Key takeawaysThe December 2025 Trust Wallet hack shows that vulnerabilities in crypto tools can affect crypto-friendly SMEs, ...

On the 21st of February 2025, cryptocurrency exchange Bybit experienced the largest single cryptocurrency hack ever recorded.

Crypto losses fell to $76 million in December, a 60% decrease from November, but major hacks, such as a $50 million ...

Earlier this month, crypto exchange Poloniex was hacked. At the time of the hack, there was not enough information available to determine the real extent of the damage caused by the security breach.

Decentralized exchange (DEX) Clipper clarified that a vulnerability in its withdrawal function allowed a recent $450,000 hack of its protocol, rather than a private key leak as suggested by a ...

The total amount of funds lost in crypto hacks and cybersecurity exploits during December fell by about 60%, but users still ...

On 18 November 2023, Kronos Research announced, via social media platform X, that unauthorized access to their API resulted in “a loss of approximately $26 million.” As noted in an update shared by ...

Losses from crypto scams, hacks, and exploits increased by approximately 21% year-over-year in 2024 — with threat actors paying particular attention to centralized services and private keys this year, ...

Reacting to the rising number of crypto hacks, OKX CEO and founder Star Xu flagged DEX bots and custodial wallets as new risk ...

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin is preparing to wind down its operations following a massive $320 million loss in Bitcoin due to a private key hack in May. The breach left the company ...

A private key, also known as a secret key, is a cryptographic key that is used to decrypt or digitally sign data. It is a crucial component in asymmetric encryption algorithms like RSA and ECC ...