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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

US Sanctions Russian Crypto Broker Suex for Laundering Millions in Illicit Funds

22.9.2021
The U.S. Treasury Department has blacklisted Suex, a cryptocurrency broker based in Russia, for its money laundering activities. The platform is suspected of processing hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto transactions related to scams, ransomware attacks, darknet markets, and the infamous...

Digital intelligence must overcome challenges to solving crypto crimes

20.8.2021
Changing an intelligence agency's perspective on crypto crime is the next step toward a successful crypto investigation

Gigabyte Hackers Threaten To Leak Internal AMD, Intel Documents

12.8.2021
Taiwanese manufacturer Gigabyte has suffered a major cyberattack, courtesy of the hacker group known as RansomEXX. It appears the attack hasn’t impacted the day-to-day manufacturing side of the business, which focuses on PC hardware, but it has hit internal servers hard.Read more

Anchorage Digital will custody crypto seized by US Marshals

29.7.2021
Co-founders Diogo Mónica and Nathan McCauley cited the Anchorage's "stringent processes and procedures" as likely factors in the decision from the federal agency

US government delves deeper into crypto accountability with $10M bounty

15.7.2021
The Biden administration reportedly intends to ramp up efforts to trace cryptocurrency payments

Hackers Ask Vice To Blackmail EA Games For Them

15.7.2021
Last month, hackers stole sensitive information from FIFA and Battlefield 2042 publisher Electronic Arts, including source code for the company’s proprietary Frostbite game development engine. Now, the hackers appear to be dumping pieces online to pressure EA into paying them off, according to...

Korean Banks Elevate Cybersecurity to Deal With Crypto-Related Risks

7.7.2021
South Korean banks are taking steps to bring cybersecurity to a new level as they try to keep up with fintechs and address new threats arising from their interaction with the crypto space. A number of institutions are adopting unprecedented measures including the integration of blockchain...

Banning cryptocurrencies to counter crime is a nonsensical excuse

24.6.2021
Cryptocurrencies represent far less of a market for criminals compared to traditional finance, so crypto bans won’t solve the problem

New analysis sheds light on DOJ Bitcoin seizure, as JBS pays massive $11M ransom

10.6.2021
The FBI may have access to a lot more BTC in hacking group's addresses

US officials recover $2.3M in crypto from Colonial Pipeline ransom

7.6.2021
Government officials did not specify the exact method used to seize the funds from the ransomware group

Don’t blame crypto for ransomware

30.5.2021
Hackers will keep hacking as long as organizations are vulnerable — crypto is not an exception

Discord Deleted Thousands Of Violent Extremist And Criminal Servers In 2020

6.4.2021
Thanks to the endlessly depressing extent to which covid has kept everybody trapped inside, Discord is more relevant than ever. But as the company revealed in its latest transparency report, that has led to new challenges—and improved efforts to confront other challenges it probably should have...

Don't Click On Those Resident Evil Village Early Access Emails

11.3.2021
Lotta people want to play the game with the big lady! And scammers know this, so fake emails have been circulating inviting players to an early access beta which doesn’t actually exist. Enough emails that Capcom has sent out a warning email of its own.Read more