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Hacks, bugs, scams and other things in Moneytech and Web3 that did not go as it was expected

Hacks, Bugs and Scams

Hacks, bugs, scams and other things in Moneytech and Web3 that did not go as it was expected

Ethereum   -   Oct 06, 2022 Profanity Bug. How to Save Your ETH?
Profanity Bug. How to Save Your ETH?

Profanity - vanity address generator for Ethereum – has a vulnerability that threatens Ethereum users.

Lending and Borrowing   -   Oct 06, 2022 Wintermute Attacked, $160M Snatched
Wintermute Attacked, $160M Snatched

Algorithmic market maker in digital assets – Wintermute – has been hacked. Hackers used a vulnerability in the wallet used for DeFi proprietary trading operations and stole $160M.

Earn $1 Million and Lose It in an Hour
Coins and tokens   -   Oct 11, 2022 Earn $1 Million and Lose It in an Hour

MEV bot earned more than $1 million on successful arbitrage. But, almost an hour later, a hacker stole all the funds.

Alex Harutunian
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Coins and tokens   -   Oct 11, 2022 Earn $1 Million and Lose It in an Hour
Earn $1 Million and Lose It in an Hour

MEV bot earned more than $1 million on successful arbitrage. But, almost an hour later, a hacker stole all the funds.

Alex Harutunian
Ethereum   -   Oct 06, 2022 Profanity Bug. How to Save Your ETH?
Profanity Bug. How to Save Your ETH?

Profanity - vanity address generator for Ethereum – has a vulnerability that threatens Ethereum users.

Alex Harutunian
Lending and Borrowing   -   Oct 06, 2022 Wintermute Attacked, $160M Snatched
Wintermute Attacked, $160M Snatched

Algorithmic market maker in digital assets – Wintermute – has been hacked. Hackers used a vulnerability in the wallet used for DeFi proprietary trading operations and stole $160M.

Alex Harutunian
L2   -   Sep 20, 2022 Google Could Team Up with Sky Mavis to Prevent Another Ronin Hack
Google Could Team Up with Sky Mavis to Prevent Another Ronin Hack

Back in March, the Ronin network was breached, causing losses estimated above $600 million. At the time of the event, Sky Mavis only had 9 validator nodes; now, they have 18, including Google Cloud, to prevent another incident like this.

Alex Harutunian
Stablecoins   -   Aug 23, 2022 Liquidity Pool Exploit Led to Acala USD Depeg
a USD price chart. Source: Coinmarketcap

Due to the exploit in Acala’s liquidity pool about $3 billion was lost. The aUSD stablecoin lost its peg. Later, almost all the funds were returned in a controversial way.

Alex Harutunian
Bridges and Interoperability   -   Aug 18, 2022 Lazarus Vainly Attacked deBridge

North Korean group of hackers, Lazarus, attacked deBridge. The human factor has become a vulnerability again.

Alex Harutunian
Bridges and Interoperability   -   Aug 08, 2022 People Get Mad, Thanks To Nomad: $150 Million Bridge Exploit
 Nomad

More than $150 million in various tokens has vanished due to an exploit in the cross-chain bridge Nomad.

Alex Harutunian
NFT   -   Aug 05, 2022 Web3 Streaming Platform Audius Hacked For $6M
audius

Thanks to the bug in the contract initialization code, the hacker succeeded in stealing 18 billion $AUDIO tokens, which at the time of the theft amounted to more than $6 million.

Alex Harutunian
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