Web3 Hacks

prosecutors say three men used ai clones of executives and lawyers to take 129 million from hospitals and banks It started with what looked like an ordinary DocuSign request, seemingly sent by the boss, about a deal no one else was supposed to know about. Federal prosecutors said that first step, followed by AI-generated voices and faces of real executives and real lawyers, let three men take at least $129 million from hospitals, banks and other businesses.

Prosecutors say three men used AI clones of executives and lawyers to take $129 million from hospitals and banks

polymarket returns 3 9m to traders after a third party hack drained user funds case goes to u k police On Thursday, at least $2.7 million was taken from Polymarket accounts, and the attacker didn't get in through the prediction market's own systems. According to the company, a third-party provider it didn't name was hacked, and that breach let someone take funds from some users of its international exchange.

Polymarket returns $3.9M to traders after a third-party hack drained user funds; case goes to U.K. police

brazils mercado bitcoin says it will absorb the loss from a hack of nearly 40 million Mercado Bitcoin says none of its customers will be out of pocket after Monday's hack. The Brazilian exchange plans to pay for the $40 million loss from its own funds.

Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin says it will absorb the loss from a hack of nearly $40 million

binance hit for about 6 3 billion in what may be cryptos largest theft ever According to the FBI, North Korea took $6.4 billion from Binance. Pyongyang's response: Washington says this every time.

Kim Yo Jong rejects FBI claim that North Korea’s TraderTraitor stole $6.4 billion from Binance

anthropic opens up claude code with mods that can reshape the ai coding tool from within Info-stealing malware usually takes your passwords and leaves a person to go through the loot. VOLTA-AUTODOXER, a new strain for Windows, gives that job to commercial AI models, and they tell the attacker whether you're a target worth pursuing.

VOLTA malware hands stolen data to Claude, Gemini and Kimi to find out which crypto holders are worth robbing

binance hit for about 6 3 billion in what may be cryptos largest theft ever On Saturday, Binance reported that it has restored 90% of the cryptocurrency taken in Thursday's $6.3 billion hack, up from about 80% in its last update. The exchange still expects to reopen withdrawals on Sunday, Nov. 1.

Binance has covered 90% of the crypto taken in its $6.3 billion hack

binance hit for about 6 3 billion in what may be cryptos largest theft ever Binance says roughly $6.3 billion was affected by a security incident at the exchange. If that figure is confirmed, it's the biggest theft in crypto's history, more than four times the previous record: the approximately $1.5 billion stolen from Bybit in February 2025.

Binance hit for about $6.3 billion in what may be crypto’s largest theft ever

amplitude breach exposes contact data for some coinbase customers exchange says funds are safe The first line of Coinbase's statement was a denial: "Coinbase has not had a data breach." The exchange's support account posted it in a tweet on Tuesday night, then explained that a breach at another company had still caught some of its customers' information.

Amplitude breach exposes contact data for some Coinbase customers, exchange says funds are safe

Ledger Raises $108M in new Funding for Series C Round

Ledger Says Hidden LTE Implants in CryptoBilis-Sold Wallets Leaked Seed Phrases as Europe Reports Tampered Devices

five microsoft defender protections worth enabling on windows 11 and how to do it Microsoft's official X account fell into the wrong hands, and whoever grabbed it told followers Clippy could come back if a post hit 500,000 likes. Nostalgia was the lure. What the scammers actually wanted to push was a fake cryptocurrency.

Hackers Seize Microsoft’s X Account to Promote Fake $Clippy Crypto Token