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Binance Helps Btcturk With Hack Investigations — Freezes Over $5.3M in Stolen Funds
23.6.2024
Turkish crypto exchange Btcturk has suffered a cyber attack which caused unauthorized withdrawals from the platform. Crypto exchange Binance is assisting Btcturk with investigating the breach and has already frozen over $5.3M in stolen funds, Binance’s CEO has disclosed. Btcturk has reopened...
Cryptojacking Skyrockets: Here’s How It Works
24.1.2024
Cryptojacking has been on the rise with hackers targeting financial firms. It is a type of cyber attack which involves hijacking a computer and using its power to mine cryptocurrencies. It is a malicious activity where unauthorized individuals or software use someone else’s computer or device...
Lesotho’s Entire Payment System Reportedly Goes Offline After Cyberattack
16.12.2023
The Central Bank of Lesotho recently confirmed that its payment system was attacked by unknown cybercriminals. The bank also acknowledged that the resulting downtime is making it “impossible for all local banks to honor inter-bank transactions in the country.” No Financial Loss Suffered...
Wall Street Memes Launch Discord Hack Relief Fund to Compensate Victims of October Cyber Attack
23.11.2023
Friday, November 10, 2023 – Today the team at Wall Street Memes airdropped funds from its Discord Hack Relief Fund to compensate community members who fell victim to fraudsters who briefly took over the WSM Discord server. All compensation claims submitted by November 17 will have the funds...
Wall Street Memes Launch Discord Hack Relief Fund to Compensate Victims of October Cyber Attack
10.11.2023
Friday, November 10, 2023 – In a huge move aiming to bolster support for the Wall Street Memes community, WSM have launched a Discord Hack Relief Fund that will seek to compensate victims from an October cyber attack. Submissions for compensation claims will be left open for a week until...
6.8% of Nansen's Third-party Vendor Impacted By Cyber Attack – What Happened?
22.9.2023
On-chain insights platform Nansen has revealed that a third-party vendor's system has been compromised. As a result, about 6.8% of the customers' data have been affected.
Providing more details, the blockchain analytics platform stated that the event occurred on September 20, but it declined...
The anatomy of a cyberattack
4.8.2023
Explore the inner workings of a cyberattack, and understand its stages and techniques to strengthen cybersecurity defenses
NY Couple to Forfeit Billions in Crypto and Cash in Plea Deal Over Bitfinex Hack Laundering Case
21.7.2023
Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, the New York-based couple implicated in the alleged laundering of $4.5 billion in bitcoin pilfered from the 2016 Bitfinex cyber-attack, have reached a plea bargain, as revealed by recent court records. The pair is scheduled to appear before U.S. judge Colleen...
Crypto Broker FPG Suspends Services After $15 Million Cyberattack
15.6.2023
Floating Point Group (FPG), a crypto prime brokerage, has suspended all withdrawals, deposits and trading on its platform after suffering from a $15 million cyberattack over the weekend.
The firm said in a Twitter thread on Wednesday that although it had managed to limit the overall impact of...
Crypto Prime Broker FPG Loses Up to $20M in Cyber Attack
14.6.2023
FPG told customers via email that it had ceased trading, deposits and withdrawals after experiencing a cyber security incident on Sunday, June 11
Atomic Wallet Hack: Decentralized Finance Wallet Breached, Millions Lost in Attack
4.6.2023
On June 3, 2023, numerous sources revealed details about an attack on Atomic Wallet that resulted in significant financial losses for many victims. The Atomic Wallet team announced they are looking into the issue, while onchain investigators like Zachxbt have also been digging deeper, searching...
Push to ban ransomware payments following Australia's biggest cyber attack
12.4.2023
The attack on Latitude Financial is Australia’s biggest cyber attack with driver's license numbers, passports and financial documents among the stolen information
FTX Debtors Report $8.9B Shortfall in Customer Funds and ‘Highly Commingled’ Assets in Latest Presentation
3.3.2023
On March 2, 2023, FTX debtors released their second stakeholder presentation, which contains a preliminary analysis of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange’s shortfalls. The latest presentation reveals a significant shortfall, as approximately $2.2 billion of the company’s total...
‘Nobody is holding them back’ — North Korean cyber-attack threat rises
12.7.2022
"Even though the tradecraft is not perfect right now… it's still a fresh market for North Korea," says former CIA analyst Soo Kim
'Move-to-Earn' Application Stepn Suffers Cyber Attack After Upgrade
6.6.2022
Stepn, a "move-to-earn" application on the Solana blockchain that gives users cryptocurrency rewards from walking or jogging, suffered multiple distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks following a recent upgrade
North Korean hackers stole $400M in 2021, mostly ETH: Chainalysis
14.1.2022
Hackers from North Korea have nearly doubled their thefts since 2019 by amassing $400 million in crypto via cyber attack in 2021
Cryptocurrency Exchange Hotbit Hacked: Systems Paralyzed, 2 Million Users Affected
1.5.2021
A cryptocurrency exchange with about 2 million users worldwide announced that it has “suffered a serious cyber attack.” A number of basic services are paralyzed and the attacker tried to access the exchange’s wallets. Consequently, the platform has shut down, stating that it needs...
Report: Despite Covid Emergency, Capcom Made Employees Work At Office After Cyber Attack
10.3.2021
In early January, with Japan posting some of its highest covid-19 cases, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency for a number of prefectures, including Osaka. As part of this declaration, the government asked corporate employees to work from home or limit the number of staff...
Cyberpunk 2077's Next Big Patch Delayed Following Cyber Attack
24.2.2021
The next major patch for Cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed to an unspecified date in March, CD Projekt Red announced in a tweet today, citing the recent cyber attack against the company as a reason for the delay.Read more
CD Projekt Red Hit By Cyber Attack, Source Code For Cyberpunk 2077 And Witcher 3 Held For Ransom
9.2.2021
CD Projekt Red is the latest game company to be hit by a cyber attack. The company has released a statement regarding the hack and a screenshot of the ransom demands.Read more