FinanceJonathan Spalletta
Security
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Vitalik Buterin Weighs AI Threat to Crypto Math Without Endorsing Panic

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warned that AI advances could eventually weaken the mathematical foundations of bloc...

Oct 8, 2026, 08:09 AM
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Ethereum Researcher Drake Warns AI Could Break Crypto Signatures Faster Than Quantum

Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake warned that AI-driven mathematical advances could break cryptocurrency encry...

Oct 7, 2026, 10:09 PM
EthereumJustin Drake
SecurityRegulation
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Europol Identifies Crypto Wallets as Critical Quantum Computing Vulnerability

Europol has flagged cryptocurrency wallets as the primary weak point for future quantum computing attacks, warning that ...

Oct 7, 2026, 02:02 PM
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Crypto Entrepreneur Adam Iza Sentenced to 78 Months for $37M Meta Fraud

Adam Iza, a self-proclaimed crypto entrepreneur who styled himself "The Godfather," was sentenced to 78 months in federa...

Oct 7, 2026, 06:13 AM
Adam IzaMeta
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DOJ Presses Roman Storm Case as FinCEN Abandons Mixer Compliance Proposal

The Department of Justice filed new motions against Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm, challenging his venue defense, ...

Oct 6, 2026, 10:13 AM
Roman StormTornado Cash
DeFiSecurity
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Base Vault Loses $6 Million in Aave Tokens After Whitelist Change

A Base vault holding Aave deposit tokens was drained of approximately $6 million following a change to its borrower whit...

Oct 6, 2026, 03:05 AM
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SecurityRegulation
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ZachXBT Infiltrates Alleged Lazarus Laundering Ring, Recovers $442K in Frozen Funds

On-chain investigator ZachXBT disclosed October 5 that he had infiltrated an alleged North Korean Lazarus Group money-la...

Oct 5, 2026, 11:11 PM
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SecurityRegulation
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ZachXBT Posed as Client to Infiltrate North Korean Laundering Ring

On-chain investigator ZachXBT fronted 349,700 USDC to pose as a broker client and gain access to an alleged Lazarus Grou...

Oct 5, 2026, 09:02 PM
ZachXBTLazarus Group
Security
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Anthropic AI Audit Finds No Critical Bugs in Zcash Protocol

Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox announced Tuesday that an audit by Anthropic using its Mythos AI model found no serious proto...

Oct 5, 2026, 10:07 AM
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DeFiSecurity
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Aztec Connect Loses $2.1M in Deprecated Contract Exploit

A deprecated smart contract belonging to Aztec Connect was exploited for approximately $2.1 million, according to securi...

Oct 4, 2026, 07:13 AM
Aztec ConnectAztec Labs
DeFiSecurity
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Aztec Connect Exploit Highlights Risks in Deprecated DeFi Contracts

An exploit against Aztec Connect, a deprecated privacy protocol, exposed lingering security risks in immutable smart con...

Oct 4, 2026, 04:02 AM
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