Key Highlights: Major Latin American cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin paused transfers and initiated an active investigation following a security exploit, pledging to fully absorb user losses. Blockchain analytics and security firms report losses exceeding $40 million to $46 million across multiple networks, while Tether intervened to freeze over 4.5 million USDT connected to the attack. ...
Key Highlights: Polymarket confirmed an October 29 security incident stemmed from a compromised third-party performance-monitoring script that hijacked active user sessions. Total refunds reached $3.9 million, encompassing $2.7 million in direct attack losses and $1.2 million incurred from the subsequent trading pause. The platform stated that 95% of impacted user wallets were refunded in full ...
Key Highlights: Irish national police service An Garda Síochána suffered an unauthorized breach of its official X accounts on October 14 to peddle fraudulent $XRP airdrops. Scammers directed users to fake promotional links tied to Xaman (formerly Xumm), which confirmed the cryptocurrency offers were completely illegitimate. Internal Garda networks and sensitive data remained unaffected, with ...