ChainCatcher news, according to market news, the U.S. government claims that Bitfinex may be the "only victim" of the Bitcoin stolen in the 2016 hacker attack.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, a dozen cryptocurrency companies unknowingly employed IT workers from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), including established blockchain projects such as Injective, ZeroLend, Fantom, Sushi, Yearn Finance, and Cosmos Hub. These workers used fake IDs, successfully passed interviews, cleared background checks, and provided real work experience.In the United States and other countries that sanction North Korea, hiring North Korean workers is illegal, and multiple companies that employed North Korean IT staff subsequently suffered hacking attacks. Noted blockchain developer Zaki Manian stated, "Everyone is trying to filter these people out." He inadvertently hired two North Korean IT workers to help develop the Cosmos Hub blockchain in 2021.U.S. authorities have recently intensified warnings that North Korean IT workers are infiltrating tech companies and using the proceeds to fund nuclear weapons programs. An investigation revealed that North Korean job seekers are particularly aggressive and frequent in targeting cryptocurrency companies—successfully passing interviews, clearing background checks, and even showcasing impressive code contribution histories on the open-source software repository GitHub.

ChainCatcher News, U.S. District Court Judge Philip Brimmer ruled to dismiss the class action lawsuit against the Estonian cryptocurrency wallet provider Atomic Wallet. The court found a lack of jurisdiction over Atomic Wallet, its CEO Konstantin Gladyshev, shareholder Pavel Sokolov, and the affiliated software development company Evercode Infinite. The lawsuit stemmed from a hacking incident in June 2023, in which Atomic Wallet suffered approximately $100 million in losses.Judge Brimmer noted in his ruling that the connection between Atomic Wallet and the state of Colorado was insufficient to establish the court's jurisdiction over the company. The judge specifically emphasized that, given that Atomic Wallet provides software application services, it is difficult for the company to determine the specific geographical location of its users. The court granted the plaintiffs an additional 21 days to provide reasons why the lawsuit against Ilia Brusov, one of the founders of Evercode Infinite who holds 12.8% of Atomic Wallet shares, should not be dismissed.

ChainCatcher message, Slow Mist founder Yu Xian (@evilcos) stated on the X platform that the official Aquarius X account has been hacked (despite having Google Authenticator 2FA enabled). The attacker has modified the username, corresponding email, and phone number, and the previous username has been taken over by another spam account of the attacker. The attacker's methods are mature and sophisticated, reminding users to be cautious and not to trust any information released by the compromised account until recovery is confirmed. Even after recovery, users should remain vigilant about all information.

ChainCatcher message, the parallel EVM Layer 1 public chain Artela Network announced that its Discord community was hacked, and false information regarding a token airdrop was released, with links pointing to a malicious website. The Artela Network team quickly blocked the attack within half an hour of the incident, and fully restored Discord in two hours. Currently, there are no reports of users being harmed; please make sure to verify the authenticity using the official links below before clicking any links.As Artela Network approaches its mainnet launch and Token Generation Event (TGE), it may encounter more such hacking attempts. The team will continue to review and strengthen internal security measures and has established the #community-security channel on Discord as the official channel for reporting security issues and hacking attempts in the future. They also urge industry practitioners and community members to remain vigilant and avoid clicking unknown links or authorizing unofficial software tools.The official reminder is that Artela Network has not launched any airdrop activities. Please follow the latest updates from Artela through the official links above to obtain accurate information.

ChainCatcher news, according to PeckShieldAlert monitoring, in June 2024, there were over 20 hacking incidents in the cryptocurrency sector, resulting in losses of approximately $176.2 million. This marks a decrease of 54.2% compared to May 2024 (hacker profits were about $385 million).

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Web3 vulnerability bounty platform Immunefi reports that the cryptocurrency industry lost up to $572.7 million in the second quarter of 2024 due to hacking and scams, a 70.3% increase from Q1. DMM Bitcoin and BtcTurk suffered losses of $305 million and $55 million, respectively, becoming the main victims. Centralized finance (CeFi) became the primary target in Q2, accounting for 70% of total losses. Among all losses, hacking accounted for 98.5% ($564.2 million), primarily targeting the Ethereum and BNB Chain networks, with 34 and 18 attack incidents occurring, respectively. Immunefi founder Mitchell Amador emphasized that strengthening infrastructure security is crucial for protecting the entire ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the DEX aggregator ParaSwap community has voted to approve the proposal to "use treasury funds to compensate users for losses caused by the hacking incident."The ParaSwap Augustus v6 contract was temporarily launched on March 18, aiming to improve trading efficiency and reduce Gas fees. However, the contract contained a serious vulnerability that allowed hackers to steal funds from users who had approved the upgrade. Although rollback measures prevented a loss of $3.4 million in assets, approximately $864,000 in assets were lost in the process.

ChainCatcher news, according to Beosin Alert monitoring and early warning, the total loss in the Web3 sector due to hacker attacks, phishing scams, and project Rug Pulls reached 778 million USD in the first quarter of 2024. Among them, there were 39 major attack incidents with a total loss of approximately 617 million USD; 43 project Rug Pull incidents with a total loss of about 75.5 million USD; and phishing scams with a total loss of approximately 86.24 million USD.The total loss in the first quarter of 2024 was about 778 million USD, a year-on-year increase of approximately 126% and a quarter-on-quarter increase of about 72%. The losses from hacker attacks were higher than any quarter in 2023. The total loss in February reached 422 million USD, making it the month with the highest loss in the first quarter of 2024.In terms of the types of attacked projects, gaming platforms have become the project type with the highest loss amount for the first time. Six attacks on Web3 gaming platforms caused a total loss of 365 million USD, accounting for 59% of all attack losses. In terms of loss amounts across chains, Ethereum remains the chain with the highest loss amount and the most attack incidents. Eighteen attack incidents on Ethereum resulted in a loss of 342 million USD, accounting for 55.4% of the total loss.In terms of attack methods, there were 13 private key leakage incidents this quarter, resulting in losses of 458 million USD, which accounted for 74.3% of the total attack losses, making it the highest proportion attack type. According to Beosin KYT anti-money laundering analysis platform monitoring, in terms of fund flow, most of the stolen assets this quarter were frozen and recovered. Approximately 303 million USD (49.2%) of the stolen funds were frozen, and 79.45 million USD (12.9%) of the stolen funds were recovered. In terms of audit status, the proportion of audited project parties among the attacked projects has increased.

ChainCatcher news, PeckShield posted on social media that there were over 600 significant hacking incidents in the cryptocurrency sector in 2023, resulting in approximately $2.61 billion in losses, with $674.9 million recovered. Among these: losses due to hacking amounted to $1.51 billion (excluding unauthorized withdrawals from Multichain); losses due to scams totaled $1.1 billion.It is reported that this data decreased by 27.78% in 2022. However, DeFi protocols remain the primary target, accounting for 67% of the total value stolen.

ChainCatcher news, according to Reuters citing sources, this apparent hacking attack is not expected to disrupt the spot Bitcoin ETF process.ChainCatcher previously reported that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on X that its X account had been compromised and unauthorized posts were made. The SEC has not yet approved the listing and trading of Bitcoin spot ETF products.

ChainCatcher message, SlowMist's Chief Information Security Officer 23pds tweeted that SlowMist stated the $55 million hack suffered by the cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx was carried out by state-sponsored hackers from North Korea.

ChainCatcher news, according to DLNews, Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire Mark Cuban was hacked later this Friday, losing approximately $870,000 (a total of 10 token assets including ETH). Mark Cuban is currently transferring the remaining assets to Coinbase custody.Mark Cuban stated: "This is the first time I've used MetaMask in months; they must have been monitoring my address."

ChainCatcher message, CoinEx Global stated on social media that it has identified the third batch of suspicious wallet addresses related to the hacker attack and is tracking the hacker's addresses.Here are the recently identified addresses:BSC: 0xC844F7178379782eC19F3EE6E399f2EB7b2b984F;ARB: 0xfEec9F846E2FE529B765d832EBa988a399Fe3cD6;OP: 0x964c192e54E5eF4176626875BB53071956579fca;XLM: gbpidvkdsnf74oagvbspklw73cscgisbobrb3odrotmoeenzfc6wjfpn.

ChainCatcher news, CertiK released a security report, stating that as of August 2023, losses from flash loan attacks, exit scams, and exploits have exceeded $997 million. Among them, losses from flash loan attacks amount to approximately $261 million, losses from exit scams exceed $137 million, and losses from exploits exceed $596 million.In addition, cryptocurrency security losses in August surpassed $45 million, which includes the Zunami Protocol attack incident, with losses reaching $2.2 million; the Exactly Protocol exploit incident, with losses reaching $7.3 million; and the PEPE sell-off incident, with losses reaching $13.2 million. Although the economic losses in August remain high, there has been a significant decrease compared to the previous month's losses of $486 million.

ChainCatcher news, investors of Atomic Wallet have initiated a class action lawsuit against Atomic Wallet, reportedly after the wallet suffered a hack in June, resulting in a loss of 100 million dollars.The investors filing the class action lawsuit consist of dozens of high-net-worth individuals from Russia and CIS countries, with losses amounting to 12 million dollars.

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum community members proposed the ERC 7265 new standard, which will enable DeFi protocols to integrate a "circuit breaker," allowing DeFi protocols to add a backstop in their smart contracts to prevent the loss of all tokens in the event of a hack.The ERC 7265 standard is a proposed standard, and it remains to be seen whether the Ethereum core team will accept and implement it as the final standard. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to a report released by the blockchain security company Elliptic, Atomic Wallet users have suffered losses exceeding $100 million in a hacker attack. Elliptic stated that they have tracked over 5,500 affected wallets and pointed out that the North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group is the perpetrator behind this incident. This is the first major cryptocurrency theft since the $100 million attack on Horizon Bridge a year ago.Earlier, ChainCatcher reported that hackers are turning to laundering assets through the Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Web3 payment infrastructure Depay announced on its official website that it detected a hacker attempting to attack its withdrawal service and has suspended cryptocurrency-related services. Users' assets have not suffered any losses, and the team will reopen the withdrawal service after fixing the vulnerabilities.It is reported that Depay is one of the payment channels for ChatGPT, allowing users to pay fees using Visa, MasterCard, and cryptocurrencies. (Source link)