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U.S. government goes to court over $11m USDT purportedly stolen by fake Coinbase rep
24.9.2021
In April, sharing their Coinbase account credentials with a fraudster had cost a California resident more than $11 million. Now, there might be recourse
Nifty News: Snoop's $17M NFT collection, movie sold as NFT, QAnon espouser sells tweets
22.9.2021
NFT collector revealed to be Snoop Dogg, hybrid NFTs are coming, and an investor lost $300,000 in tokens to hackers
Pnetwork Protocol Gets Hacked, Loses 277 Bitcoin on Binance Smart Chain
21.9.2021
Pnetwork, a multi-chain bridging protocol, announced it was hacked yesterday, losing 277 pbtc (its bridged version of bitcoin) on Binance Smart Chain. The protocol acknowledged that an attacker managed to exploit a bug in its codebase to take control of the stolen bitcoin. The bridging contracts...
Latest DeFi hack targeting BSC sees $12.7M in Bitcoin stolen from pNetwork
20.9.2021
Roughly $12.7 million worth of tokenized Bitcoin has been stolen from the BSC-based cross-chain composability platform pNetwork
Ukraine Officials Fail to Account for Millions in Declared Crypto Assets
19.9.2021
Personal asset declarations filed by politicians and government officials in Ukraine have indicated that many have made significant investments in cryptocurrency. However, some of them have been unable to prove ownership or account for their digital holdings, local media reported. Lawmaker Loses...
Legalized Theft: Police Seize $87,000 From Former Marine but Don’t Charge Him With a Crime
2.9.2021
A recently published report that went viral across social media details how a former U.S. Marine, Stephen Lara, was pulled over by police and was suspected of being a drug trafficker. Police then searched Lara’s vehicle and subsequently took $87,000 in cash from a bag kept in Lara’s...
Cream Finance to repay stolen Ether and Amp via protocol fees
1.9.2021
Cream Finance has identified the AMP integration error that caused a nearly $19 million loss for the protocol and aims to pay users back
Russian Miner Has His Video Cards Stolen – By Balcony-Scaling Neighbor
28.8.2021
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A Russian miner was robbed of his video cards by his next-door neighbor – who police say climbed over the man’s balcony to steal his hardware.
According to the Kursk branch of the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the local media outlet Kurskie...
'Stolen' Game Aeon Must Die Returns, Despite Unresolved Allegations Of Abuse And Corruption
19.8.2021
Last year the game Aeon Must Die, highlighted during a PlayStation showcase, disappeared after a group of former developers accused Estonian studio Limestone Games of “unbearable work conditions with endless crunch, harassment, abuse, corruption, and manipulation.”Read more
Infrastructure bill passes, Coinbase posts $1.6 billion in Q2 profit, $600 million stolen in DeFi hack: Hodler’s Digest, Aug.8-14
14.8.2021
British Court Orders Binance to Identify and Freeze Hackers’ Accounts After a User Claims Funds Stolen
14.8.2021
A U.K. judge has reportedly ordered cryptocurrency exchange Binance to identify hackers and freeze their accounts after one of its users claimed to be the victim of a $2.6 million hack. Binance Ordered to Help Recover Funds Allegedly Stolen in a Hack A London high court has ordered global...
Poly Network Says Stolen User Assets on ETH Have Been Returned, Except Frozen USDT
13.8.2021
On Friday, a few days after the initial hack for $611 million, the Poly Network project detailed that the company has obtained all the assets stolen minus the frozen tether that was blacklisted by Tether Limited. The Poly Network team said they are in control of the funds along with “Mr....
Kucoin Boss on Strategy After Hack: ‘We Chose to Act’
12.8.2021
Kucoin, one of the leading crypto exchanges, suffered a hacking incident in 2020 where over $250 million was stolen. However, immediately after the hacking was reported, Kucoin began cooperating with various players from the crypto industry. This cooperation ultimately led to the recovery of...
Poly Network hacker appears ready to return stolen funds
11.8.2021
The Poly Network hacker said they will return the stolen cryptocurrency funds, and have asked for a secured multisig wallet
Kaseya recovers data stolen in ransomware attack with mysterious decryption tool
27.7.2021
The IT firm denies that it paid a ransom to the Russian hacker group in exchange for the decryption tool
Thorchain Trolled by Hacker After Two Successful Seven-Figure Exploits
27.7.2021
Thorchain, a popular defi protocol, has been compromised twice in the last two weeks, resulting in losses of over $10,000,000. The hacker responsible for the latest exploit left behind a message detailing the measures that should be undertaken to protect users. Hacker Returns to the Scene...
Malaysia Flattens Seized Bitcoin Mining Rigs With Steamroller — Over 1,000 Machines Demolished
19.7.2021
Over 1,000 bitcoin mining machines have been totally destroyed in Malaysia after they were seized for illegally mining the cryptocurrency using stolen electricity. The mining machines, worth about $1.26 million, were steamrolled in the Malaysian city of Miri and eight people have been arrested...
Ukraine Uncovers Country’s Largest Illegal Mining Farm to Date
10.7.2021
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has located a massive coin minting facility that was illegally connected to the power grid in Vinnytsia. Law enforcement officials claim it’s the largest underground crypto mining farm they have found so far. Ukraine Seizes Thousands of Video Game...
South Korean Politician: North Has Stolen USD 310M in Crypto Since 2019
6.7.2021
A senior South Korean opposition politician has claimed hackers from the North have raided South Korean crypto wallets to the tune of almost USD 310m over the past two years.
According to Chosun, Ha Tae-keung, the former head of the New Conservative Party and currently an MP for the main opposition...
Ukraine Shuts Down Illegal Mining Farm With 150 Rigs
3.7.2021
Law enforcement officials in Ukraine have closed down a cryptocurrency mining farm that was minting digital coins using stolen electricity. The facility had more than 150 mining rigs that have been confiscated during a raid in Chernihiv region. Authorities in Ukraine Seize Over 150 ASICs From...