Aave Crisis: $5.4 Billion in ETH Exits After Kelp DAO Exploit
The Kelp DAO exploit triggered a $5.4 billion ETH bank run on Aave. Justin Sun pulled 65,584 ETH. AAVE fell 20%, pool at 100% utilization — bad debt is DeFi's r
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The ‘Hack’ section on crypto brings together news and insights on hacker attacks in the cryptocurrency world, highlighting vulnerabilities, economic impacts and security measures taken.
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AI LLM Routers Can Drain Your Crypto Wallet
LLM routers — invisible layers between you and AI models — can intercept sensitive data and drain crypto wallets. One verified case: $500,000 stolen.
Kelp DAO Hack: $292 Million Drained from rsETH Bridge via LayerZero
A $292 million exploit drained Kelp DAO's rsETH bridge via LayerZero on April 18, 2026. The largest DeFi hack of the year triggered Aave freezes and a chain rea
Grinex Hacked: $13 Million Stolen from Sanctioned Russian Exchange
Grinex, the sanctioned successor to Garantex, lost $13–15M in a cyberattack on April 16, 2026. Russia blames Western intelligence — but on-chain data tells a di
Kraken Under Extortion: Criminals Threaten to Leak Data on 2,000 Users
Kraken is being extorted by criminals threatening to leak internal videos exposing data from 2,000 accounts. CSO Nick Percoco says the exchange will not pay. Funds are safe — but the insider-threat problem is bigger than one exchange.
G. Love Loses 5.9 BTC to a Fake Ledger App on Apple's App Store
G. Love lost 5.92 BTC — roughly $420,000 — after downloading a fake Ledger Live app from the Apple Mac App Store on April 11, 2026. ZachXBT traced the funds to KuCoin. Here is what every hardware wallet user needs to know.
Claude Mythos: The AI That Found Thousands of Security Vulnerabilities
Anthropic has developed Claude Mythos, an AI model too dangerous to release publicly — it found thousands of vulnerabilities across every major OS and browser. Enter Project Glasswing.
X Will Auto-Lock Crypto Accounts on First Post: Nikita Bier's Anti-Phishing Move Sparks Debate
X, Elon Musk's social network, will automatically lock any account that mentions crypto for the first time. Nikita Bier says it will "eliminate 99% of phishing incentives."
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