⚠️ UPDATE: North Korea Likely Behind $293M KelpDAO Exploit

The KelpDAO exploiter is believed to be the Lazarus Group (North Korea). The attacker forged a cross-chain message by exploiting LayerZero's DVN to fake a withdrawal of RSETH to Ethereum.

If confirmed as Lazarus, this would mark approximately $600 million stolen by the group in the past 30 days alone.

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⚠️ JUST IN: @BOSS LISTED FOR SALE

The owner of the telegram username, @boss, has now listed the username for sale with a starting bid of $500,000 USDT via getgems. This wallet has been inactive since the fragment platform launched in late 2022.

What price do you think it will sell for?

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⚠️ JUST IN: Arbitrum Freezes $93M in KelpDAO Exploit Funds

The Arbitrum Security Council has forcibly transferred 30,766 ETH ($93M) from the KelpDAO exploiter's wallet after working with law enforcement to identify them.

The funds were moved to an intermediary frozen wallet and can only be accessed through future Arbitrum governance decisions.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Indian Ship Scammed by Iranian Impersonators

A tanker fell for a crypto scam and paid scammers in USDT for "safe passage" through the Strait of Hormuz, then got fired upon by actual Iranian forces.

Scammers have been impersonating Iranian authorities and demanding crypto payments for fake transit clearances, likely stealing $1-2 million per vessel. This is the first time a crypto transaction directly led to a maritime attack.

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⚠️ JUST IN: $7.8M Drained in Two Separate Exploits

Another $6.5M has been drained on Arbitrum after a malicious actor exploited a proxy contract, changing the admin and upgrading it to drain USDC. This pushes total Arbitrum losses to $299M over the past few days.

Separately, Giddy.co was exploited for $1.3M by replaying signatures with modified swap parameters to drain staked LP tokens.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Litecoin Hit with Double-Spend Attack

Litecoin experienced a coordinated attack that allowed attackers to spend the same coins multiple times. The attackers swapped LTC on cross-chain protocols, then rewrote blockchain history to reclaim it, walking away with both the LTC and the assets they received.

Near intents alone lost $600K, with total losses across platforms currently unknown.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Thai Mother and Son Arrested for Laundering $110M

Thai police arrested a 20-year-old man and his mother for laundering over $110 million for a Chinese-run scam operation.

US Homeland Security seized $100M in USDT and traced the money to Thailand, leading to the arrests. The son was paid a 0.01% exchange fee on all funds laundered.

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⚠️ JUST IN: $500,000 USD BID ON @BOSS TELEGRAM USERNAME

Someone placed a $500,000 USDT TON bid on the username, @boss, via getgems.io with 6 or 7 minutes remaining in the auction.

⚡ EDIT: @boss has now sold for $500,000 USDT

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⚠️ JUST IN: $JUDAO Exploited for $464K

An attacker exploited a bug in JUDAO's code that drained tokens from the trading pool every time someone sold. The attacker bought 5.5M JUDAO tokens with borrowed money, then repeatedly sold portions to manipulate the price and drain the pool.

The attacker walked away with $228K in profit.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Wasabi Protocol Exploited For $4.5M

An attacker gained control of an admin key and granted permissions to a malicious contract, allowing them to drain multiple Wasabi vaults.

The exploit is ongoing, with total losses already exceeding $4M.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Telegram number +888 8 588 sold for $784,000

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⚠️ JUST IN: TON Hits $2

TON has reached $2, up 50% as the entire Telegram ecosystem rallies following Durov's "Make TON Great Again" 7-step plan. TON memecoins such as $UTYA and $REDO have pumped 5x-10x over the past few days.

The rally has pushed 4-letter usernames to 5,000 TON ($10,000). These usernames are now pegged to TON's price rather than a fixed USD value like the previous $8,000 floor.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Telegram Launches Dice Mini-Game with TON Betting

Telegram has launched a new dice emoji mini-game that allows users to bet with TON. The feature requires a Telegram Rating level of 5 or higher to access.

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⚠️ JUST IN: ZachXBT Moving to Telegram, Says X DMs Are Broken

ZachXBT is moving to Telegram after X's DM system became unusable. He says the forced migration to XChat has caused constant bugs and he can no longer reliably conduct business on X.

"The only option is to move to Telegram.".

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⚠️ JUST IN: User Accidentally Sells Plush Pepe for $2.86

A collector accidentally accepted an offer of 4,589 NOT ($2.86) thinking it was 4,589 TON ($11,500) for their Plush Pepe NFT.

This is an active ongoing scam, double check before accepting offers on Getgems!

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⚠️ JUST IN: +888 8 899 Sells for $1,000,000

The Telegram number +888 8 899 has sold for $1 million (423,000 TON) through marketapp, marking one of the largest Telegram number sales ever recorded.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Collector Loses $800K to Fake USDT Scam

A major Chinese collector has been scammed out of +888 8 321, a Telegram number worth over $800,000.

The scammer somehow managed to send an exchange offer with fake USDT on GetGems, despite the platform supposedly only accepting verified tokens.

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⚠️ JUST IN: ThorChain Exploited for $7.3M

ZachXBT reports that ThorChain has been exploited for $7.3 million. Details on the exploit method and affected protocols remain unclear at this time.

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