Topic: #hacks
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Crypto hacks hit record 207 in H1 2026, but smart contracts aren't the main target
The first half of 2026 saw 207 separate crypto hacks—the most in any six-month period—yet total losses fell to $972 million, less than half of H1 2025's $2.3 billion, as attackers increasingly target infrastructure and operational systems rather than smart-contract code.
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Zcash Orchard exploit reveals cryptographic supply integrity gap
A security researcher at Shielded Labs discovered a critical exploit in Zcash's Orchard protocol using AI on May 29, which could have generated unlimited counterfeit ZEC. Zcash executed emergency forks within days, but the privacy design makes proving the supply was never tampered with cryptographically difficult.