Onyx Protocol - Rekt II


Another Compound v2 fork that just can't catch a break, Onyx Protocol, has been exploited again. This time, the damage tally stands at a cool $3.8 million, siphoned off by the same high-profile vulnerability that bit them late last year.

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Banana Gun - Rekt


Banana Gun slipped on a $3 million Telegram peel, proving once again that in DeFi, even your bot can go bananas. Another day, another protocol got caught with its pants down. Banana Gun, the supposedly secure Telegram trading bot, got royally split.

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Shezmu - Rekt


Shezmu's vault became the latest battleground where $4.9 million vanished faster than a mirage in the desert. But in a twist worthy of a crypto thriller, the saga unfolded not with a bang, but with a negotiation.

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BingX - Rekt


In a plot twist that's becoming all too familiar, another CEX found their hot wallets compromised. BingX learned a costly lesson in the dangers of hot wallet management and the persistence of sophisticated hacking groups.

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DeltaPrime - Rekt


Another day, another private key compromise. DeltaPrime Blue on Arbitrum suffers $5.98 million loss in private key compromise. Whispers of a notorious nation-state hacker group are already circulating through the cryptosphere.

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Indodax - Rekt


In the high-stakes game of crypto exchanges, Indodax just crapped out. Over $25 million vanished faster than you can say rupiah in the latest episode of Centralized Exchange Calamities - Southeast Asian Edition.

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Bring Tigran Home


Imagine investigating crypto criminals for a living, only to find yourself detained in Nigeria after accepting an invitation for a compliance meeting. This is the reality for Tigran Gambaryan, where a business trip took an unexpected turn.

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Penpie - Rekt


The crypto world never sleeps and neither do its hackers. In the latest episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - DeFi Edition, Penpie has found itself on the wrong end of a $27 million exploit.

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Tales from the Chain - Decentralized Deceit


A betrayed blockchain expert becomes the ultimate insider threat. When code is law, who truly holds the power? The builders or the breakers? Explore the dark side of Defi with this new work of fiction by Rekt News.

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The Thin Line of Privacy


Telegram's Durov was recently arrested in Paris. Is he a free speech martyr or digital crime lord? While we champion privacy, are we overlooking the blurred lines of digital freedom? The thin line of privacy just got thinner.

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Whale Hunter's Payday


When phishing for whales, sometimes you land a big one. A crypto whale found themselves $55.47 million lighter after falling victim to a sophisticated phishing attack targeting their Maker vault.

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Hedging Bets


Amid a pivotal Venezuelan election, Polymarket bets sparked debate on prediction markets' role and potential impact in politics. When does a prediction market cease to reflect reality and start to shape it?

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