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Hacken is a Web3 cybersecurity auditor with a vision of transforming the Web3 space into a more ethical environment. It provides Web3 projects and their communities with a suite of cybersecurity services, such as Smart Contract Audit, L1 Blockchain Protocol Audit, dApp Audit, Pentest, and a Bug Bounty Program running on HackenProof, the #1 bug bounty platform.
Rapid7 discloses crypto phishing campaign targeting 885,000 phone numbers and involving 5,576 Binance accounts
Odaily News Rapid7, a cybersecurity firm, has disclosed a crypto phishing campaign named Operation Asterix that targets approximately 885,000 phone numbers across multiple countries, redirecting victims to fraudulent wallet service websites. A total of 5,576 phone numbers have been matched with Binance user accounts and placed on the attack queue.The attackers steal seed phrases through fake apps impersonating Ledger, Trezor, and Exodus, while also contacting victims via fraudulent customer support emails and phone calls. Rapid7 also found that among over 316,000 phone numbers in Germany, 43,066 were matched with crypto trading accounts, representing a hit rate of approximately 13.6%.The related attacks also include a bulk phone number verification tool targeting Kraken accounts, and the investigation revealed that AI tools are being widely used in phishing operations. According to data from blockchain security firm Hacken, phishing attacks and social engineering scams caused $306 million in losses in the first quarter of this year, accounting for the majority of the $482 million total losses in the crypto industry. (Cointelegraph)
2026 Q2 Web3 Security Incidents: $764 Million Stolen, 88.3% from Compromised Keys and Infrastructure
According to the quarterly Security and Compliance Report by Hacken, 67 security incidents in the Web3 space resulted in losses of $763.9 million in Q2 2026, making it the most severe quarter since Q2 2025. Compromised keys and infrastructure accounted for 88.3% of the stolen funds, approximately $674.5 million. Smart contract vulnerabilities remained the most common type of attack, linked to 44 out of the 67 incidents, but corresponding losses represented only about 11% of the total. Approximately 75.5% of the losses stemmed from two incidents attributed to North Korean threat actors, and 14 audited protocols were breached during the quarter. Leo Fan, founder of Cysic, stated that an audit is a point-in-time assessment of a specific codebase and does not automatically cover signature devices, cloud infrastructure, operational permissions, subsequent upgrades, third-party dependencies, or old contracts that remain callable. Samuel Videau, CTO of Genius, pointed out that nearly 90% of losses came from compromised keys, signers, and infrastructure. Multiple security leaders noted that Web3 security requires layered defenses including real-time monitoring, key management, multi-party authorization, and bug bounty programs. Leo Fan expects that operational access control attacks will continue to dominate losses in the second half of 2026, including social engineering, credential theft, compromised signers, cloud or CI/CD intrusions, and attacks on off-chain validator infrastructure.
Approximately $764 million stolen from crypto projects in Q2, with 88.3% involving keys, signers, and infrastructure
in its Q2 2026 Security and Compliance Report, Hacken stated that institutional investors are expanding their due diligence scope from smart contract audits to continuous monitoring, signer control, and incident response preparedness. Among the 1,427 projects it tracked, only 9% had third-party monitoring, and 4% had monitoring, active bug bounties, and security audits simultaneously. The report shows that of the approximately $764 million stolen in Q2, 88.3% involved compromised keys, signers, and infrastructure.Hacken noted that 14 projects attacked in Q2 had previously completed audits, but most of the losses originated from areas outside the scope of traditional smart contract reviews. The report states that the affected components included signing devices, cross-chain bridge validators, backend infrastructure, admin keys, and deprecated but still active old contracts. The sample covered 1,427 projects with a market cap exceeding $1 million, listed among the top 50 centralized exchanges on the CoinGecko Trust Score, excluding wrapped assets, stablecoins, and tokenized real-world assets.
In Q1 2026, Web3 projects lost over $460 million due to hacking and scams, with phishing attacks dominating.
According to Cointelegraph, Hacken, a blockchain security firm, released its Q1 2026 report revealing that Web3 projects suffered $464.5 million in losses due to hacking and scams during the quarter. Phishing and social engineering attacks accounted for $306 million—making them the primary source of losses. A hardware wallet scam in January alone caused $282 million in losses, representing 81% of the quarter’s total losses. Smart contract vulnerabilities led to $86.2 million in losses, while failures in access control—including compromised private keys and cloud services—resulted in $71.9 million in losses. The report notes that the largest security incidents predominantly occurred in off-chain operations and infrastructure layers—areas typically beyond the scope of traditional audits. Europe’s regulatory frameworks, MiCA and DORA, are increasingly imposing stricter requirements on security monitoring and incident response, and global regulators are also raising standards for real-time monitoring and emergency response.
Data: Crypto Industry Lost $1.18 Billion to Attacks in Q3, with About 77% Related to Issues Such as Insufficient Audit Coverage
a report from blockchain security firm Hacken shows that in Q3 2026, there were 107 security incidents in the crypto industry, with losses amounting to $1.18 billion, up 55% quarter-over-quarter. Of this, approximately $906.8 million in losses involved compromised vendors or development tools, known vulnerabilities that were not patched in a timely manner, and related components not being included in the latest audit scope.Hacken co-founder Andrii Matiukhin pointed out that project teams often only audit critical smart contracts, while wallets, signing systems, and third-party software may not be covered, leading investors to mistakenly believe that the project is secure as a whole. The report states that the largest loss event in Q3 was the attack on Bitget, with losses of at least $352 million, in which attackers exploited a vulnerability in a third-party security product to gain access to withdrawal infrastructure.Hacken also found that the asset security of some derivatives trading platforms and prediction markets relies on inadequate key management arrangements, but no vulnerabilities currently being exploited have been found in the relevant platforms. The company emphasized that security audits cannot replace continuous vulnerability management, and project teams still need to promptly fix known vulnerabilities and ensure that audits cover the system components that actually affect the safety of funds. (CoinDesk)
Q3 Crypto Hacking Losses Reach $1.18 Billion, Driven by Bitget and Liquid Vulnerabilities
据 Cointelegraph 报道，安全公司 Hacken 发布 2026 年 Q3 报告显示，第三季度加密货币黑客攻击事件共 107 起，总损失达 11.8 亿美元，为 2025 年 Q1 Bybit 事件（损失 16 亿美元）以来最严重的季度。 其中 77%（约 9.06 亿美元）损失源于第三方供应商、开发工具或未纳入安全审计的基础设施漏洞。四大主要事件分别为：Bitget 黑客攻击（3.87 亿美元）、Liquid Network 漏洞（3.2 亿美元）、Tectonic 漏洞（1.2 亿美元）及 Coldcard 固件漏洞（1.15 亿美元），合计占总损失约 80%。智能合约为最高频攻击向量，涉及 71 起事件，损失 2.28 亿美元。 在资金追回方面，约 3.87 亿美元（33%）被归还或逆转，其中"白帽黑客"归还 Liquid Network 被盗资金 2.72 亿美元，Cronos 验证者回滚 114 分钟区块链历史追回 1.11 亿美元；运营商另行垫付 4.1 亿美元补偿用户损失，但仍有约 3.84 亿美元（32%）既未追回也未获赔付。
In Q3 2026, cryptocurrency hacks caused $1.18 billion in losses, with Bitget and Liquid Network incidents accounting for $707 million combined
Odaily News: Security firm Hacken disclosed that a total of 107 cryptocurrency hacking incidents were recorded in Q3 2026, with total losses amounting to $1.18 billion. Of that, approximately $906 million stemmed from compromised vendors, developer tools, disclosed but undeployed fixes, and infrastructure outside audit scope, accounting for roughly 77% of quarterly losses.Quarterly losses were mainly concentrated in four incidents: crypto trading platform Bitget suffered $387 million in losses from an attack, Liquid Network lost $320 million to exploitation, Tectonic lost $120 million to exploitation, and a Coldcard firmware vulnerability caused approximately $115 million in losses. About 80% of losses were concentrated in the above incidents, while 98 incidents resulted in losses below $10 million, with a median of $670,000.Smart contract incidents were the most common attack type, involving 71 incidents and causing $228 million in losses. Q3 was the most severe quarter for losses since Q1 2025, when a $1.4 billion loss by Bybit pushed the quarterly total to $1.6 billion.Approximately $387 million of Q3 losses were returned or reversed, accounting for about 33% of gross losses. Among these, about $272 million was returned in the Liquid Network incident; the Tectonic incident reversed approximately $111.2 million in lending impact by rolling back 114 minutes of blockchain history, and Circle and Tether also froze approximately $340,000 related to funds stolen from Bitget. Operators additionally absorbed $410 million in user losses, leaving approximately $384 million still not returned or covered. (Cointelegraph)
Biden’s Son Meme Coin LAPTOP: No Utility or Development Roadmap, Foundation Signs Loan Agreement with G20 and GSR
According to disclosures from the Phoenix Veritas Foundation, the Hunter Biden laptop-themed cultural token, LAPTOP, has been issued on the Base chain with a total supply of 1 billion tokens and an initial circulating supply of 350 million tokens (35%) at TGE. Token allocation consists of 30% for founders (including Hunter Biden), 30% for the prediction mechanism, 20% for the community airdrop, 10% for liquidity, 10% for the foundation treasury, and 5% for charity. Founder tokens are subject to a six-month lock-up period followed by linear unlocking over 24 months. LAPTOP provides no utility, positioned strictly as a cultural digital collectible with its value driven entirely by community sentiment. The token contract underwent a security audit by Hacken in April 2026, revealing no major vulnerabilities. Regarding market maker arrangements, the foundation has entered into a lending agreement with G20 and GSR totaling 20.5 million tokens.
Rapid7 discloses crypto phishing campaign targeting 885,000 phone numbers and involving 5,576 Binance accounts
Odaily News Rapid7, a cybersecurity firm, has disclosed a crypto phishing campaign named Operation Asterix that targets approximately 885,000 phone numbers across multiple countries, redirecting victims to fraudulent wallet service websites. A total of 5,576 phone numbers have been matched with Binance user accounts and placed on the attack queue.The attackers steal seed phrases through fake apps impersonating Ledger, Trezor, and Exodus, while also contacting victims via fraudulent customer support emails and phone calls. Rapid7 also found that among over 316,000 phone numbers in Germany, 43,066 were matched with crypto trading accounts, representing a hit rate of approximately 13.6%.The related attacks also include a bulk phone number verification tool targeting Kraken accounts, and the investigation revealed that AI tools are being widely used in phishing operations. According to data from blockchain security firm Hacken, phishing attacks and social engineering scams caused $306 million in losses in the first quarter of this year, accounting for the majority of the $482 million total losses in the crypto industry. (Cointelegraph)
2026 Q2 Web3 Security Incidents: $764 Million Stolen, 88.3% from Compromised Keys and Infrastructure
According to the quarterly Security and Compliance Report by Hacken, 67 security incidents in the Web3 space resulted in losses of $763.9 million in Q2 2026, making it the most severe quarter since Q2 2025. Compromised keys and infrastructure accounted for 88.3% of the stolen funds, approximately $674.5 million. Smart contract vulnerabilities remained the most common type of attack, linked to 44 out of the 67 incidents, but corresponding losses represented only about 11% of the total. Approximately 75.5% of the losses stemmed from two incidents attributed to North Korean threat actors, and 14 audited protocols were breached during the quarter. Leo Fan, founder of Cysic, stated that an audit is a point-in-time assessment of a specific codebase and does not automatically cover signature devices, cloud infrastructure, operational permissions, subsequent upgrades, third-party dependencies, or old contracts that remain callable. Samuel Videau, CTO of Genius, pointed out that nearly 90% of losses came from compromised keys, signers, and infrastructure. Multiple security leaders noted that Web3 security requires layered defenses including real-time monitoring, key management, multi-party authorization, and bug bounty programs. Leo Fan expects that operational access control attacks will continue to dominate losses in the second half of 2026, including social engineering, credential theft, compromised signers, cloud or CI/CD intrusions, and attacks on off-chain validator infrastructure.
Q3 Crypto Hacking Losses Reach $1.18 Billion, Driven by Bitget and Liquid Vulnerabilities
据 Cointelegraph 报道，安全公司 Hacken 发布 2026 年 Q3 报告显示，第三季度加密货币黑客攻击事件共 107 起，总损失达 11.8 亿美元，为 2025 年 Q1 Bybit 事件（损失 16 亿美元）以来最严重的季度。 其中 77%（约 9.06 亿美元）损失源于第三方供应商、开发工具或未纳入安全审计的基础设施漏洞。四大主要事件分别为：Bitget 黑客攻击（3.87 亿美元）、Liquid Network 漏洞（3.2 亿美元）、Tectonic 漏洞（1.2 亿美元）及 Coldcard 固件漏洞（1.15 亿美元），合计占总损失约 80%。智能合约为最高频攻击向量，涉及 71 起事件，损失 2.28 亿美元。 在资金追回方面，约 3.87 亿美元（33%）被归还或逆转，其中"白帽黑客"归还 Liquid Network 被盗资金 2.72 亿美元，Cronos 验证者回滚 114 分钟区块链历史追回 1.11 亿美元；运营商另行垫付 4.1 亿美元补偿用户损失，但仍有约 3.84 亿美元（32%）既未追回也未获赔付。
In Q3 2026, cryptocurrency hacks caused $1.18 billion in losses, with Bitget and Liquid Network incidents accounting for $707 million combined
Odaily News: Security firm Hacken disclosed that a total of 107 cryptocurrency hacking incidents were recorded in Q3 2026, with total losses amounting to $1.18 billion. Of that, approximately $906 million stemmed from compromised vendors, developer tools, disclosed but undeployed fixes, and infrastructure outside audit scope, accounting for roughly 77% of quarterly losses.Quarterly losses were mainly concentrated in four incidents: crypto trading platform Bitget suffered $387 million in losses from an attack, Liquid Network lost $320 million to exploitation, Tectonic lost $120 million to exploitation, and a Coldcard firmware vulnerability caused approximately $115 million in losses. About 80% of losses were concentrated in the above incidents, while 98 incidents resulted in losses below $10 million, with a median of $670,000.Smart contract incidents were the most common attack type, involving 71 incidents and causing $228 million in losses. Q3 was the most severe quarter for losses since Q1 2025, when a $1.4 billion loss by Bybit pushed the quarterly total to $1.6 billion.Approximately $387 million of Q3 losses were returned or reversed, accounting for about 33% of gross losses. Among these, about $272 million was returned in the Liquid Network incident; the Tectonic incident reversed approximately $111.2 million in lending impact by rolling back 114 minutes of blockchain history, and Circle and Tether also froze approximately $340,000 related to funds stolen from Bitget. Operators additionally absorbed $410 million in user losses, leaving approximately $384 million still not returned or covered. (Cointelegraph)
2026 Q2 Web3 Security Incidents: $764 Million Stolen, 88.3% from Compromised Keys and Infrastructure
According to the quarterly Security and Compliance Report by Hacken, 67 security incidents in the Web3 space resulted in losses of $763.9 million in Q2 2026, making it the most severe quarter since Q2 2025. Compromised keys and infrastructure accounted for 88.3% of the stolen funds, approximately $674.5 million. Smart contract vulnerabilities remained the most common type of attack, linked to 44 out of the 67 incidents, but corresponding losses represented only about 11% of the total. Approximately 75.5% of the losses stemmed from two incidents attributed to North Korean threat actors, and 14 audited protocols were breached during the quarter. Leo Fan, founder of Cysic, stated that an audit is a point-in-time assessment of a specific codebase and does not automatically cover signature devices, cloud infrastructure, operational permissions, subsequent upgrades, third-party dependencies, or old contracts that remain callable. Samuel Videau, CTO of Genius, pointed out that nearly 90% of losses came from compromised keys, signers, and infrastructure. Multiple security leaders noted that Web3 security requires layered defenses including real-time monitoring, key management, multi-party authorization, and bug bounty programs. Leo Fan expects that operational access control attacks will continue to dominate losses in the second half of 2026, including social engineering, credential theft, compromised signers, cloud or CI/CD intrusions, and attacks on off-chain validator infrastructure.
In Q1 2026, Web3 projects lost over $460 million due to hacking and scams, with phishing attacks dominating.
According to Cointelegraph, Hacken, a blockchain security firm, released its Q1 2026 report revealing that Web3 projects suffered $464.5 million in losses due to hacking and scams during the quarter. Phishing and social engineering attacks accounted for $306 million—making them the primary source of losses. A hardware wallet scam in January alone caused $282 million in losses, representing 81% of the quarter’s total losses. Smart contract vulnerabilities led to $86.2 million in losses, while failures in access control—including compromised private keys and cloud services—resulted in $71.9 million in losses. The report notes that the largest security incidents predominantly occurred in off-chain operations and infrastructure layers—areas typically beyond the scope of traditional audits. Europe’s regulatory frameworks, MiCA and DORA, are increasingly imposing stricter requirements on security monitoring and incident response, and global regulators are also raising standards for real-time monitoring and emergency response.
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Data: Crypto Industry Lost $1.18 Billion to Attacks in Q3, with About 77% Related to Issues Such as Insufficient Audit Coverage
a report from blockchain security firm Hacken shows that in Q3 2026, there were 107 security incidents in the crypto industry, with losses amounting to $1.18 billion, up 55% quarter-over-quarter. Of this, approximately $906.8 million in losses involved compromised vendors or development tools, known vulnerabilities that were not patched in a timely manner, and related components not being included in the latest audit scope.Hacken co-founder Andrii Matiukhin pointed out that project teams often only audit critical smart contracts, while wallets, signing systems, and third-party software may not be covered, leading investors to mistakenly believe that the project is secure as a whole. The report states that the largest loss event in Q3 was the attack on Bitget, with losses of at least $352 million, in which attackers exploited a vulnerability in a third-party security product to gain access to withdrawal infrastructure.Hacken also found that the asset security of some derivatives trading platforms and prediction markets relies on inadequate key management arrangements, but no vulnerabilities currently being exploited have been found in the relevant platforms. The company emphasized that security audits cannot replace continuous vulnerability management, and project teams still need to promptly fix known vulnerabilities and ensure that audits cover the system components that actually affect the safety of funds. (CoinDesk)
9 Crypto Institutions Establish Quantum Alliance to Advance Blockchain Post-Quantum Standards Development
According to Decrypt, nine blockchain organizations including Quantus, Postquant Labs, Midnight Foundation, Keystone, Abelian, and Hacken have jointly established the Quantum Alliance, aiming to develop "quantum-ready" open standards and a unified methodology for testing the quantum-resistant capabilities of blockchain networks, wallets, and infrastructure.
About 6.04 million BTC face quantum exposure risk, 9 blockchain organizations form the Quantum Alliance
Odaily reports: Nine blockchain organizations announced on Thursday the formation of the Quantum Alliance, aimed at developing "quantum-ready" standards and establishing unified testing and validation methods for the quantum resilience of networks, wallets, and infrastructure.The Quantum Alliance operates by reference to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), with founding participants spanning underlying protocols, privacy networks, Rollups, hardware wallets, and security auditing, including Quantus, Postquant Labs, Midnight Foundation, Keystone, Abelian, and Hacken. Its work is divided into four groups: blockchain migration, post-quantum zero-knowledge systems, wallet security, and cross-chain compatibility.The Quantum Alliance stated that elliptic curve signatures leave approximately 6.04 million BTC, about 30% of the total supply, exposed to quantum risk. If a sufficiently capable quantum computer runs Shor's algorithm, it could theoretically reverse-engineer private keys and take control of the related assets.Citing multiple forecasts, the Quantum Alliance said the relevant risk window may lie in the late 2020s, with one model marking March 2028 as an earlier window; a Google Quantum AI study lowered its estimate of the number of qubits needed to break Bitcoin's cryptography to fewer than 500,000. (Decrypt)
Q3 Crypto Hacking Losses Reach $1.18 Billion, Driven by Bitget and Liquid Vulnerabilities
据 Cointelegraph 报道，安全公司 Hacken 发布 2026 年 Q3 报告显示，第三季度加密货币黑客攻击事件共 107 起，总损失达 11.8 亿美元，为 2025 年 Q1 Bybit 事件（损失 16 亿美元）以来最严重的季度。 其中 77%（约 9.06 亿美元）损失源于第三方供应商、开发工具或未纳入安全审计的基础设施漏洞。四大主要事件分别为：Bitget 黑客攻击（3.87 亿美元）、Liquid Network 漏洞（3.2 亿美元）、Tectonic 漏洞（1.2 亿美元）及 Coldcard 固件漏洞（1.15 亿美元），合计占总损失约 80%。智能合约为最高频攻击向量，涉及 71 起事件，损失 2.28 亿美元。 在资金追回方面，约 3.87 亿美元（33%）被归还或逆转，其中"白帽黑客"归还 Liquid Network 被盗资金 2.72 亿美元，Cronos 验证者回滚 114 分钟区块链历史追回 1.11 亿美元；运营商另行垫付 4.1 亿美元补偿用户损失，但仍有约 3.84 亿美元（32%）既未追回也未获赔付。
In Q3 2026, cryptocurrency hacks caused $1.18 billion in losses, with Bitget and Liquid Network incidents accounting for $707 million combined
Odaily News: Security firm Hacken disclosed that a total of 107 cryptocurrency hacking incidents were recorded in Q3 2026, with total losses amounting to $1.18 billion. Of that, approximately $906 million stemmed from compromised vendors, developer tools, disclosed but undeployed fixes, and infrastructure outside audit scope, accounting for roughly 77% of quarterly losses.Quarterly losses were mainly concentrated in four incidents: crypto trading platform Bitget suffered $387 million in losses from an attack, Liquid Network lost $320 million to exploitation, Tectonic lost $120 million to exploitation, and a Coldcard firmware vulnerability caused approximately $115 million in losses. About 80% of losses were concentrated in the above incidents, while 98 incidents resulted in losses below $10 million, with a median of $670,000.Smart contract incidents were the most common attack type, involving 71 incidents and causing $228 million in losses. Q3 was the most severe quarter for losses since Q1 2025, when a $1.4 billion loss by Bybit pushed the quarterly total to $1.6 billion.Approximately $387 million of Q3 losses were returned or reversed, accounting for about 33% of gross losses. Among these, about $272 million was returned in the Liquid Network incident; the Tectonic incident reversed approximately $111.2 million in lending impact by rolling back 114 minutes of blockchain history, and Circle and Tether also froze approximately $340,000 related to funds stolen from Bitget. Operators additionally absorbed $410 million in user losses, leaving approximately $384 million still not returned or covered. (Cointelegraph)
Biden’s Son Meme Coin LAPTOP: No Utility or Development Roadmap, Foundation Signs Loan Agreement with G20 and GSR
According to disclosures from the Phoenix Veritas Foundation, the Hunter Biden laptop-themed cultural token, LAPTOP, has been issued on the Base chain with a total supply of 1 billion tokens and an initial circulating supply of 350 million tokens (35%) at TGE. Token allocation consists of 30% for founders (including Hunter Biden), 30% for the prediction mechanism, 20% for the community airdrop, 10% for liquidity, 10% for the foundation treasury, and 5% for charity. Founder tokens are subject to a six-month lock-up period followed by linear unlocking over 24 months. LAPTOP provides no utility, positioned strictly as a cultural digital collectible with its value driven entirely by community sentiment. The token contract underwent a security audit by Hacken in April 2026, revealing no major vulnerabilities. Regarding market maker arrangements, the foundation has entered into a lending agreement with G20 and GSR totaling 20.5 million tokens.