Business 16 September 2019

BTC the currency of choice for cybercriminals

If BTC has any use at all, it’s as a preferred transaction method of criminals.

Tech 28 March 2019

Ukrainian man accused of cryptojacking his own websites

Cybercrime is apparently alive and well in Ukraine, as an individual has been utilizing his own websites as a means to rake in illegal cryptocurrency revenue.

Business 4 May 2018

London police nab prolific cybercriminal, seize $700,000 in BTC

Going by the name of “Courvoisier” online, Grant West allegedly concocted a series of cybercrimes directed at more than 100 companies between July and December 2015.

Business 28 March 2018

Europol takes down Ukranian gang suspected of using crypto to launder $1.2B

Authorities in Spain have arrested the leader of a cybercrime group behind the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks, which targeted over 100 financial institutions around the world.

Tech 5 February 2018

South Korea pins 2017 crypto theft on North’s hackers

North Korea has been engaging in related cybercrime attacks, with mounting evidence pointing to a specific unit called Lazarus, according to South Korea.