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Attacks on Poloniex, HTX, Heco bridge, KyberSwap, and Kronos Research earned hackers $290 million, with a week to go until November 2023 closes. As of Nov. 23, crypto hackers reportedly stole a combined $290 million from five major heists where at least $10 million was illegally ferried from each protocol. The platforms affected included three Justin Sun-related entities: HTX, Heco Bridge, and Poloniex, according to Lookonchain. Is November Hacker Month? In just 20 days, 5 major hacks occurred, with funds exceeding $290M. pic.twitter.com/e5rTf0apFD — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) November 23, 2023 Exploits on HTX and Heco occurred on Nov. 22, the second most recent attack at press time. Hackers siphoned over $13 million and $86 million, according to an alert from Cyvers, a blockchain monitoring service.  You might also like: Justin Sun’s cryptocurrency venture loses over $100m in recent hack HTX crypto exchange, rebranded from Huobi, previously lost some 5,000 Ethe...

In a recent tweet, on-chain crypto detective ZachXBT said that the hackers have been moving $64 million in the last weekend. Security teams at crypto exchanges Binance and Huobi worked together to freeze and recover 121 Bitcoin (BTC) from hackers behind the Harmony bridge exploit.  In a tweet, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced that the hackers have tried to launder their funds through the Huobi exchange. After this was detected by Binance, they contacted and assisted Huobi to freeze and recover the digital assets deposited by the hackers. We detected Harmony One hacker fund movement. They previously tried to launder through Binance and we froze his accounts. This time he used Huobi. We assisted Huobi team to freeze his accounts. Together, 124 BTC have been recovered. CeFi helping to keep DeFi #SAFU! — CZ Binance (@cz_binance) January 16, 2023 According to Zhao, the exchanges recovered a total of 121 BTC, which is estimated to be worth around $2.5 million at the time of w...