Digital currency hackers camping out at Russia’s popular skyscraper: report
Suex OTC, EggChange, Buy-bitcoin.pro., and CashBank are the four companies which experts said have been laundering money through ransomware-related activity in Vostok.
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Coinbase hit with class action suit over hacked accounts
The plaintiff bringing the suit is Adam Alfia, a trader who was the victim of a hack which led to $50,000 worth of Ethereum purchased using his account without his knowledge.
UK man behind infamous Twitter hack charged with $784,000 BTC theft
Joseph O’Connor is facing charges of aggravated identity theft and wire fraud in connection with a series of SIM-swap attacks in which he allegedly stole BTC, ETH and LTC.
Liquid exchange secures license to offer derivatives in Japan
After shaking off the August hack that cost them $80 million, Liquid is moving ahead with its derivatives trading offering in Japan after securing a Type I Financial Instruments Business license.
Ukraine and US authorities bust BTC-stealing and laundering ring
The Security Service of Ukraine busted the ring which they said laundered tens of millions of dollars for hackers and other criminals via the darknet.
BTC users lose money as Bitcoin.org portal hacked by scammers
Instead of the usual front page, visitors were greeted with an invitation to send BTC to the "Bitcoin Foundation" with the promise to return double their sent amount.
Man linked to $1.3B North Korean BTC hacks gets 11 years in prison
Ghaleb Alaumary is accused of having helped North Korean hackers who made off with $1.3 billion targeting banks and digital currency firms, among other crimes.
Hacker returns over $330K after selling fake Banksy NFT to investor
A British NFT collector is thanking his lucky stars after a hacker returned £244,000 they stole by selling him a fake Banksy NFT via OpenSea and even involved a link from Banksy’s official website.
xToken DeFi protocol loses $7M in yet another exploit
xToken had been exploited in May and the attackers made off with $25 million—this time, it’s $7 million in an attack that has led to the retiring of one product.
Coinbase ignores pleas of hacked customers, but the law offers a solution
CNBC recently conducted interviews with Coinbase customers all over the U.S., reviewing thousands of complaints which they say “reveal a pattern of account takeovers.”
Japan’s Liquid Exchange hacked, nearly $80M on in digital assets missing
Liquid Exchange confirmed that the attackers had targeted its hot wallets and made away with 100+ BTC, 9 million XRP and tens of millions of ERC-20 tokens.
Poly Network attack: Here’s what happened to biggest DeFi hack in history
The Poly Network allows users to swap tokens across multiple blockchains, including Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, and others. Poly Network announced the attack on Twitter on August 10.