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DEA Falls for Crypto Scam, Hands Fraudster $55,000 in Stolen Funds

Discussions and Ideas August 25, 2023

The same organisation that was responsible for shutting down the biggest dark web drug marketplace, Silkroad, fell victim to one of the oldest tricks in the books — a phishing attack, resulting in the DEA sending $55,000 to a scammer’s address. The way this scam was set up an executed is quite fascinating and just goes to […]

A Deep Dive into how Curve’s $70 million reentrancy exploit was possible

CryptocurrencyWeb3.0 August 5, 2023August 5, 2023

The recent Curve Pool Exploit is different from the majority of cryptocurrency hacks that we’ve seen happen in the last few years because unlike many of the previous exploits, this one is not directly related to a vulnerability of the smart contract itself, but rather, the underlying compiler of the language that it was written […]

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DEA Falls for Crypto Scam, Hands Fraudster $55,000 in Stolen Funds

A Deep Dive into how Curve’s $70 million reentrancy exploit was possible

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