Truebit
January 8, 2026
•[ cryptocurrency theft, smart contract exploit, blockchain security ]
The Record reported that hackers stole more than $26 million in cryptocurrency from the Truebit platform on Thursday (January 8, 2026). Truebit said it became aware of a security incident involving one or more malicious actors and urged users not to interact with the affected smart contract. Blockchain security firms tracked 8,535 ETH taken (reported as about $26.44 million). The report frames the event as a major early-2026 crypto theft affecting Truebits on-chain assets, with ongoing law-enforcement contact and incident response actions mentioned, but without detailing the precise exploit mechanism in the article text provided.
Unleash Protocol
December 26, 2025
•[ Theft, Cryptocurrency, Smart Contract Exploit ]
Unauthorized multisig takeover allowed attacker to deploy a malicious contract upgrade and drain protocol funds, which were later laundered through Tornado Cash.
zkLend
February 12, 2025
•[ smart contract exploit, cryptocurrency theft, defi ]
Smart-contract vulnerability exploited in zkLends DeFi protocol allowed unauthorized withdrawal of ~3,600 ETH (~USD 9.5 m); zkLend offered a 10 % white-hat bounty for fund return.
