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Bitfinex hacker should get 5 years jail for 120K BTC heist: Feds

DIGIT — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 05:59:25 +0000

Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole 120,000 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack on the Bitfinex, should receive a reduced sentence of five-years in prison, prosecutors say.

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WazirX launches fair fund recovery plan post $230M hack

DIGIT — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 10:46:18 +0000

Drawing lessons from past incidents such as the Mt. Gox and Bitfinex hacks, WazirX aims to apply the best practices from these cases to ensure a fair and efficient resolution.

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Japanese crypto exchange raises $320M to recover funds after major hack

DIGIT — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 08:32:13 +0000

DMM Bitcoin aims to compensate users for a $320 million loss following a major hack by raising equivalent funds.

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Maiar decentralized crypto exchange goes offline after bug discovery

DIGIT — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 08:39:50 +0000

The exchange has been taken offline due to the discovery of the bug and the team has implemented an “emergency fix” and updated the decentralized exchange.

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Crypto.com Reveals 483 Accounts Compromised in Recent Hack — $34 Million in Bitcoin, Ether Stolen

DIGIT — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:00:52 +0000

Crypto.com has revealed that 483 user accounts were compromised in the recent hack that resulted in unauthorized withdrawals of about $34 million in cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and ether. Nonetheless, the company stressed that customer funds were never at risk. Crypto.com’s Hack Postmortem and CEO’s Comments Crypto.com revealed Thursday the number of users affected by the […]

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Hotbit crypto exchange shuts down for maintenance after attempted hack

DIGIT — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 12:38:23 +0000

The Chinese crypto exchange says funds are “SAFU” and that the emergency maintenance could take up to two weeks.

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Troubled NZ Crypto Exchange Cryptopia Suffers Another Hack in the Midst of Liquidation Process

DIGIT — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:30:53 +0000

Controversy still surrounds a liquidated New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange, which allegedly got hacked again. Adding to the $30 million stolen in 2019, Cryptopia reports that it was the target of a another theft incident on February 1, 2021. Hackers Accessed a Dormant Wallet Which Holds XSN Tokens According to Stuff.co.nz, the hackers took around NZD […]

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Spanish Crypto Exchange 2gether Won’t Reimburse All Stolen Funds From the 2020 Hack

DIGIT — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:05:32 +0000

Spanish cryptocurrency exchange 2gether has announced that it won’t compensate users for the full amount of bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) stolen in August 2020. The exchange said that almost 5,000 of its customers won’t receive their cryptos under the compensation plan. Company Asks 9% of Its Users for More Time to Gather the Remaining […]

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Crypto Exchange Bitgrail Founder Accused by Italian Police of Faking Hacks That Led to Company’s Bankruptcy

DIGIT — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 04:30:05 +0000

Italian police accused a man who ran a cryptocurrency exchange of being responsible for a series of hacks that caused millions in losses as part of an alleged massive fraud scheme. Italian Authorities Accuse Bitgrail Owner of Faking Hacks That Led Exchange’s Bankruptcy According to Reuters, the 34-year-old from Florence known by his initials F.F. […]

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Bitcoin.com Exchange Reveals Role in the Cryptopia Rescue Group

DIGIT — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 04:30:34 +0000

The world-class trading platform, Bitcoin.com Exchange announced it’s participating in the Cryptopia Exchange rescue consortium in order to help redistribute coins to customers. Bitcoin.com’s trading platform will provide an exchange environment in order to bolster the Cryptopia Rescue redistribution plan. Back in January 2019, the New Zealand cryptocurrency trading platform Cryptopia Exchange suffered a major […]

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