# US charges three North Korean hackers over crypto attacks and WannaCry ransomware

# US charges three North Korean hackers over crypto attacks and WannaCry ransomware

“# US charges three North Korean hackers over crypto attacks and WannaCry ransomware ” On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced charges against three North Korean operatives.  Making the announcement, Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers condemned the North Korean program, the most famous branch of which is Lazarus Group. Demers said: “North Korea’s…

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# Verge of disaster: 200 days transactions wiped from blockchain

# Verge of disaster: 200 days transactions wiped from blockchain

“# Verge of disaster: 200 days transactions wiped from blockchain ” Privacy-focused blockchain network Verge (XVG) has experienced a significant block reorganization, replacing transactions dating as far back as July 2020. Despite being described as potentially “the deepest reorg that has ever taken place in a top 100 cryptocurrency,” analysts are yet to confirm that…

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# EXMO crypto exchange suffers second attack in two months

# EXMO crypto exchange suffers second attack in two months

“# EXMO crypto exchange suffers second attack in two months ” London-based cryptocurrency exchange EXMO suffered a distributed denial-of-service attack earlier today, causing the platform’s servers to become unavailable. In a tweet earlier today, EXMO reported that hackers had targeted the exchange with $75 million in trading volume in a distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attack….

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# Alpha Homora loses  million following Iron Bank exploit

# Alpha Homora loses $37 million following Iron Bank exploit

“# Alpha Homora loses $37 million following Iron Bank exploit ” In one of the largest exploits of the DeFi era, this morning an attacker successfully drained over $37 million from Alpha Homora by leveraging Cream’s Iron Bank protocol-to-protocol lending platform.  Alpha Finance Lab, whose protocol was audited by Quantstamp and Peckshield, announced on Twitter…

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