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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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SecurityRegulation

Flock Pitched Plan to Use 350,000 Rideshare Drivers for License-Plate Scanning

A leaked presentation reveals surveillance firm Flock proposed recruiting Uber and delivery drivers to collect license-p...

Aug 9, 2026, 05:11 AM
Flock IntelligenceUber
Layer 2Security

Lightning Nodes Drained in BTCPay Exploit; Patch Lag Exposed

Multiple Bitcoin Lightning Network nodes running BTCPay Server were compromised and funds withdrawn before the project i...

Aug 9, 2026, 04:04 AM
BTCPay ServerFoundation
Security

Bitcoin Red Team Uses AI to Scan 150 Repos, Discloses Vulnerabilities

A volunteer Bitcoin security effort has scanned 150 repositories and disclosed more than a dozen vulnerabilities using A...

Aug 9, 2026, 03:01 AM
BitcoinAI Security
SecurityRegulation

Bybit Wins Injunction to Freeze $1.5 Billion in Stolen Crypto Linked to North Korea

Bybit obtained a preliminary injunction in US District Court blocking defendants from moving or selling cryptocurrency s...

Aug 9, 2026, 01:02 AM
BybitNorth Korea
ExchangesSecurity

Crypto Exchanges Publish Reserves but Still Lack Solvency Proofs, Four Years After FTX

Four years after FTX's collapse, cryptocurrency exchanges continue to publish proof-of-reserves data that confirm indivi...

Aug 9, 2026, 12:03 AM
FTXMerkle tree
RegulationSecurity

Scammers Impersonate EU Regulators to Exploit MiCA Compliance Deadline

Fraudsters are posing as European financial authorities to deceive cryptocurrency users during the MiCA regulatory trans...

Aug 8, 2026, 11:07 PM
European UnionMiCA
Security
2 Sources

AI Security Audit Flags Nearly 5,000 Issues Across 390 Bitcoin Projects

An AI-powered security campaign identified approximately 4,970 software vulnerabilities across 390 Bitcoin-related proje...

Aug 8, 2026, 11:05 PM
Bitcoin
Security

Bitcoin BIP-110 Fork Could Expose Holders to Replay Attacks

Bitcoin developer Kevin Loaec warned that a potential chain split following BIP-110 adoption could leave holders vulnera...

Aug 8, 2026, 06:04 PM
BitcoinBIP-110
Security

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
BitcoinBIP-110
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
BybitLazarus Group
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
EthereumMEV
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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