Dangerous hacks from the last few months
Some of the hacks in the past few months have been terrifyingly successful. Networks were hacked, Bitcoin exchanges attacked and coins stolen, and personal data of the FBI stolen. A brief overview. In August 2021, cyber criminals targeted cryptocurrencies at PolyNetwork and Liquid. Personal data was captured by the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center and journalists and activists in the Middle East, among others. PolyNetwork hacked and Bitcoin stolen The interoperability platform PolyNetwork, a bridge blockchain to exchange cryptocurrencies without a centralized exchange, was the victim of an unknown attacker. This exploited a security gap within the platform and ...