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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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Apple Patches macOS Screen Sharing Flaw Exploited for Monero Mining

Apple released a security patch for a critical macOS Screen Sharing authentication flaw that attackers exploited to gain...

Aug 17, 2026, 02:07 PM
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Harmony Considers Full Blockchain Rollback After Unauthorized Minting Breach

Harmony is weighing a full blockchain rollback to August 11 checkpoints following an unauthorized minting incident that ...

Aug 17, 2026, 11:09 AM
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Coldcard Exploit Reaches $114M as Researchers Debate Stolen BTC Liquidity

A vulnerability in Coldcard hardware wallets has resulted in the theft of approximately $114 million in Bitcoin, marking...

Aug 16, 2026, 07:05 PM
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EU Regulators Warn of Scams Targeting MiCA Deadline Refugees

Fraudsters are impersonating EU financial regulators and licensed crypto exchanges to target users forced to migrate acc...

Aug 16, 2026, 04:12 PM
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SafePal Wallet Confirms Data Breach Affecting Nearly 40,000 Customers

SafePal disclosed a data breach exposing names, contact details, and purchase data for nearly 40,000 customers due to an...

Aug 16, 2026, 04:02 PM
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Bits of Gold Probes Data Breach Affecting 200,000 Customers

Israeli crypto broker Bits of Gold is investigating a third-party breach that may have exposed customer names, identific...

Aug 16, 2026, 03:02 PM
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SecurityRegulation
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FBI Agent Arrested for Alleged $1 Million Crypto Theft From Seized Wallets

FBI intelligence agent Patrick Steven Yaroch, who held top secret clearance and worked at FBI headquarters, was arrested...

Aug 16, 2026, 12:09 PM
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BitGo Migrates $7.3B WBTC from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP

BitGo has switched Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) cross-chain infrastructure from LayerZero to Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoper...

Aug 16, 2026, 09:02 AM
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SecurityAdoption
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Coldcard Exploit Losses Reach $100M–$150M as Recovery Outlook Unclear

Losses from the Coldcard hardware wallet exploit have surpassed $100 million, with some estimates reaching $150 million....

Aug 16, 2026, 06:03 AM
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Bitcoin Bridge Boltz Suspends Swaps After AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discoveries

Non-custodial Bitcoin swap provider Boltz suspended operations indefinitely after AI-assisted attacks discovered vulnera...

Aug 16, 2026, 02:02 AM
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Bitcoin ETFs Attract $800M+ as Coldcard Exploit Reignites Custody Debate

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs gathered between $790.6 million and $853.5 million over a five to seven-day period, with BlackRoc...

Aug 14, 2026, 11:23 PM
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Ethereum Roadmap Shifts Focus to Quantum Resistance and AI Security

Vitalik Buterin updated Ethereum's technical roadmap to prioritize quantum resistance, privacy protections, and AI-assis...

Aug 14, 2026, 07:02 PM
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