⚠️ DeFi protocol Carrot is shutting down as the Drift $280M exploit proved catastrophic to their operations

Carrot was built on top of Drift, so when Drift got drained for $280M the damage hit Carrot directly and left them unable to keep running.

@FEDS

⚠️ 8 members of a Telegram refund channel Noir's Luxury Refunds with 5.9k+ subs, have now all been sentenced to prison

The group made millions by SE customer service reps and recruited insiders to issue fake refunds on luxury items, keeping the products and pocketing refunds.

The channel ran from 2020 to 2022 and made millions targeting Amazon, Walmart, Target and others.

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⚠️ UPDATE: The US court is trying to seize the 30,766 ETH frozen from the KelpDAO exploit instead of returning it to the victims 🤣.

A group of lawyer with old court wins against North Korea are claiming the $71M (30k ETH) should go to them because the hack was linked to Lazarus.

Aave is fighting back, saying victims should be paid first because “a thief does not own what he steals.”

@FEDS

⚠️ A victim who got drained for $55M just sued Coinbase for refusing to return his funds after they froze it from the threat actor

In 2024 the victim signed a malicious transaction that gave hackers full control of his wallets, draining his entire balance.

Coinbase froze the funds after they were traced to their platform but refused to return them to him.

@FEDS

⚠️ ALERT: There’s an ongoing approval bug on EkuboProtocol draining users wallets ~ One victim has already lost $1M+.

Victim transaction: 0x770bc9a1f7c32cb63a5002b9ceb5c7994cd3af0fc6b2309cb32d3c46f629daa0

Revoke all your token approvals on that platform.

@FEDS

🇹🇭 $1.5K ETH Giveaway (I’m holding the funds)

Bots and alts are not allowed.
If any winners are found to be bots/alts, their prize will be given to active chatters in @fedschat.

If the giveaway bot lags, try again in a couple hours.

Best of luck!

⚠️ BREAKING: Marlon Ferro also known as “GothFerrari” just got 6.5 years in federal prison for his role in Malone lam heist (a $250M+ crypto heist).

Prosecutors say when scams and hacks failed, Marlon Ferro pulled up in real life, breaking into homes to steal hardware wallets.

One victim lost ~100 BTC, after GothFerrari broke into his house and stole his wallet.

@FEDS

⚠️ ALERT: There's an ongoing exploit on 1inch market maker contract that drained $5.87M till now

The same attacker previously drained $5M from 1inch in 2025
Exploiter:
0xC3EBDdEa4f69df717a8f5c89e7cF20C1c0389100
Contract:
0x9bA0CF1588E1DFA905eC948F7FE5104dD40EDa31

@FEDS

⚠️ ZachXBT started placing 5-figure bounties on X scammers, rug pullers, and threat actors. Claiming he has entered “War Time Mode 🤓”

He’s replying directly to suspects and offering thousands of dollars for their doxx/details.

@FEDS

⚠️ The FBI most wanted cybercriminal with a $10M bounty on his head since 2023 has been posting pics, chilling with friends, and living life in Russia.

Mikhail Matveev aka Boris/RansomBoris was linked to LockBit, Babuk, Hive, Conti, and Hive attacks. Caused $400M+ in losses.

He even made a T-shirt with his own FBI Most Wanted poster on it.

@FEDS

⚠️ Telegram launched an in-app casino.

If your Telegram account is Level 5 or higher, you can now send a dice emoji 🎲 in any chat and gamble your TON directly inside the app.

@FEDS

⚠️ UPDATE: Telegram casino only lets you spend your profits on gifts and posts but won’t let you withdraw😂

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⚠️ Giveaway ended. Winner was clearly an alt/bot, so we’re giving the money to active chatters in @fedschat like promised.

Since starting the channel, we’ve given away over $6,000 in crypto,gifts and more. No fake stuff here.

More giveaways coming soon.


Note: the giveaway money is still being given away to top and random active chatters, so join and be active in @fedschat for a chance to win.

⚠️ ALERT: Ongoing fake USDT exploit on Getgems

Scammers are sending offers using fake USDT tokens. one victim already lost the Telegram number +8888321 worth $800k+

Do not accept Getgems offers until this is fixed.

@FEDS

⚠️ Comkid "Trenton" (@Winter) has been arrested in Miami after making $13M social engineering

Trenton appears to have been ratted out after a confidential source handed investigators messages exposing the operation.

He was hiding in a Miami mansion while spending over $1M on cars, jewelry and clubs.

He and his friend now face up to 20 years.

@FEDS

⚠️ ETH just rolled out "Clear Signing" update, showing users exactly what a transaction does before you approve it

Instead of signing mystery transactions, users can now see what they’re actually approving before they click confirm — making it harder to fall for drainers and scam contracts.

@FEDS