Bankr confirmed that an attacker accessed 14 wallets on its AI-powered crypto buying and selling platform. The platform operates as an AI agent that executes purchase, promote, swap, and restrict orders by accepting natural-language textual content instructions. What Happened to Bankr Wallets The account first flagged studies of compromised wallets and halted transactions as a…
BNB Chain simply examined new safety that might defend it from future super-powerful quantum computer systems. It labored, however the community ran about 40% slower as a result of the brand new safety made each transaction a lot larger. The BNB Chain staff shared the leads to a report this week. The new code handed…
Echo Protocol suffered an exploit on Monad, with an attacker minting 1,000 eBTC price roughly $76.64 million. Curvance paused the affected market whereas Echo Protocol suspended all cross-chain transactions. The incident raised May’s operating tally of crypto hacks to 14. How the Echo Protocol Exploit Unfolded On-chain analyst dcfgod first flagged the incident. PeckShield mapped…
The tally of decentralized finance (DeFi) exploits in May continued to climb after the Verus-Ethereum Bridge reportedly suffered a safety breach, with attackers draining roughly $11.58 million in digital property. Multiple blockchain safety corporations flagged the exploit on Monday, warning customers about suspicious exercise linked to the bridge. Verus-Ethereum Bridge Reportedly Drained for $11.58 Million…
Kenyan detectives arrested Mildred Kache, the alleged mastermind of a faux gold deal that drained 431,380 Tether (USDT) from an American investor, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) mentioned on Sunday. Kache was cornered at Crystal Villas in Kilimani, Nairobi. Her alleged confederate, Ibrahim Yusuf Mohamed, fled earlier than officers reached the property, abandoning a…
CrowdStrike’s 2026 Financial Services Threat Landscape Report says North Korea-linked hackers stole $2.02 billion in crypto in 2025, a 51% bounce from 2024. The findings body Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) operations as a key risk to crypto and fintech companies, with stolen funds reportedly routed to the regime’s army applications. North Korean Threat…
Ripple’s former chief know-how officer, David Schwartz, issued a pointy public warning this week over a newly surfaced Windows BitLocker vulnerability, describing it as one of the most critical safety flaws he has encountered in years. His remarks landed alongside a separate alert a couple of wave of scams concentrating on XRP Ledger customers, signaling…
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group caught a prison hacking crew utilizing an AI-built zero-day exploit reside within the wild for the primary time, neutralizing a deliberate mass assault earlier than it may set off. The discovering sits inside a wider report exhibiting that attackers now weave giant language fashions into each stage of an intrusion. Defenders…
A federal grand jury has indicted three Tennessee males over an alleged crypto theft spree, together with one incident the place a sufferer was compelled at gunpoint to give up $6.5 million in digital property. Elijah Armstrong, Nino Chindavanh, and Jayden Rucker face conspiracy and kidnapping costs. Tennessee Trio Hunted Crypto Holders According to the…
Deepfakes have shifted from a area of interest concern to a mass-market risk. May’s incidents present how consumer-grade instruments now outpace any institutional response. The harm extends into crypto. Scammers leverage synthetic intelligence (AI) to create impersonation scams. The Deepfake Economy Is Here, and Detection Is Losing In early May 2026, AI-generated content material confirmed…