Security Incidents

According to Duke University professor Campbell Harvey, an $8 billion Bitcoin 51% attack could become profitable by pairing majority network control with large short positions in derivatives markets. In a recent appearance on "The Wolf of All Streets" podcast, Harvey outlined a theoretical

According to Lookonchain monitoring, on July 13, a hacker infiltrated SpaceXAI and Starlink's official X accounts to promote a token named $SCATMAN. The hacker sold 10 trillion $SCATMAN tokens for 59 ETH (approximately $108,000) and another 59.28 million $SCATMAN tokens from a separate wallet for 14

According to BlockBeats, on July 13, SpaceX-affiliated X accounts were compromised by hackers and promoted a Robinhood Chain meme token, with SpaceXAI and Starlink official accounts reposting the content. The token's market cap surged to approximately $2 million before the project executed a rug

According to ChainCatcher, Hedera Network is reportedly suffering an attack, with perpetrators transferring over $3.7 million to Ethereum through a cross-chain bridge. The stolen funds were bridged from Hedera via LayerZero and are currently being swapped from WBTC to ETH, according to analyst

President Donald Trump declared himself 'a big crypto guy' on July 6 when asked about bitcoin integration into Trump Accounts, while Sony Bank received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on July 7 to open Connectia Trust for stablecoin operations. Strike

LAB Trade's native token collapsed 90% to $1.25 within 48 hours, wiping out approximately $5 billion in market cap amid insider control and manipulation allegations. The sharp decline came as vesting unlocks were scheduled to begin later in July 2026, with multiple late-stage vesting changes

According to CoinDesk, Ethereum Foundation's protocol security team recently used AI agents to uncover a remotely-triggerable crash vulnerability in the gossipsub messaging system. The flaw allows attackers to force validator nodes into abnormal computation and automatic shutdown, taking them

According to CoinDesk, Bonzo Lend, a decentralized lending protocol on Hedera, suffered a US$9.05 million loss on July 11 due to an oracle verification flaw in third-party provider Supra. The Supra verifier accepted zeroed inputs and wrote a false SAUCE price on-chain, allowing an attacker to

According to Bali Discovery, a 41-year-old Russian man was kidnapped in Bali on July 4 and held captive for approximately 30 hours before being forced to surrender his cryptocurrency account credentials. The man was intercepted while riding his motorcycle by two masked assailants in a black Nissan

According to Bonzo's preliminary incident report, Bonzo Lend, a decentralized lending protocol on Hedera (HBAR), was exploited for approximately $9.05 million late Friday ET after an attacker submitted a manipulated price update to Supra's oracle

Peckshield flagged a suspected exploit on the Hedera network on July 11, reporting that $5.25 million in funds had been bridged from Hedera's mainnet to Ethereum. The attacker's wallet, originally seeded with 1 ETH from Tornado Cash, now holds approximately 2,360 ETH worth $4.25 million and 15.58

According to Specter, a blockchain security researcher, on June 30, an attacker created a malicious governance proposal for BONK DAO targeting a voting requirement equivalent to 1% of BONK's circulating supply. Specter's investigation revealed on-chain connections between the Realms founder,

According to Peckshield, $5.25 million in funds were drained from Hedera's mainnet and bridged to Ethereum on July 11 in a suspected exploit. The attacker's wallet, initially seeded with 1 ETH from Tornado Cash, now holds approximately 2,360 ETH ($4.25 million) and 15.58 WBTC ($1 million). Hedera