Hack Track

On September 16th, 2024, the decentralized lending platform DeltaPrime fell victim to a devastating hack. The attackers exploited a vulnerability in the protocol's security, resulting in the theft of over $6 million. Surprisingly, this is the 2nd strike on DeltaPrime within 2 months, the first one being on July 23rd this year when $1 million was lost due to a misconfiguration that allowed an attacker to take over accounts, repay loans, and withdraw collateral.

On September 10th, 2024, Indodax, a leading Indonesian cryptocurrency exchange, fell victim to a devastating security breach. This attack resulted in the theft of over $25.47 million worth of cryptocurrencies, highlighting the ongoing vulnerabilities in the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

WazirX, a leading Indian cryptocurrency exchange catering primarily to the domestic market, suffered a major security breach on July 18th, 2024. Hackers managed to siphon off more than $234.74 million worth of crypto assets in over 190 different tokens.

UwU Lend, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, suffered a security exploit on June 10th, resulting in a loss of more than $18.89 million on the Ethereum blockchain. UwU Lend is a platform for cryptocurrency users to earn and borrow digital assets. Unlike traditional banks, it doesn't hold onto your funds (non-custodial). Users can participate as depositors, borrowers, or LP stakers. Depositors provide liquidity to the market to earn a passive income, while borrowers can borrow in an overcollateralized fashion. LP stakers provide liquidity and receive a revenue share when staking their LP tokens.

Velocore, a decentralized exchange that operates on the Telos, zkSync Era, and Linea blockchains, was exploited on the 2nd of June, 2024. Hackers targeted vulnerabilities in Velocore's smart contracts that were responsible for managing liquidity pools.

Pike Finance, a platform designed to simplify borrowing and lending digital assets across different blockchains, fell victim to a series of attacks in April 2024. Pike Finance allowed users to interact with their crypto directly on their native blockchains, eliminating the need for a complex "wrapping" process. This innovative approach aimed to streamline DeFi experiences.

On October 25th, 2023, LastPass, a widely used password manager, fell victim to a security breach. The breach had significant ramifications, affecting approximately 25 users whose assets were distributed across 80 wallets. This breach resulted in a staggering loss of approximately $4.4 million in various cryptocurrencies. Among the affected blockchain networks were Bitcoin, Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, Solana, Cardano, Litecoin, Arbitrum, and Avalanche. 

On August 7th, 2023, Steadefi, a sophisticated yield aggregator, fell victim to an assault that resulted in a substantial loss of over $1.14 million.

On the 30th of July, Curve Finance, a decentralized, Automated Market Maker (AMM), was hacked leading to a loss of ~ $45 million in CurveDAO, ETH, and wETH. The attackers exploited a malfunctioning reentrancy lock on different versions of the Vyper programming language (0.2.15, 0.2.16, and 0.3.0) across multiple stable-pools.

On the 22nd of July, Alphapo, a cryptocurrency payment gateway suffered a massive security breach leading to at least $110 million being drained from its hot wallets on Ethereum and Tron blockchain.