{
  "topic": "security",
  "title": "Security & exploits",
  "niche": "crypto",
  "niche_title": "Crypto & Web3",
  "updated_at": "2026-07-30",
  "stories": 6,
  "multi_source_stories": 0,
  "items": [
    {
      "title": "Fake Flare Network Staking Site Drained $8.5M in XRP: Seoul Police",
      "url": "https://decrypt.co/374696/fake-flare-network-staking-site-drained-8-5m-in-xrp-seoul-police",
      "published_at": "2026-07-30T09:50:02+00:00",
      "snippet": "The ring copied Flare Network and its FXRP token, and planted Wikipedia entries, blog posts and YouTube videos to look legitimate.",
      "sources": [
        "decrypt"
      ],
      "tracked_brands": []
    },
    {
      "title": "Ostium blames off-chain breach for $24 million exploit, rules out smart contract flaw",
      "url": "https://www.theblock.co/post/410122/ostium-post-mortem-exploit",
      "published_at": "2026-07-30T06:25:55+00:00",
      "snippet": "The team said trader collateral was unaffected and that it will release a recovery plan for liquidity providers.",
      "sources": [
        "theblock"
      ],
      "tracked_brands": []
    },
    {
      "title": "OpenAI's Rogue AI Hacked Four More Platforms Besides Hugging Face",
      "url": "https://decrypt.co/374645/openais-rogue-ai-hacked-four-more-platforms-besides-hugging-face",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T16:16:43+00:00",
      "snippet": "OpenAI quietly updated its breach disclosure to confirm its agent accessed four external services beyond Hugging Face. Only one has been named so far.",
      "sources": [
        "decrypt"
      ],
      "tracked_brands": []
    },
    {
      "title": "Crypto Long & Short: What this year's $972 million crypto hacks actually tell us about security",
      "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/coindesk-indices/2026/07/29/crypto-long-and-short-what-this-year-s-usd972-million-crypto-hacks-actually-tell-us-about-security",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T15:13:07+00:00",
      "snippet": "In this week's Crypto Long & Short, Immunefi's Mitchell Amador writes that most of 2026's stolen crypto is leaving through keys, signers and governance, not contract bugs, and explains why “we were audited” was never the",
      "sources": [
        "coindesk"
      ],
      "tracked_brands": []
    },
    {
      "title": "Apple Sued After Fake iPhone Wallet App Drained $1.8M in Bitcoin",
      "url": "https://decrypt.co/374628/apple-sued-after-fake-iphone-wallet-app-drained-1-8m-in-bitcoin",
      "published_at": "2026-07-29T10:22:57+00:00",
      "snippet": "The suit claims Apple ranked a fake Sparrow Wallet app and put it in curated crypto collections alongside legitimate ones.",
      "sources": [
        "decrypt"
      ],
      "tracked_brands": []
    },
    {
      "title": "Zcash Activates Ironwood Upgrade After Counterfeiting Scare",
      "url": "https://decrypt.co/374577/zcash-ironwood-upgrade-counterfeiting-scare",
      "published_at": "2026-07-28T18:24:19+00:00",
      "snippet": "The long-awaited network upgrade retires Zcash's vulnerable Orchard shielded pool and introduces new safeguards to protect the cryptocurrency's supply.",
      "sources": [
        "decrypt"
      ],
      "tracked_brands": []
    }
  ],
  "note": "Index of third-party reporting: headlines and short excerpts with attribution and links. Full articles belong to the publishers.",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0 (index metadata only; linked articles remain with their publishers)",
  "source": "DABLOCK topic index, dablock.ai"
}