The US State Department issued a worldwide security warning for Americans, citing heightened Middle East tensions and potential escalation in the renewed conflict with Iran, following the deaths of two US service members in Jordan and continued retaliatory strikes.
Security researchers flagged a drain of hundreds of dormant Ethereum wallets in late April, with over 260 ETH (~$600K) stolen from wallets idle for 4-8 years. The incident occurred alongside Wasabi Protocol's $4.5-5.5M exploit, Drift's $285M breach, and KelpDAO's $292M rsETH bridge hack, bringing April's DeFi losses to over $625M. The common thread across these incidents: concentrated admin authority, weak signer workflows, single-verifier bridge paths, and unresolved wallet key exposure. Security experts urge users to migrate old funds to fresh key material and for protocols to implement timelocks, multi-sig thresholds, and independent verification.
A royal commission into Australia's deadliest terrorist attack since 2002 has found a Jewish security agency warned NSW Police of a 'HIGH' security alert level ahead of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah shooting that killed 15 people in December. The interim report, released Thursday, contains 14 recommendations including prioritising gun reforms and extending policing arrangements for Jewish high holy days to other Jewish events. The father-and-son attackers killed one person at the scene and 14 others died from their injuries; the son faces 59 charges including 15 counts of murder and terrorism.
