KICKICO, an initial coin offering (ICO) project launched on top of the Ethereum blockchain protocol, was hacked on July 27, losing more than 70 million KICK worth $7.7 million. Dissimilar to most ...

A security researcher known as 0xflorent helped the team behind a failed 2016 HongCoin ICO unlock about 1,003.62 ETH, or roughly $2 million, that had been trapped in its smart contract for nine years.

A white-hat hacker has helped the creators of Hong Coin by showing them how to exploit a flawed admin function on a smart contract and ultimately refund investors after a decade. A pseudonymous white ...