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Wasabi Protocol Hacked for Over $5 Million Across Multiple Chains
DeFi protocol Wasabi suffered a security breach on April 30, with attackers draining over $5 million in assets across Ethereum, Base, Berachain, and Blast by exploiting a compromised admin key.
Researcher Earns 1 BTC for Cracking 15-Bit ECC Key on a Quantum Computer
Giancarlo Lelli used a modified Shor's algorithm on publicly accessible quantum hardware to crack a 15-bit ECC key, a 512x improvement over the previous record. Project Eleven awarded him 1 BTC through the Q-Day Prize program.
Volo Protocol on Sui Hacked for $3.5M from WBTC and USDC Pools
Hackers exploited a vulnerability in the Volo liquid staking protocol on Sui, draining approximately $3.5M from WBTC, XAUm, and USDC vaults. The team has frozen contracts and recovered part of the stolen funds.
Drift Secures $148M From Tether and Partners to Compensate Hack Victims
Solana-based protocol Drift has secured $148 million from Tether and other partners to recover from a $295 million hack and compensate affected users.
Zero-Day Bug Found in Bitcoin's Mining Algorithm — Present Since Day One
Researcher Loïc Morel disclosed an off-by-one error in Bitcoin's difficulty adjustment mechanism that has existed since the network's launch and could theoretically enable mining blocks at extreme speeds.
Bitcoin Core to Publicly Demonstrate Bitcoin Consensus Vulnerabilities on Signet
Bitcoin Core developers will showcase specially crafted "attack blocks" on the Signet testnet on April 8, highlighting four consensus vulnerabilities that BIP-54 aims to fix.
Google: Breaking Bitcoin Requires 20x Fewer Qubits Than Previously Estimated
Google researchers found that fewer than 500,000 physical qubits could be enough to crack Bitcoin and Ethereum's cryptographic defenses — a 20-fold reduction from prior estimates.
Resolv Hacked for $25M as USR Stablecoin Crashes to $0.44
An attacker exploited a vulnerability in the Resolv protocol, minting 50 million unbacked USR tokens and causing the stablecoin to lose its dollar peg, resulting in approximately $25 million in losses.
$50M Token Swap Loss: Aave Blames the User While CoW Swap Points to Technical Failures
Aave and CoW Swap released conflicting reports on a $50M token swap loss. CoW Swap cites algorithmic failures while Aave points to user error, and neither report adequately addresses the MEV bots that profited tens of millions.
Venus Protocol Suffers $2M Loss After Oracle Manipulation Attack on THE Token
BNB Chain lending protocol Venus Protocol was exploited through a price oracle manipulation targeting the THE token from Thena. The platform's bad debt is estimated at $2.15 million.
MediaTek Chip Vulnerability Puts Crypto Wallets at Risk on a Quarter of Android Phones
Ledger's security team Donjon discovered a critical flaw in MediaTek processors that allows attackers to extract private keys from crypto wallets in under a minute, affecting roughly 25% of Android devices.
Aave Oracle Malfunction Triggers $26M in Erroneous wstETH Liquidations
A misconfiguration in Aave's Correlated Asset Price Oracle (CAPO) caused erroneous liquidations of wstETH positions worth approximately $26 million. The team is preparing a compensation plan for affected users.
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