Claude Code AI agent caught a crypto miner hiding on a developer’s overheating Mac

A developer using Claude Code to help build a temperature monitor app was warned by the coding agent about a hidden crypto miner running on their system.

After a $93 million crypto hardware-wallet supply chain attack, Ledger to review sales and anti-tamper policies

Ledger is reviewing chain-of-custody practices and anti-tamper protections after modified hardware wallets sold through a third party were allegedly fitted with LTE implants that captured recovery phrases and enabled $93 million in crypto theft.

Store-bought hardware crypto wallets had secret chips installed that enabled stealing crypto recovery phrases
Store-bought hardware crypto wallets had secret chips installed that enabled stealing crypto recovery phrases

Store-bought Ledger hardware crypto wallets in Southeast Asia and Europe compromised in ongoing supply chain attack — $71 million and counting thanks to implanted eSIM and LTE modules

North Korea named as primary suspect in $387 million Bitget crypto hack

Bitget says $387.5 million hack may be linked to North Korean state-backed actors, citing suspicious IP addresses tied to VPN infrastructure previously used by North Korean hacker groups.

Bitget suspects North Korean hackers in $351.6m theft from its hot wallets
Bitget suspects North Korean hackers in $351.6m theft from its hot wallets

Crypto exchange Bitget says hackers took about $351.6m from its hot and warm wallets on Thursday. It suspects North Korea. The company said on X that its systems spotted unauthorised transfers at 18:31 UTC. It has suspended withdrawals. Chief executive…

AmericanFortress paper shows how ZKPs can prove crypto wallet ownership
AmericanFortress paper shows how ZKPs can prove crypto wallet ownership

The team at privacy infrastructure developer AmericanFortress have authored a new paper. It proposes a novel means of proving the origin of crypto wallets. Vincenzo Botta, Michal Pospieszalski, Emanuele Ragnoli and Justus Ranvier of AmericanFortress au…

Nexo report points to operational friction as the biggest investor barrier
Nexo report points to operational friction as the biggest investor barrier

Nexo, a premier digital assets wealth platform, today published “The Future of Digital Wealth 2026” report. The main finding shows operational friction, not conviction, is the biggest barrier keeping high-net-worth investors in the U.S., U.K., and Arge…

‘We’ll be the first to mine Bitcoin in space’ says Nvidia-backed startup

An Nvidia-backed startup plans to establish a Bitcoin mining operation in space before the year is out.

Hacker turns 25 cents into 46 billion fake Bitcoins to steal $770,000 — Symbiosis DeFi exchange bit by lack of basic bounds checking in smart contract

Symbiosis DeFi network gets hacked for at least $770,000 worth of Bitcoin — DeFi exchange bit by lack of basic bounds checking in smart contract