Latest Hacked news

Mixin Network suspends operations following $200 million hack

Mixin Network, an open-source, peer-to-peer transactional network for digital assets, has announced today on Twitter that deposits and withdrawals are suspended effective immediately due to a $200 million hack the platform suffered on Saturday.
- Bill Toulas
- September 25, 2023
- 09:23 AM
- 0
Hackers steal $53 million worth of cryptocurrency from CoinEx

Global cryptocurrency exchange CoinEX announced that someone hacked its hot wallets and stole large amounts of digital assets that were used to support the platform's operations.
- Bill Toulas
- September 13, 2023
- 10:11 AM
- 6
KuCoin's Twitter account hacked to promote crypto scam

KuCoin's Twitter account was hacked, allowing attackers to promote a fake giveaway scam that led to the theft of over $22.6K in cryptocurrency.
- Bill Toulas
- April 24, 2023
- 12:17 PM
- 0
Hacked sites caught spreading malware via fake Chrome updates

Hackers are compromising websites to inject scripts that display fake Google Chrome automatic update errors that distribute malware to unaware visitors.
- Bill Toulas
- April 11, 2023
- 04:14 PM
- 1
Acer confirms breach after 160GB of data for sale on hacking forum

Taiwanese computer giant Acer confirmed that it suffered a data breach after threat actors hacked a server hosting private documents used by repair technicians.
- Bill Toulas
- March 07, 2023
- 10:38 AM
- 0
Hackers steal crypto from Bitcoin ATMs by exploiting zero-day bug

Hackers have exploited a zero-day vulnerability in General Bytes Bitcoin ATM servers to steal cryptocurrency from customers.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 20, 2022
- 03:17 PM
- 1
Verified Twitter accounts hacked to send fake suspension notices

Threat actors are hacking verified Twitter accounts to send fake but well-written suspension messages that attempt to steal other verified users' credentials.
- Lawrence Abrams
- July 02, 2022
- 11:12 AM
- 2
Online gun shops in the US hacked to steal credit cards

Rainier Arms and Numrich Gun Parts, two American gun shops that operate e-commerce sites on rainierarms.com and gunpartscorp.com, have disclosed data breach incidents resulting from card skimmer infections on their sites.
- Bill Toulas
- June 07, 2022
- 12:27 PM
- 1
$620 million in crypto stolen from Axie Infinity's Ronin bridge

A hacker has stolen almost $620 million in Ethereum and USDC tokens from Axie Infinity's Ronin network bridge, making it possibly the largest crypto hack in history.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 29, 2022
- 03:38 PM
- 0
Hacked WordPress sites force visitors to DDoS Ukrainian targets

Hackers are compromising WordPress sites to insert a malicious script that uses visitors' browsers to perform distributed denial-of-service attacks on Ukrainian websites.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 28, 2022
- 05:55 PM
- 0
Reality Winner's Twitter account was hacked to target journalists

Twitter account of former intelligence specialist, Reality Winner was hacked over the weekend by threat actors looking to target journalists at prominent media organizations. After taking over Winner's verified Twitter account, hackers changed the profile name to "Feedback Team" to impersonate Twitter staff and began sending out DMs.
- Ax Sharma
- March 01, 2022
- 05:46 AM
- 0
Crypto.com confirms 483 accounts hacked, $34 million withdrawn

Crypto.com has confirmed that a multi-million dollar cyberattack led to the compromise of 483 of its customer accounts. Although, the company's CEO stresses that customer funds are not at risk. Crypto.com is reportedly the world's third-largest cryptocurrency trading platform.
- Ax Sharma
- January 20, 2022
- 04:10 AM
- 0
DNA testing firm discloses data breach affecting 2.1 million people

DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC), an Ohio-based DNA testing company, has disclosed a hacking incident that affects 2,102,436 persons.
- Bill Toulas
- November 30, 2021
- 08:26 AM
- 4
Hackers undetected on Queensland water supplier server for 9 months

Hackers stayed hidden for nine months on a server holding customer information for a Queensland water supplier, illustrating the need of better cyberdefenses for critical infrastructure.
- Bill Toulas
- November 11, 2021
- 11:44 AM
- 0
US defense contractor Electronic Warfare hit by data breach

US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) has disclosed a data breach after threat actors hacked their email system and stole files containing personal information.
- Bill Toulas
- November 05, 2021
- 10:59 AM
- 0
Researcher cracked 70% of WiFi networks sampled in Tel Aviv

A researcher has managed to crack 70% of a 5,000 WiFi network sample in his hometown, Tel Aviv, to prove that home networks are severely unsecured and easy to hijack.
- Bill Toulas
- October 26, 2021
- 12:42 PM
- 1
Bitcoin.org hackers steal $17,000 in 'double your cash' scam

This week, threat actors hijacked Bitcoin.org, the authentic website of the Bitcoin project, and altered parts of the website to push a cryptocurrency giveaway scam that unfortunately some users fell for. Although the hack lasted for less than a day, hackers seem to have walked away with a little over $17,000.
- Ax Sharma
- September 25, 2021
- 10:00 AM
- 2
Social account thief goes to prison for stealing, trading nude photos

A New York man received a three year sentence in federal prison for hacking social media accounts of dozens of female college students and stealing nude photos and videos of them.
- Ionut Ilascu
- August 20, 2021
- 03:29 AM
- 2
Twitter scammers impersonate SNL in Elon Musk cryptocurrency scams

Twitter scammers are jumping on Elon Musk's hosting of Saturday Night Live to push cryptocurrency scams to steal people's Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 08, 2021
- 06:54 PM
- 1
Whistler resort municipality hit by new ransomware operation

The Whistler municipality in British Columbia, Canada, has suffered a cyberattack at the hands of a new ransomware operation.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 29, 2021
- 12:01 PM
- 1