Trust Wallet says it will reimburse a subset of users affected by a security breach tied to its Chrome extension that saw roughly $7 million drained. The company has faced criticism for downplaying the incident and offering limited compensation.
Turkish crypto exchange BtcTurk disclosed a security breach on Jan. 5, 2026, saying attackers siphoned roughly $48 million from its hot wallets across several blockchains. The incident underscores ongoing hot-wallet risks for exchanges and users.
Crypto losses fell to $76 million in December, down 60% from November, but the month still featured major incidents — including a $50 million address‑poisoning scam and the fallout from Bybit’s $1.4 billion hack. The events underscore persistent concentration and custody risks in crypto markets.
Trust Wallet's Chrome extension was pulled from the Chrome Web Store after the company said an alleged bug prompted the removal. The latest update adds a feature letting victims of the $7 million Christmas hack submit reimbursement claims.
DeBot says it will reimburse users after a post-Christmas security incident that moved assets from user wallets, while asserting the platform’s core architecture remains intact. The team has begun remediation and promised prompt reimbursements to affected users.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong confirmed an ex-contractor was arrested in India over the May breach that led to a $20 million ransom demand. Attackers allegedly bribed customer support staff to access confidential user data.
Upbit said it has frozen roughly $1.77 million in assets linked to a recent hack and is investigating the theft while working to recover the funds. The move comes as the exchange continues forensic tracing of transfers tied to the incident.
Yearn Finance has recovered $2.39 million of roughly $9 million stolen after a flaw was exploited in a custom yETH Stableswap pool. Recovery efforts are ongoing as teams trace funds and try to secure remaining assets.
Upbit said it fully repaid 38.6 billion won in user assets using its own reserves after a recent security breach. The exchange says no customer balances were lost.
Solana-based tokens surged on Upbit as a hack that drained about 44.5 billion won ($32M) knocked arbitrage bots offline, letting Korean traders push prices sharply higher. CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju said the outage removed the usual mechanism keeping Korea and global markets in sync.