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Opyn Removes Liquidity from Uniswap After $370K Stolen in DeFi Exploit
5.8.2020
Attackers exploited a Uniswap trading loophole to get away with more than $370K
Bitfinex Offers Up to $400M For Information Leading to BTC Stolen in 2016
4.8.2020
Bitfinex wants to recover Bitcoin stolen from them in 2016, even if that means paying to find the hackers responsible for the attack
Four-Year Anniversary of Bitfinex Hack, and $12M of Stolen BTC Moved
4.8.2020
Hackers transferred roughly $12M from wallets connected to the Bitfinex breach, in which 120,000 Bitcoin was stolen in August 2016
$39M of Bitcoin Stolen in 2016 Bitfinex Hack Is on the Move
29.7.2020
Hackers have transferred roughly $38.7M out of $1.3B worth of Bitcoin from wallets connected to the infamous 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex
Hackers Transfer $28 Million Worth of Bitcoin from 2016 Bitfinex Breach
28.7.2020
Around 2,500 stolen bitcoins ($28 million) from the 2016 Bitfinex breach were transferred from the hacker’s wallet on Monday. The last time the Bitfinex hackers moved funds from the hack four years ago, they moved around $5 million worth of coins on June 24. This time around, the top crypto...
Leadership Feud at Bitmain: 10,000 Antminers Go Missing in Inner Mongolia
25.7.2020
Reports detail that 10,000 Antiminers have been allegedly stolen from a Bitmain facility in China. Sources say that the missing mining rigs concern the ongoing power struggle between Bitmain cofounders Jihan Wu and Micree Zhan. Back in mid-June news.Bitcoin.com reported on the power struggle...
T-Mobile Sued Over $8.7m Stolen in SIM-Swap Attacks
23.7.2020
The CEO of a crypto firm that recently settled with the SEC over its 2017 ICO is suing T-Mobile over a series of SIM-swaps that resulted in the loss of $8.7 million worth of crypto
Twitter Hack Special: $120K Stolen, FBI Investigate, Calls to Ban BTC — Hodler’s Digest, July 13–19
19.7.2020
Top celebrities, politicians and businesses are caught up in a “social engineering attack” on Twitter — with theories swirling around that it could have been an “inside job.”
Crypto Scams Reach New Heights in 2020 With $24M Stolen So Far
13.7.2020
Whale Alert alleges that crypto scams are skyrocketing in 2020 compared to statistics from 2017
Hacker Group Amassed $7M in Crypto by Selling Stolen Credit Cards
7.7.2020
Hackers profited over $7 million by selling the data via dark web
Russian Court: Bitcoin Theft Not a Crime
3.7.2020
A Russian district court has dismissed bitcoin theft as a crime since cryptocurrency is not regulated in Russia and there is no legal status for bitcoin. The accused were found guilty, sentenced to prison, and ordered to return only the fiat money stolen — not cryptocurrencies....
Russian Court Denies Theft Victim Access to Stolen Bitcoin
2.7.2020
A Russian court has denied a claimant the right to reclaim almos BTC 100 (USD 920,000), stating that crypto has no legal value – meaning courts are powerless to enforce property rights.
Per a Telegram post from the district court’s press office, in Russia’s second-largest city, St. Petersburg,...
Samsung to Launch App that Reports ‘Lost or Stolen’ Crypto + More News
1.7.2020
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Samsung and South Korean software firm Uppsala are set to launch a crypto losses tracking system for...
Documents Show Craig Wright Claims to Own a Bitcoin Address With 80,000 BTC Stolen From Mt Gox
14.6.2020
On June 12, 2020, the former CEO of Mt Gox, Mark Karpeles, tweeted about the notorious Craig Wright, the man who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto. Karpeles and a number of crypto community members, assert that Wright’s legal team from London has been sending documents to certain individuals....
It Looks Like Some Stolen Bitfinex Coins Are Already Back at Bitfinex
9.6.2020
$1 Billion worth of BTC stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 could be dumped onto the market by the thieves, while apparently a few BTC found their way back to the exchange
Ransomware Gang Strikes Again with More Auctions Listing Stolen Data
8.6.2020
Two US-based law firms are the latest victims of the REvil malware group, which is auctioning off their sensitive data
Report: Ransom Costs for Stolen Data Rose 200% From 2018 to 2019
8.6.2020
On average, ransoms demanded by cryptocurrency ransomware hackers increased by 200% from 2018 to 2019
Ransomware Attack Exposes 1.5TB of Stolen Aerospace Data
7.6.2020
Ransomware gang Maze reportedly stole sensitive data from the US branch of an integrated engineering group that works with various governments
Lawsuit Accuses Xapo, Indodax of Negligently Holding Stolen Bitcoin
4.6.2020
A crypto trader is trying to seize nearly 500 bitcoin from exchanges Xapo and Indodax through a new lawsuit that accuses the two crypto exchanges of harboring his stolen funds
Hackers Threaten to Use Stolen Data from Coinsquare for SIM Swapping
3.6.2020
More than 5,000 email addresses and other personal information obtained from Canadian crypto exchange Coinsquare may be used in SIM swapping attacks.
Hackers got their hands on personal data on users from Coinsquare's database, and Vice's Motherboard cites one of the hackers saying that "the...