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Coldcard Firmware Flaw Enables Over $116 Million Bitcoin Theft in Largest Hardware Wallet Exploit

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Attackers exploited a March 2021 firmware bug in Coldcard wallets to drain approximately 1,816 BTC (~$116 million) across multiple waves starting July 30, 2026. The vulnerability cut effective entropy to as low as 40 bits on older models, enabling remote brute-force of seeds without physical access. Coinkite released emergency firmware fixes, but existing seeds remain vulnerable and require full migration to new wallets. The incident ranks...

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Coldcard Hardware Wallet Losses Approach $130 Million as Galaxy Flags Ongoing Multi-Attacker Exploit

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Galaxy Research has high confidence that 1,596 BTC (over $100 million) was stolen from roughly 7,300 addresses across three confirmed attack waves plus 14 smaller incidents. Including a suspected fourth wave would raise the total to about 2,055 BTC, or roughly $130 million. At least 15 separate attackers are now exploiting the vulnerability; 90% of stolen coins have not moved. Coinkite has released emergency firmware updates and urged users...

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Taiko Halts Ethereum L2 Block Production After .7 Million Bridge Exploit

Taiko Halts Ethereum L2 Block Production After $1.7 Million Bridge Exploit

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Taiko confirmed compromise of its chain state verification mechanism, rendering bridge security assumptions unreliable. Attacker drained approximately $1.7 million from the ERC20 Vault on Ethereum via forged proofs. Project halted all block production and urged users to withdraw funds from all bridges immediately. TAIKO token dived around 10% following the incident. Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution Taiko has taken its...

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Humanity Protocol Hit by M Private Key Exploit as H Token Crashes Nearly 90%

Humanity Protocol Hit by $32M Private Key Exploit as H Token Crashes

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Around 17 wallets interacting with Humanity Protocol were drained for over $32 million in an ongoing exploit. Founder Terence Kwok confirmed a private key compromise of a Humanity Foundation member. The H token crashed up to 90%, trading near $0.13 after selling pressure from stolen and minted tokens. The project urged users to avoid bridges and liquidity pools while investigations continue. Humanity Protocol, a...

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Potential Privacy Token Debacle Rocks Secretive World

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The cryptocurrency sector has long thrived on the promise of privacy, but the recent revelation of a critical bug in Zcash has shaken confidence in the very foundations of the privacy token market. The vulnerability, disclosed by developers after being discovered on May 29 by an AI-assisted security auditor, could have allowed rampant counterfeiting of ZEC tokens for nearly four years—without detection. While Shielded Labs, the nonprofit...

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