Tag: hacked

Pro-XRP attorney’s phone hacked to promote LAW token

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Pro-XRP lawyer, John Deaton, suffered a phone hack on June 4 amid a relentless cyberattack over several days. CryptoLaw, an account created by the attorney representing over 76,000 XRP (XRP) tokenholders in the Ripple vs. United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit, responded to the hacker’s tweet from the attorney’s account. CryptoLaw clarified that the tweets were not from Deaton but from hackers, and immediate steps are being taken to remedy the situation. The hack occurred as Deaton celebrated his birthday, with wishes coming from all corners of the crypto…

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Arbitrum-based Jimbos Protocol hacked, losing $7.5M in Ether

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Adding to the growing number of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol hacks in the crypto industry, Jimbos Protocol is the latest to suffer an attack resulting in a significant loss of funds. According to blockchain security firm PeckShield, Jimbos Protocol — the liquidity protocol of the Arbitrum system — was hacked on the morning of May 28. The attack resulted in the loss of 4,000 Ether (ETH), worth approximately $7.5 million at the time. Specifically, the attacker took advantage of the lack of slippage control on liquidity conversions. The protocol’s liquidity…

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The Sandbox CEO’s Twitter was hacked, used to promote alleged ‘airdrop’ scam

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Arthur Madrid, co-founder and CEO of metaverse project The Sandbox, was the victim of a Twitter account hack on May 26, according to a post from Madrid that was apparently made after he recovered the account. The attacker allegedly used Madrid’s account to promote a fake “airdrop” phishing scam. In Madrid’s post, he warned Sandbox users that they should “never click on any link that promote Airdrop or URL and look SCAMMY – and not 100% using our proper and unique URL/domain name : http://sandbox.game.” My Twitter was hacked today.…

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