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18-Year Old GTA 6 Hacker Sentenced To Life In Hospital Prison


The 18-year old hacker responsible for stealing and releasing dozens of clips of Grand Theft Auto 6 last year has been sentenced to life in hospital prison. He can only be released in the future if doctors decide he’s no longer a danger to others, the BBC reports. Read more

Atomic Wallet Offers $1 Million Bug Bounty Amid Security Lawsuit


Source: Adobe / Ascannio Amid an ongoing class-action lawsuit related to a $100-million hack in June, the developer of Atomic Wallet has launched a $1-million bug bounty program aimed at identifying security flaws in its wallet software. In an announcement on December 18, the development team...

Ex-Amazon Engineer Guilty of Historic $12.3M Crypto Heist


Source: AdobeStock / Sergey Nivens A former Amazon engineer has pleaded guilty to hacking two cryptocurrency exchanges, resulting in the first-ever conviction involving the hacking of a smart contract.  Shakeeb Ahmed, a former security engineer at Amazon, is now facing the possibility of up to five...

Inside Job: Security Engineer Behind Multi-Million Dollar Crypto Exploits


Source: Adobe / Rawpixel.com Shakeeb Ahmed, a senior security engineer associated with an international technology company, pleaded guilty on December 14 to computer fraud in connection with his hacking of two decentralized crypto exchanges. The announcement of the guilty plea was made by Damian...

Platypus Exploiters Acquitted of Wrongdoing in Landmark Case


Mohammed and Benamar M., two brothers accused of exploiting Platypus, an avalanche-based automated market maker (AMM) platform, were acquitted of any criminal wrongdoing in a landmark case for French justice. The judge in charge stated that the individuals just interacted with a smart contract that...

U.S. Treasury Sanctions North Korean Government’s Crypto Mixer Sinbad


According to a statement released Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury Department has placed sanctions on the government of North Korea’s crypto mixer, Sinbad. “A key-money laundering tool” Sinbad serves as “a key money-laundering tool” for the state-sponsored North Korean cyber-hacking collective...

Bitcoin User Alleges Hack Linked to Erroneous 83.65 BTC Fee Incident


The crypto community was initially baffled by the massive fee of 83.65 BTC, originally attributed to a costly mistake. However, recent revelations paint a darker picture. According to a social media account on X called “@83_5BTC,” hackers stole the funds from the unnamed individual...

4 Common Cybersecurity Risks To Your Crypto Wallet


Crypto wallets are vulnerable to hacking. In 2022, cybercriminals stole 3.8 billion worth of crypto. For this year, it’s still not clear how much crypto has been stolen altogether, but it’s estimated that 1.89 billion has been taken from heists alone. What are some of the common cybersecurity...

China Criminalizes Stealing NFTs and Digital Collections


Source: Pixabay The Chinese government has released a statement declaring that anyone caught stealing digital collections, which include digital collectibles such as NFTs, will be subject to criminal penalties. The statement added that the theft of digital collections would also be evaluated...

Bitfinex Customers Targeted in Phishing Attacks After Support Agent Hack


Bitfinex has experienced a “minor” security incident after one of its customer support agents fell victim to a hacking attempt, leading to several users being targeted in a series of phishing attacks. The crypto exchange said the incident occurred between October 30 and November...

$720 Million Lost via 117 Hacking Incidents in Q3 of 2023 — Study


During Q3 of 2023, there were a total of 117 hacks in which $720 million was stolen via access control breaches and rug pulls among other security incidents, a new study has found. While the losses ($49.80 million) from rug-pull incidents are significantly lower than the $449 million lost...

TrueUSD's Client Data Exposed in Third-Party Security Breach


Stablecoin issuer TrueUSD recently fell victim to a third-party security breach that led to the exposure of personally identifiable information of some of its clients. According to screenshots posted on X of an email allegedly sent by TrueUSD to customers, the breach affected clients who were...

Research Firm Elliptic Links FTX Hack to Russian Attackers


Research by blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic has revealed potential links between the FTX hacking incident last November, which resulted in an estimated $400 million loss, and Russian-based cybercrime groups. The majority of the stolen assets, primarily in Ether (ETH), had remained dormant...

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