Hacker steals over $120 million from Balancer DeFi crypto protocol

Published on November 3, 2025

The Balancer Protocol announced that hackers had targeted its v2 pools, with losses reportedly estimated to be more than $128 million. [...]

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Microsoft Detects "SesameOp" Backdoor Using OpenAI's API as a Stealth Command Channel

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