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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…

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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…

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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   


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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…

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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…

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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   


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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   


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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   


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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…

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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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,"…

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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…

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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   


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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…

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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…

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Binance is reportedly building a $1 billion insurance fund to counter crypto hacks

Binance on January 29 also restricted 281 personal Nigerian accounts, with approximately 38% of the…

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Hackers steal crypto worth $180 million from Beanstalk Farms, a decentralized finance project

"Beanstalk suffered an exploit. The Beanstalk Farms team is investigating the attack and will …