You Searched For "crypto hacker" and got 20 results
Sort By:
2 mins read
WazirX announced reward of $23 million to recover stolen funds
The offer was open for the hacker who had taken control 0f funds in the first place, provided they…
2 mins read
WazirX suspends withdrawals after $230 million worth of cryptos stolen in a hack
WazirX, India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange on Thursday reported a massive security breach on i…
1 min read
North Korean hackers are getting away with a lot less crypto even as theft attempts rise
Among the 20 hacks by North Korean-affiliated cybercriminals last year, the total amount of crypto …
Yuheng Zhan
4 mins read
Trump's crypto allies boast lavish lifestyles amid trail of debts
Donald Trump is the face of a new cryptocurrency business. Its key employees have a past littered w…
Katherine Long
1 min read
The Feds are transferring bitcoin to Coinbase from a $2 billion crypto wallet seized from Silk Road
The Silk Road was a global e-commerce site for illegal drugs, weapons, and other illicit activities…
Matthew Fox
2 mins read
The lawyer for Trump's new crypto firm was accused of trying to take over another digital asset company
World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture Trump is fronting, hired an attorney who faced accusati…
Katherine Long
1 min read
North Korean hackers are laundering millions worth of crypto through a sanctioned 'mixer'
North Korea-backed hackers are using a mixer sanctioned by the US to launder funds stolen in a hack…
Yuheng Zhan
2 mins read
The SEC says a hacker pulled off a 'SIM swap' attack on a cell phone to get control of the regulator's X account this month
A hacker gained control of an SEC cell phone number, reset the password for the @SECGov account, an…
Yuheng Zhan
1 min read
Notorious North Korean hackers stole $41 million in crypto from an online casino. The FBI says the group has stolen more than $200 million this year alone.
The FBI said it would "continue to expose and combat" North Korea's reliance on online hacking to "…
Natalie Musumeci
1 min read
Crypto firm Nansen issues data breach alert, asks users to reset password
Crypto analytics platform Nansen has issued a data breach alert, revealing that a hacker gained acc…
2 mins read
Cryptos, DeFi are soft targets for cyber hackers says a Moody’s report
FTX, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency exchange, is the latest victim of hackers who stole …
10 mins read
A crypto data leak led the FBI to America's most wanted sex trafficking fugitive. Now, the victims want his bitcoins.
Michael Pratt was on the run for three years until a data leak involving crypto wallets he'd bought…
Laura Italiano
1 min read
FTX lost $415 million worth of crypto in hacker heists, the collapsed exchange's new bosses say
"It has taken a Herculean investigative effort from our team to uncover this preliminary informatio…
George Glover
1 min read
FBI says North Korea-backed hackers stole $100 million from crypto firm Harmony's Horizon Bridge
US prosecutors confirmed that Lazarus Group and APT38 were behind a June hack on crypto firm Harmon…
Ryan Hogg
2 mins read
Hackers tied to North Korea stole $630 million in crypto last year in their biggest haul ever, UN reportedly finds
"It isn't a stretch to say that cryptocurrency hacking is a sizable chunk of the nation's economy,"…
George Glover
1 min read
Crypto hackers made off with an unprecedented $3.8 billion in 2022, led by North Korean-linked groups breaking their own theft records
Chainalysis said Lazarus Group, a North Korea-based cybercrime syndicate, was among the most prolif…
Carla Mozée
2 mins read
'Crypto couple' husband confesses to being the original Bitfinex hacker during plea hearing
Ilya Lichtenstein pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder the stolen cryptocurrency, and even admit…
Michelle Mark
4 mins read
North Korean scammers are posing as American job candidates to infiltrate crypto startups
"They're basically reading off of a piece of paper, and you can literally see their eyes — li…
Katie Canales
1 min read
FTX reportedly transferred $500 million of crypto onto a USB stick to stop it from being stolen by hackers
FTX employees reportedly scrambled to stop hackers from making off with $1.1 billion of crypto afte…
Tom Carter
2 mins read
Telegram is the crypto hackers’ newest playground — and they have automated the process
Cryptocurrency scammers are using bots on Telegram to con investors into giving up their one-time p…