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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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Drift Opens DFX Claims Process With Initial Payouts Around 1% of Losses

The Drift Foundation opened redemption claims Tuesday for DFX token holders affected by the April exploit, offering roug...

Oct 2, 2026, 02:03 AM
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SecurityExchanges
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NEAR Falls 10% After $3.8M Intents Exploit, Just Days After US ETF Launch

NEAR dropped roughly 10% to $4.86 on October 1 following disclosure of a $3.8 million security incident in NEAR Intents'...

Oct 1, 2026, 10:10 PM
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MetaMask Exits 523,000 ETH Validators After Security Incident

MetaMask is withdrawing from Ethereum validators following an infrastructure security incident, removing stakes totaling...

Oct 1, 2026, 09:16 AM
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RegulationSecurity
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US Treasury Sanctions Seven Tron Addresses Tied to Tren de Aragua ATM Network

The U.S. Treasury Department's OFAC division added seven Tron addresses to its sanctions list, alleging they facilitated...

Oct 1, 2026, 09:01 AM
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DeFiSecurity
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Morpho Vaults Drain After MetaMask Security Incident Triggers Depositor Exodus

Sentora's stablecoin vaults on Morpho experienced sharp outflows following a MetaMask security incident, with RLUSD and ...

Oct 1, 2026, 05:08 AM
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MetaMask Staking Exits Lido Validators After Infrastructure Compromise

MetaMask Staking has initiated a full exit from its Lido validators following a security incident, with Lido estimating ...

Oct 1, 2026, 12:06 AM
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SecurityRegulation
4 Sources

Bitget Breach Hackers Move Millions to Zcash's Private Pool

Hackers behind the $387.5 million Bitget breach transferred between $3.8 million and $4 million in stolen Zcash to Ironw...

Sep 30, 2026, 09:12 PM
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Security
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Apple Patches iPhone CoreGraphics Zero-Day Exploited Against Crypto Wallets

Apple released a security patch on September 29 for a zero-day CoreGraphics vulnerability that was being actively exploi...

Sep 30, 2026, 07:27 PM
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MarketsSecurity
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Zcash Retreats 21% From Peak as ETF Outflows and Alleged North Korean Activity Weigh

Zcash fell 21% from its $1,698 recent peak after a combination of ETF outflows and reports that suspected North Korean h...

Sep 29, 2026, 07:17 PM
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ExchangesSecurity
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Bitget Hack: $290M Moved Within 45 Minutes as Exchange Faces $463M Outflows

Bitget detected a security breach but attackers moved approximately $290 million within 30-45 minutes, according to on-c...

Sep 29, 2026, 01:05 PM
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SecurityDeFi
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NEAR Intents Blocks $50M in Suspected Bitget Hacker Transfers

NEAR Intents, a swap aggregation service, identified and blocked over $50 million in transfers it linked to the Bitget e...

Sep 29, 2026, 10:02 AM
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DeFiSecurity
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Deprecated Aztec Connect Contract Exploited for $2.1M Years After Shutdown

An abandoned Aztec Connect contract was drained of approximately $2.1 million in a recent exploit, years after the proto...

Sep 29, 2026, 04:07 AM
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