Monero

Security engineer Taylor Hornby used an AI model to identify a critical vulnerability in the Zcash cryptocurrency that had remained undetected since 2022. The flaw could have permitted unlimited creation of counterfeit tokens. Hornby has now added Monero to his list of planned audits.

January 17, 2026 Reported by AI

A cryptocurrency investor lost over $282 million in Bitcoin and Litecoin after scammers impersonated Trezor support to steal a recovery seed phrase. The theft, revealed on January 16, 2026, by investigator ZachXBT, involved 1,459 Bitcoin and 2.05 million Litecoin stolen on January 10. The attacker laundered funds through Thorchain and converted them to Monero, causing the privacy coin's price to surge 36%.