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White hat: I returned most of the stolen Nomad funds and all I got was this silly NFT
24.8.2022
Metagame's founder, who's behind the NFT offering said he has no idea whether it'll actually incentivize hackers to return funds, but it'll "be cool if it does!"
Ronin Hackers Converted Some Stolen Ether to Bitcoin: SlowMist Researcher
22.8.2022
The exploiters converted their ill-gotten gains initially to ether and then to bitcoin before using sanctioned mixers to mask their identities
Russian Caught Mining Crypto in Covid-19 Clinic
22.8.2022
An IT specialist working for a medical institution in Russia’s Altai Republic has been detained for illegally mining cryptocurrency at the premises of a Covid-19 hospital. The man minted digital currencies using stolen electricity for almost a year before law enforcement busted his crypto...
Ronin hackers transferred stolen funds from ETH to BTC and used sanctioned mixers
22.8.2022
The hackers continue to spread out the stolen funds using Bitcoin privacy tools as a means to remain anonymous, despite the identity of the hackers believed to be a North Korean cybercrime group
Israel Arrests 3 in Crypto Scheme to Launder Millions Stolen From France
17.8.2022
Police in Israel have detained three suspects who allegedly laundered millions of euros stolen from the French treasury through cryptocurrency transactions. The money came from government grants for businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Israeli Law Enforcement Busts Money-Laundering Ring...
Velodrome recovers $350K stolen funds from team member Gabagool
14.8.2022
While many community members came in support of the prominent coder, Gabagool owned up to the allegations made against him following Velodrome’s investigation
Binance Chief Says Exchange ‘Froze/Recovered 83%+ of Curve Stolen Funds’
12.8.2022
Major crypto exchange Binance said it has frozen or recovered more than 83% of the Curve Finance (CRV) stolen funds.
According to the exchange’s CEO, Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao,
“Binance froze/recovered [USD] 450k of the Curve stolen funds, representing 83%+ of the hack. We are working with LE to return...
Binance recovers the majority of funds stolen from Curve Finance
12.8.2022
Binance recovered and froze around $450,000 worth of the stolen assets, which is around 80 percent of the stolen funds
Binance Recovers $450K Stolen From Curve.Finance
12.8.2022
The world's largest exchange is now working with law enforcement to return to stolen funds
OpenSea introduces new stolen item policy to combat NFT theft
11.8.2022
A Twitter user claimed that they purchased a stolen NFT and OpenSea support advised them to sell it on another marketplace
Activision Pulls Cute But Stolen Call Of Duty Skin, Apologizes For ‘Misstep’
10.8.2022
Call of Duty, the first-person shooter once based on historical events, is pulling a very ahistorical skin after a concept artist accused the game’s publisher of plagiarizing a design of theirs. Hilarious and cute, the new skin featured an anthropomorphized samoyed doggo, armed and ready to murder...
Defi Attacker Siphons $570,000 From Curve Finance, Crypto Exchange Fixedfloat Freezes 112 Ethereum
10.8.2022
Reports indicate that the decentralized finance (defi) protocol Curve was hacked for $570,000 in ethereum after people noticed that Curve’s front end was exploited. The attackers then tried to launder the funds via the crypto exchange Fixedfloat, and the trading platform’s team...
DeFi Protocol Curve.Finance Hacked; $570K Stolen
9.8.2022
Users have been advised not to use curve.fi and curve.exchange until the source of the hack is located
Experts find private keys on Slope servers, still puzzled over access
5.8.2022
Blockchain analysis firms involved in Solana exploit investigation unpack the latest developments as teams try to figure out how private keys were stolen
Chainalysis Estimates $2B Stolen From Cross-Chain Bridge Hacks This Year
4.8.2022
This week, hackers used a vulnerability on the Nomad bridge to steal $190 million worth of crypto
$2B in crypto stolen from cross-chain bridges this year: Chainalysis
4.8.2022
The $190 million Nomad Bridge exploit is just the latest out of 13 separate bridge attacks in 2022 so far
Nomad Hacked, $45M Stolen So Far: Report
2.8.2022
The cross-chain messaging protocol said it's aware of the situation and is investigating
DOJ Seizes $500K in Ransom Payments, Cryptocurrency From State-Sponsored North Korean Hackers
21.7.2022
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has seized $500K in ransom payments and cryptocurrency from a state-sponsored North Korean group. “We are returning the stolen funds to the victims,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco said, adding that the seized funds include ransoms paid...
Security Service of Ukraine Shuts Down Crypto Mining Farm Near Front Line in Kharkiv
20.7.2022
Ukraine’s main law enforcement agency has busted an illegal facility mining cryptocurrencies in the Kharkiv region. The operators of the crypto farm have been minting coins using large amounts of stolen electricity, threatening energy supply to critical infrastructure, the agency said....
Accused Bitfinex Bitcoin Money Launderer Granted Permission to ‘Engage in Legitimate Employment’
16.7.2022
On February 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) arrested a couple that is accused of laundering 94,636 bitcoins stolen from Bitfinex in 2016. The DOJ alleges that the tech entrepreneur, Ilya Lichtenstein, and his wife Heather Morgan, conspired to launder billions of dollars worth...