French soccer star sues scammers who used his image
French soccer sensation Kylian Mbappe is suing scammers who used his image to promote a digital currency scam. The scam promised incredibly huge returns.
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BitBay exchange goes offline for 18 hours, raises exit scam suspicion
BitBay went offline for 18 hours, blaming a third-party service provider for the outage. It raised suspicion among users that it was covering up an exit scam.
DeFi platform bZx to compensate users after successive hacks
bZx suffered two hacks last month with the hackers making off with $1M. The platform has pledged to compensate the users and implement new security measures.
Crex24 exchange hack sparks row with angry users
Crex24 was hacked recently, with the hackers mostly stealing HTMLcoin. The exchange denied the hack first, accepted it later, but the stolen amount is unknown
IOTA to re-enable network after 20 days blackout
After the project lost $400 million of its value, the decision to re-enable the network is designed to get the project back online.
Singaporean exchange Coinhako halts withdrawals following hack
The Singapore-based exchange has reassured its users that their funds are safe and that the damage was minimal.
SIM swap update: Judge gives green light for investors to sue AT&T
Michael Terpin has been attempting to bring the action against AT&T for its alleged liability in a SIM-swap hack.
IOTA forced to suspend network after wallet hack
As much as $1.6 million in IOTA tokens were stolen in a hack of the Trinity wallet.
Cryptopia liquidator reveals pre-hack ‘compliance issues’
New Zealand-based crypto exchange Cryptopia was likely in breach of its compliance obligations in the run up to being hacked.
Cybercriminals are co-opting online storage platforms
An active campaign reportedly delivers a collection of malware to vulnerable devices that can steal data, mine for Monero cryptocurrency, and deliver ransomware.
Crypto hackers getting ‘more sophisticated’ as exchanges amp up security
The number of successful attacks had nearly doubled in 2019, despite efforts by crypto exchanges to strengthen their security measures, according to Chainalysis.
North Korean hackers now stealing cryptocurrency on Telegram
Lazarus has updated its method of attack to evade detection, according to Kaspersky security researchers.