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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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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   


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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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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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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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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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'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   


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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…

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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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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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North Korean hackers have stolen $3 billion of crypto in 5 years by masquerading as recruiters, IT workers, and government officials to dupe victims

The stolen cryptocurrency the dictatorship has amassed is helping to fund its nuclear weapons progr…

Max Adams   


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North Korean hackers are likely laundering stolen crypto through cloud mining services, cybersecurity group says

The North Korean group APT43 steals tokens to fund illicit activity, according to a new report from…

Phil Rosen   


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As crypto hackers and thieves make off with billions, there's another kind of fraud lurking in the industry.

Insider's Phil Rosen explains just how pervasive wash trading has become in the cryptocurrency sect…

Phil Rosen   


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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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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…

Isabelle Lee   


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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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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