Munchables
March 26, 2024
•[ hack, financial, finance ]
The Munchables blockchain-based game is attacked, with about $62 million worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from the game. Few hours after the attacker agrees to return the stolen funds.
MediaWorks
March 17, 2024
•[ financial, hack, technology ]
MediaWorks, a company based in New Zealand, says it is investigating an alleged security incident after a hacker claimed to have stolen the data of just over 2.4 million people and began targeting individuals for extortion payments.
Pepco Group
February 27, 2024
•[ financial, retail ]
European discount retailer Pepco Group reveals that its Hungarian business has lost a significant amount of money (15.5 Million) to cybercriminals.
Jeff “Jihoz” Zirlin
February 23, 2024
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
Jeff Jihoz Zirlin, one of the co-founders of the video game Axie Infinity and the related Ronin Network has nearly $10 million in cryptocurrency stolen from personal accounts.
Individuals in China
February 20, 2024
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology warns local netizens that fake wallet apps for the nation's central bank digital currency (CBDC) are already circulating and being abused by scammers.
Unnamed Lincoln Project vendor
February 1, 2024
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
The anti-Donald Trump super PAC Lincoln Project discloses to have lost $35,000 to a business email compromise (BEC) scam.
Crypto Users
February 1, 2024
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
The threat actors behind the 2022 LastPass breach were able to steal an estimated $5.36 million in crypto assets from over 40 wallet addresses. The wave of attacks is said to have originated from the 2022 incident in the password manager service LastPass.
Undisclosed Fortune 50 company
January 31, 2024
•[ ransomware, financial, malware ]
Researchers from Zscaler reveal that a Fortune 50 company paid a record-breaking $75 million ransom payment to the Dark Angels ransomware gang.
Somesing
January 27, 2024
•[ financial, exploit, finance ]
Somesing, a blockchain-based social karaoke platform in South Korea, suffers an exploit and loses 730 million of its native token SSX, which amounts to $11.58 million
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)
January 19, 2024
•[ financial, phishing, government ]
South Africa's railway agency (PRASA) discloses that it lost some 30.6 million rand (US$1.6 million) after the transport network fell victim to a phishing scam.
US Health Department
January 18, 2024
•[ financial, government ]
Threat actors stole about $7.5 million from the US Health Department, after accessing an HHS system that processes civilian grant payments.
Socket
January 16, 2024
•[ financial, finance ]
Blockchain protocol Socket pauses some operations after a threat actor steals $3.3 million.
Alkem Laboratories
January 12, 2024
•[ financial, manufacturing ]
Pharmaceutical company Alkem Laboratories confirms that a cybersecurity incident led to a fraudulent transfer of Rs 52 crore (USD 6.2M) from one of its subsidiaries.
CoinGecko’s X (formerly Twitter) account
January 10, 2024
•[ finance, phishing, hack ]
Cryptocurrency data aggregator CoinGeckos X (formerly Twitter) account is briefly compromised to promote a crypto scam.
Gamma Strategies
January 4, 2024
•[ financial, finance ]
Threat actors steal $3.4 million from DeFi protocol Gamma Strategies, forcing the company to halt deposits while withdrawals remain open.
NFT Trader
December 16, 2023
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
Peer-to-peer trading platform NFT Trader falls victim to a security breach resulting in the theft of nearly $3 million in non-fungible tokens.
Ledger
December 14, 2023
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
The Ledger hardware wallet warns users that a supply chain attack on the 'Ledger dApp Connect Kit' library was found pushing a JavaScript wallet drainer that stole $600,000 in crypto and NFTs.
Clearview Resources
December 6, 2023
•[ financial, energy ]
Clearview Resources, a Canadian energy producer, discloses details surrounding a cyberattack that incurred a financial setback of US$1.5 million for the company.
Taj Hotels
November 23, 2023
•[ financial, ransomware ]
A data breach at Taj Hotels group might have put the personal information of about 1.5 million people at risk, after a threat actor with the moniker of Dnacookies demands $5,000 (equal to ?4,16,549) for the full dataset.
Kronos Research
November 18, 2023
•[ financial, hack, finance ]
Cryptocurrency trading and investment firm Kronos Research says $26 million worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from its systems following a cyberattack.
