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Defi Project Rari Capital Hacked for $10M in Ether, Project’s Pool Drained for 2,600 ETH

9.5.2021
Reports from the decentralized finance project Rari Capital detail that the protocol’s ethereum pool has experienced a recent exploit. Rari Capital says they are assessing the situation and the team removed funds from the recent Alpha Finance Lab integration. At first, the project’s...

US Court Sentences Bitcoin Scammer to 3 Years in Prison After Massive Twitter Hack to Promote BTC Scam

18.3.2021
The mastermind behind a large-scale Twitter hack to promote a bitcoin giveaway scam has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to three years in prison. During the hack, a number of high-profile companies, politicians, and celebrities saw their accounts taken over to promote the cryptocurrency scam....

Craig Wright Plans to Take Legal Action Against BTC Developers, Hopes to Recover Over $3B in ‘Stolen Bitcoin’

25.2.2021
Craig Wright, the individual that claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, seems to be planning to initiate legal action against a number of open-source blockchain developers. Wright’s legal team, Ontier LLP, has allegedly sent letters to programmers who work on blockchains like Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash...

CD Projekt Red Hackers Allegedly Ready To Auction Stolen Data

10.2.2021
Earlier this week, Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red announced that its cybersecurity had been compromised, resulting in attackers gaining access to various internal files. Now, it appears as if those hackers are ready to cash out with a big-money auction of the data, which allegedly includes...

Seized Silk Road Bitcoin Worth $3 Billion Likely Linked to Disgraced US Secret Service Agent

10.2.2021
Over $3 billion worth in bitcoin seized by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), belonging to Silk Road, are likely linked to a former U.S. Secret Service agent. The latest findings suggest that “Individual X” is, in fact, Shaun Bridges. Bridges Is Set to Be Freed in November Per recent...

German Authorities Can’t Access Bitcoins Worth $65 Million ‘Seized’ From Hacker

7.2.2021
German authorities have been unable to gain access to more than 1,700 bitcoins belonging to a convicted hacker, who kept silent about how to access his crypto stash while serving his prison sentence. German prosecutors in the Bavarian town of Kempten said Friday that they have been unable to gain...

India Seizes Bitcoins Worth $1.2 Million From Hacker of Government Website and Crypto Exchanges

17.1.2021
Indian police have seized $1.2 million in bitcoin from a hacker who allegedly hacked a government website, online game portals, and cryptocurrency exchanges. He was previously arrested for stealing $1.5 million from an Indian state government. Indian Police Seize Bitcoins From Hacker The Bengaluru...

Ledger Wallet Data Leak Dumped on Raidforums for Free, Company Regrets the Situation

21.12.2020
Just recently, the hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has been dealing with a lot of criticism for the e-commerce customer data leak that took place last June. The data contained the emails of a million Ledger wallet customers, and thousands of clients had additional information leaked like phone...

Microsoft Report says Nation-State Hacker Group is Leveraging Cryptocurrency Techniques to Stay Under the Radar

1.12.2020
A new security report by Microsoft says nation-state hacker group Bismuth is now deploying cryptocurrency-mining malware alongside its regular cyber-espionage toolkits. According to the report, the deployment by Bismuth of Monero coin miners in recent campaigns has provided another way for...

As token price rises and reputation mends, Sushiswap foils midnight exploit

29.11.2020
The Uniswap rival manages to fend off an attack in a matter of hours

Cybercriminals attack GoDaddy-based cryptocurrency platforms

22.11.2020
The attackers used social engineering to defraud the GoDaddy staff

$pickle in a pickle as attacker swipes $20 million in “evil jar” exploit

21.11.2020
The perils of decentralized finance in the spotlight yet again after the latest major DeFi exploit

US Seizes Previously Undetected Silk Road Bitcoins Worth Over $1 Billion

5.11.2020
The U.S. government has seized over $1 billion in bitcoin from previously undetected transactions associated with the Silk Road marketplace and is now seeking the forfeiture of the cryptocurrency. US Confiscates $1 Billion in Bitcoin From Silk Road The U.S. government has filed a lawsuit seeking...

How Hackers Exploited Twitter’s VPN Problems, Obtained God Mode and Took Over Accounts

25.10.2020
An investigation by the New York State Department of Financial Services has revealed how the great Twitter hack in July happened. A total of 130 high-profile, celebrity accounts were compromised and many were used to tweet about a bitcoin giveaway scam. How Twitter Was Hacked The New York State...

Kucoin Hacker Leverages Uniswap to Dump Vast Number of ERC20 Tokens

27.9.2020
Since the recent Kucoin hack, the crypto community has been waiting for the hacker to move funds. During the early morning hours (ET) on Sunday, a number of people noticed the Kucoin hacker started to move a large amount of ether and ERC20s to connect with the decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap....

‘You Are Not Anonymous on Tor’ – Study Shows Privacy Network Offers Superficial Anonymity

17.9.2020
Privacy advocates are growing leery of the Tor network these days, as recently published research has shown a great number of network’s exit relays are compromised. Furthermore, on September 15, the Hacker Factor Blog published a new Tor report that shows IP addresses being uncovered....

Australian Woman Jailed Two Years for Stealing $300,000 Worth of XRP

13.8.2020
An Australian hacker who stole 100,000 units of the XRP cryptocurrency has been sentenced to a maximum of two years and three months in jail, local media reported. Kathryn Nguyen hacked the crypto account of a 56-year old man in January 2018. Working with an accomplice, the 25-year-old Sydney woman...