Security news
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THORChain under fire over Bitget, ETH evolves beyond blockchain: Hodler’s Digest
THORChain refuses to blacklist addresses linked to the Bitget hack. Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum is evolving from being a mere blockchain, into a world cryptographic computer.
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AI Agents Keep Escaping Their Creators' Control—Here's What We Know
An OpenAI agent's breach of an Australian government website is the starkest example yet of a pattern building for months—and of how hard autonomous AI is to contain.
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THORChain Pushes Back on Bitget’s Demand to Block Hacker Addresses
THORChain pushed back on Bitget CEO Gracy Chen’s demand to block addresses linked to the exchange’s hack, invoking its permissionless design while an address flagged by Bitget continued swapping XRP for bitcoin. A transaction recorded at 3:14 a.m. ET on Sept. 27 sent 9,999 XRP from an address on......
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Australia asks OpenAI, Anthropic chiefs to Senate inquiry on health-data hack: Report
A rogue OpenAI research agent bypassed blocks on the Australian government health-data portal, accessing non-public files in June.
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Bitget hacker moves $83 million in stolen XRP that Ripple cannot freeze
Two wallets have been almost emptied and a third is being drained, with about $75 million remaining across the five original holding accounts.
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Duelbits Co-Founder Reports $7 Million Hack as Casino Stays Offline
Crypto casino and sportsbook Duelbits remained offline Friday after its co-founder reported a roughly $7 million hack, leaving customers waiting for withdrawals to resume. In a 2:28 p.m. ET update on Sept. 25, co-founder Joe said the team needed “a little more downtime” to secure the platform...
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AI Agents Hacked Their Own Test Environment to Cheat, Cybersecurity Firm Finds
Darktrace's new Signal Labs found AI agents hacking their own evaluation environment to fake a perfect score—and tricking coding assistants into running unauthorized network attacks.
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Google Built an AI That Hunts Its Own Security Bugs
Google's PageBreak agent autonomously finds and verifies real vulnerabilities in its own web apps, cutting through the flood of noisy AI-generated security reports.
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Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away
The two stablecoin issuers blacklisted a wallet labeled "Bitget Exploiter 8," locking about $318,000 in USDC and USDT—but the attacker swapped most funds into unfreezable ETH before they could act.
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Man charged in $16 million crypto ‘massive pig butchering’ scam
A man was charged for his role in defrauding someone of millions of dollars' worth of crypto in a "massive pig butchering" scam.
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Bitget clarifies $388M in assets affected by security breach
The Bitget breach announced on Thursday affected about $35 million more than previously reported, based on an analysis of assets on Zcash and TRON.
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Bitget Hack Losses Climb to $387M: Here’s What Happened, and Why North Korea Is a Suspect
An attacker faked internal transfer requests to drain $387.5 million from Bitget's hot and warm wallets, and the exchange's CEO says the fingerprints look like Pyongyang's.
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Bitget Raises Hack Estimate To $387.5 Million As Token Accounting Widens
Bitget raised its estimate of assets transferred to attackers in the Sept. 24 breach to approximately **$387.5 million**, up from $351.6 million, after expanding its accounting to include previously omitted Zcash and TRON assets. The exchange said in its Sept. 25 update that the increase...
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Magic Eden Warns Old Ethereum NFT Listings Are Exposed to Payment Processor Exploit
A flaw in Limit Break's Payment Processor V2 put old Magic Eden Ethereum listings at risk, prompting a whitehat rescue of more than 23,000 NFTs.
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Legacy Magic Eden Approvals Exploited as White Hats Rescue NFTs
Attackers exploited Limit Break’s Payment Processor contracts to steal NFTs and tokens from wallets with legacy Magic Eden approvals, prompting a white-hat rescue across Ethereum and ApeChain. Yuga Labs’ vice president of blockchain, 0xQuit, said on Sept. 25 that the rescue team secured 23,155......
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Circle and Tether step in to freeze hacker wallet after massive Bitget crypto heist
The stablecoin issuer blacklisted a wallet holding about $318,000 in USDT and USDC. Most of the stolen funds sit in ether, which can't be frozen.
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Magic Eden legacy approvals leave $5.7 million in NFTs exposed to exploit before rescue
Magic Eden legacy approvals exposed $5.7 million in NFTs to an exploit before whitehats rescued 23,155 tokens.
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Bitget’s eighth birthday ends with a $352M hack
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen has acknowledged that North Korea was likely responsible for the crypto exchange’s latest hack that stole roughly $352 million. Substantial withdrawals were spotted from addresses labelled as Bitget hot and cold wallets yesterday, setting off alarm bells across the community....
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DeFi hack attack: Three exploits snatch $11M in a single day
Crypto and DeFi projects continue to be hacked at a dizzying pace, and few days in recent weeks have been incident-free. That said, Thursday was a particularly busy day, with three projects hit for a total of more than $11 million worth of crypto. By the end of play, Payy Network had lost $1.8...
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KelpDAO Developer Sues LayerZero Over $292M Bridge Exploit
Evercrest says LayerZero approved the single-verifier configuration in writing multiple times, then warned a different developer about it.
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KelpDAO sues LayerZero, claims it endorsed setup used in $292 million rsETH exploit
KelpDAO sued LayerZero and Bryan Pellegrino over the April 18 rsETH exploit, alleging the bridge setup was endorsed in writing.
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KelpDAO sues LayerZero for the largest exploit 2026 has seen so far
The cross-chain lending protocol accused LayerZero and its co-founder Brian Pellegrino of failing to disclose weaknesses in their protocol, which led to the $292 million hack.
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KelpDAO sues LayerZero, CEO over $292M rsETH bridge exploit
KelpDAO says LayerZero endorsed its bridge setup before the attack, while CEO Bryan Pellegrino has dismissed the lawsuit as meritless.
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Australian PM warns of AI’s ‘furious pace’ after agent breached government site
Anthony Albanese said governments must help shape AI’s development, after revealing earlier that an OpenAI agent accessed non-public files on an Australian Medicare data portal.
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Bitget's $352 million hack happened via spoofed transfers, not private keys, CEO Gray Chen says
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Bitget CEO suspects North Korea behind $352M hack, citing IP clues
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen said a preliminary investigation found IP addresses matching VPN choices associated with a DPRK hacking group.
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Asia dominates Crypto Adoption Index, Bitget’s $351M hack: Asia Express
The APAC region accounts for half of the Global Crypto Adoption Index. Bitget suffers massive $351M loss and OpenAI forgets to mention its agents hacked the Australian Government.
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Nearly $352M Moved From Crypto Exchange Bitget Wallets in Suspected Hack
Bitcoin Magazine Nearly $352M Moved From Crypto Exchange Bitget Wallets in Suspected Hack An estimated $351.6 million in crypto has been moved from digital asset exchange Bitget’s hot wallets in a suspected hack. The platform’s CEO said in a Thursday statement that Bitget’s security team activated...
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Crypto exchange Bitget says $352 million affected in a hack, claims user funds are 'safe'
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen announced the hack shortly after independent researchers flagged unusual wallet movements.
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Bitget confirms $351M security breach, suspends withdrawals
Bitget said unauthorized transfers affected a limited number of hot wallets, while cold wallets and most platform assets remained unaffected.