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Kraken Security Officer Says Black Hat Entity Exploited Exchange for $3,000,000 Upon Finding ‘Isolated Bug’ in Code

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A Kraken executive says that a black hat entity stole $3 million from the firm after finding a bug in the exchange’s systems. In a lengthy thread on the social media platform X, Nick Percoco, Kraken’s chief security officer, says that earlier this month, Kraken received an update from their Bug Bounty program claiming there was an “extremely critical” bug that would allow hackers to artificially inflate their funds. Says Percoco, “Within minutes we discovered an isolated bug. This allowed a malicious attacker, under the right circumstances, to initiate a…

First Republic’s crisis is not an isolated incident

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An executive at JPMorgan Asset Management is unsure how United States regional banks are “going to operate” when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) emergency lending programs expire – warning that the possible collapse of First Republic Bank may cause a domino effect. In an April 27 Bloomberg television interview, Bob Michele, CIO of JPMorgan Asset Management said that the impact of First Republic’s liquidity issues caused by significant deposit outflows isn’t “just limited” to the bank itself, but could potentially affect the entire…