Crypto Hack News Today

KyberSwaps exploiter reportedly moved millions worth of ETH and DAI Monday – the DEX later provided its users with an update on when users affected by the 2023 hack can claim recovered funds.

FixedFloat was exploited for $26 million on Sunday, with Bitcoin and Ether being the target of the hack. The exchange has since said it guarantees the fulfilment of its obligations to clients.

FixedFloats website displays an error notice following an alleged exploit of millions worth of Bitcoin and Ether.

November stood out as the month with the highest reported losses last year, totaling $363,367,327 from 45 incidents.

Analysts said that 20 crypto platforms were hacked by state-sponsored cybercriminals from North Korea in 2023. So far, it's the highest level recorded during that time period.

Malicious actors once again hit the crypto exchange platform HTX last week with a DDoS attack that lasted for 15 minutes, overloading the site and causing a brief outage.

The Lazarus Group was involved in a third of all crypto exploits and thefts, siphoning off around $600 million in funds in 2023 alone.

Malicious actors stole Tether (USDT) worth around $30 million, $22.5 million in Ethereum (ETH), $10 million in DAI, $10.44 million in Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), and $10 million in USDC.

Ledger also revealed that it will discontinue the blind signing practice on devices, which it plans to see fully implemented by June 2024.

The exchange assured users no customers assets had been compromised by the vulnerability even before the fix was deployed.