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Category Hacks
DeFi protocols just lost $83 million to an attack financial regulators already warned about
Malicious actors exposed two decentralized finance (DeFi) lenders to over $84 million in losses over four days, using variations of a price-manipul...
Aug 31, 2026
4 min read
by CryptoSlate
Crypto Lost $3.63B to Exploits Since 2025: 60% of Hit Platforms Had Been Audited (CoinGecko)
Active crypto insurance coverage dropped from $163.2 million to $130.2 million, even as security exploits became increasingly frequent.
Aug 30, 2026
< 1 min read
by CryptoPotato
Cosmos misjudged a critical bug for 4 months before hackers stole nearly $6 million across 6 chains
The upstream fix reached release branches hours before the incident, while MANTRA says none of the tokens have been recovered.
The post Cosmos misj...
Aug 28, 2026
3 min read
by CryptoSlate
Ripple moves to shrink XRP Ledger attack surface as AI audit tests lending push
Ripple is moving to shrink the XRP Ledger’s (XRPL) attack surface as it prepares to expand native lending. The company has recommended removing mor...
Aug 28, 2026
6 min read
by CryptoSlate
Onslaught of AI-found bugs forces Bitcoin’s Core Lightning into a secret 14-day emergency lockdown
Core Lightning developers have asked node operators to make a security decision before they can fully assess the threat. An Aug. 23 message posted ...
Aug 27, 2026
6 min read
by CryptoSlate