The US Department of Justice (DOJ) restrained greater than $700 million in crypto and filed wire fraud conspiracy expenses towards two Chinese nationals who allegedly managed rip-off compounds. US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro, Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva, and companions introduced the coordinated actions alongside Treasury and State Department measures geared toward dismantling Southeast…
The Department of Justice has charged a US Army soldier in a Polymarket insider buying and selling case. He allegedly used categorised intelligence to win roughly $409,881 by betting on the January seize of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. US Soldier Turned $33,000 Into $400,000 on Polymarket Using Classified Intel According to a Justice Department indictment unsealed,…
Attackers hijacked password supervisor Bitwarden’s CLI model 2026.4.0 by a compromised GitHub Action, publishing a malicious npm bundle that actively steals crypto pockets information and developer credentials. Security agency Socket found the breach on April 23 and linked it to the continuing TeamPCP provide chain marketing campaign. The rogue npm model has since been pulled….
The KelpDAO hacker has accelerated its laundering operation. An on-chain analyst highlighted that 75,700 stolen Ethereum (ETH), value about $175 million, has now been “nearly solely” swapped for Bitcoin (BTC). The conversion adopted Arbitrum’s Security Council freezing attacker-linked ETH earlier this week, which pushed the hacker to speed up fund actions. KelpDAO Exploiter Converts Stolen…
A suspected manipulation of climate information tied to a prediction market payout has renewed scrutiny across the “oracle downside” in blockchain programs. The case facilities on temperature readings from the Météo France temperature sensor at Charles de Gaulle Airport, which was reportedly utilized by Polymarket to settle bets on each day climate outcomes in Paris. …
Stealth tackle privateness protocol Umbra put its hosted frontend into upkeep mode after confirming that funds stolen in latest hacks had handed via the system. The crew confirmed that roughly 349 Ethereum (ETH), price about $800,000, got here from latest “high-profile” exploits. Umbra Responds to Laundering Reports In a latest put up on X (previously…
The attacker behind the $292 million KelpDAO exploit has begun laundering roughly 75,700 ETH, value about $175 million, on Ethereum after the Arbitrum Security Council froze 30,766 ETH on Arbitrum One. The freeze seems to have rattled the hacker into accelerating fund actions on the Ethereum mainnet. Hacker Accelerates ETH Transfers Through UmbraCash On-chain analyst…
Scammers are exploiting the Hormuz disaster amid the US-Iran warfare. Greek maritime threat agency MARISKS issued the rip-off warning on Monday. According to the agency, fraudsters posing as Iranian authorities are messaging transport corporations whose vessels are stranded, demanding digital asset funds for supposed “safe-passage” clearance. How the Scam Exploits Iran’s Real Crypto Toll Scheme The…
Arbitrum’s Security Council has frozen 30,766 ETH on Arbitrum One tied to the current KelpDAO exploit. The council stated that it acted after coordinating with legislation enforcement on the identification of the exploiter. Arbitrum Council Moves Funds to a Wallet-Only Governance Can Unlock BeInCrypto reported that attackers drained roughly 116,500 rsETH, price about $292 million,…
LayerZero says preliminary indicators level to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, particularly the TraderTraitor subgroup, because the possible actor behind the KelpDAO exploit on April 18, 2026. The theft now ranks as the most important decentralized finance (DeFi) lack of 2026. It overtakes the $285 million Drift Protocol breach from April 1, which investigators additionally tied…