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FBI Seizes $6M in Crypto From Southeast Asian Scammers

DIGIT — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 01:30:43 +0000

U.S. authorities have seized over $6 million worth of cryptocurrency linked to a fraudulent investment scheme organized by Southeast Asian criminals. Targeting U.S. individuals, the criminals manipulated victims through fake cryptocurrency platforms. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recovered the funds using blockchain tracing. DOJ Seizes $6 Million in […]

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Cypher core contributor admits to stealing $260K and gambling it away

DIGIT — Wed, 15 May 2024 01:16:02 +0000

The contributor, “hoak,” said their actions were due to a “crippling gambling addiction” and “psychological factors that went by unchecked.”

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Pink, Pussy, Venom, Inferno — Drainers coming for a crypto wallet near you

DIGIT — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 23:51:00 +0000

Crypto wallet drainers, or sweepers, are malicious smart contracts that can quickly empty a crypto wallet of its funds and are a standard tool for phishing scammers.

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Deadline Approaching: Mt Gox Trustee Sets Final Cut-off Date for Creditors to Claim Over $3 Billion in Recovered Bitcoin

DIGIT — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 11:15:06 +0000

The Tokyo bankruptcy court trustee for the defunct Japanese bitcoin exchange Mt Gox, Nobuaki Kobayashi, has published a letter stating that creditors have until March 10, 2023 (Japan Time) to register their repayment claims. Kobayashi explains that the team is dealing with “a large number of inquiries” and may not be able to respond to […]

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North Korea Stole Record Amount of Crypto Assets in 2022, UN Report Unveils

DIGIT — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 05:30:35 +0000

The regime in North Korea has managed to steal more cryptocurrency last year than in previous years, according to a draft U.N. report. Despite the difference between quoted estimates, the authors conclude that 2022 was a record-breaking year for crypto theft, to be blamed on the hermit state. Cybercrime Groups Linked to North Korea Get […]

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$2.2M Worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs Stolen — Victim Says Incident Was ‘Arguably the Worst Night’ of His Life

DIGIT — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 16:30:30 +0000

According to reports, roughly $2.2 million worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were stolen from a collector. The owner of the NFTs Todd Kramer said the incident was “arguably the worst night” of his life. Furthermore, there’s claims that the NFT marketplace Opensea froze the […]

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Major Darknet Marketplace for Stolen Cards Shuts Down After Making Over $1 Billion in Bitcoin

DIGIT — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:05:50 +0000

The longest-running marketplace for stolen credit cards on the darknet has announced the shutting down of its services. The administrator of Joker’s Stash, founded in 2014, stated that the site would be taken down in February. Site Generated Over $1 Billion in BTC ‘Over the Past Years,’ Claims a Security Research Firm According to the […]

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Nicehash Crypto Mining Pool ‘Fully’ Reimburses All Users Affected by 2017 Hack

DIGIT — Sat, 19 Dec 2020 20:00:12 +0000

A Slovenian cryptocurrency mining pool and trading platform announced that they’ve managed to fully compensate their users affected by a hacking attack that took place in December 2017, which took over 4,600 bitcoins. Nicehash ‘Fully’ Reimburses Users Affected in 2017 Hack According to the letter published by Martin Škorjanc, CEO of Nicehash, the company “fully” […]

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Woman Arrested for Stealing $480,000 From Crypto Exchange She Co-Founded

DIGIT — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 17:34:00 +0000

One of Bitcipher Labs’ co-founders confessed to stealing 63.5 BTC after quitting the exchange

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Revealed: How North Korea Laundered $100 Million of Stolen Crypto

DIGIT — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 05:25:00 +0000

CipherTrace has detailed how two men managed to fool KYC processes and launder more than $100 million of stolen crypto on mainstream exchanges

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