Security

Taiko confirmed a security breach affecting its chain state verification mechanism after attackers exploited a flaw in the protocol’s proof validation system.

Secret Network suffered a $4.67 million exploit after an attacker used a flaw in a custom token contract to mint unbacked Axelar-wrapped assets and redeem them for real assets held in escrow.

Aztec Connect, a deprecated DeFi platform, was exploited on Sunday, which resulted in the theft of approximately $2.1 million in cryptocurrency.

Humanity Protocol suffered a major security breach after private keys linked to a Humanity Foundation member were compromised.

Microsoft warned that two compromised npm packages were distributing a remote access trojan capable of stealing keystrokes, screenshots, cryptocurrency wallet credentials, and other sensitive data.

Crypto-related exploit losses fell to $68.3 million in May 2026, which was an almost 90% decline from the $650 million lost in April.

Over the weekend, Gravity Bridge suffered a security breach that resulted in the theft of approximately $5.4 million in digital assets.

DxSale suffered a security breach that resulted in approximately $7.3 million being drained from liquidity locker contracts, affecting around 1,400 liquidity providers.

DeFi security concerns intensified after OpenZeppelin co-founder Manuel Aráoz warned that he now considers “all of DeFi” unsafe.