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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

billion worth of cryptocurrency linked to the 2016 Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange hack. Billion in stolen cryptocurrency stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex. billion in cryptocurrency linked to that hack. billion in cryptocurrency linked to that hack. The law enforcement seized $3.6

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

million worth of cryptocurrency. million worth of cryptocurrency from an American individual. The cryptocurrency has been stolen through a SIM swapping attack that allowed the attackers to bypass 2FA used to protect the wallets containing the funds. This is currently the biggest cryptocurrency theft reported from one person.”

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Threat actors have stolen $325 million in cryptocurrency leveraging a bug in the Wormhole communication bridge. This is the second-biggest hack of a DeFi platform ever, just after the $600 million Poly Network security breach. SecurityAffairs – hacking, REvil ransomware). — samczsun (@samczsun) February 3, 2022. .

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange was the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack, experts believe is was targeted by Twilio hackers. A sophisticated threat actor launched a smishing campaign against the employees of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. ” reads the statement published by the cryptocurrency exchange.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

Researchers spotted a Python variant of the NodeStealer that was designed to take over Facebook business accounts and cryptocurrency wallets. The malicious code was designed to take over Facebook business accounts and steal funds from cryptocurrency wallets. ” reads the analysis published by Palo Alto Networks.

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MAY 28, 2023

Bandit Stealer is a new stealthy information stealer malware that targets numerous web browsers and cryptocurrency wallets. Trend Micro researchers discovered a new info-stealing malware, dubbed Bandit Stealer, which is written in the Go language and targets multiple browsers and cryptocurrency wallets.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Two Estonian citizens were arrested in Tallinn for allegedly running a $575 million cryptocurrency fraud scheme. Two Estonian nationals were arrested in Tallinn, Estonia, after being indicted in the US for running a fraudulent cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that caused more than $575 million in losses. ” continues the DoJ.

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JANUARY 20, 2022

Crypto.com confirmed that a cyber attack compromised around 400 of its customer accounts leading in the theft of $33 million. Crypto.com is a cryptocurrency exchange app based in Singapore, the app currently has 10 million users and 3,000 employees. ETH from yesterday's @cryptocom hack. pic.twitter.com/GalJKM6bi9 — ?

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JUNE 9, 2023

Two Russian nationals have been charged with the hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko (43) and Aleksandr Verner (29) have been charged with the hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox in 2011 and the operation of the illicit cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e.

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JULY 19, 2022

FBI has warned of crooks developing malicious cryptocurrency-themed apps to steal crypto assets from the users. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned of crooks creating malicious cryptocurrency-themed apps to steal crypto assets from investors. Inform customers whether the financial institution has a mobile application.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Threat actors targeted tens thousands of unauthenticated Redis servers exposed on the internet as part of a cryptocurrency campaign. “Under certain conditions, if Redis runs with the root account (or not even), attackers can write an SSH public key file to the root account, directly logging on to the victim server through SSH.

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JULY 5, 2022

Threat actors compromised the Twitter and YouTube accounts of the British Army to promote online crypto scams. The Twitter and YouTube accounts of the British Army were used to promote NFT and other crypto scams. We are aware of a breach of the Army’s Twitter and YouTube accounts and an investigation is underway.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Threat actors have stolen $130 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from the Cream Finance decentralized finance (DeFi) platform. Threat actors have stolen $130 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform. . SecurityAffairs – hacking, Cream Finance). increase from 2020. “By

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APRIL 4, 2023

Threat actors behind the 3CX supply chain attack have targeted a limited number of cryptocurrency companies with a second-state implant. While investigating an attack on a Southeast Asian cryptocurrency company in 2020, the researchers noticed the presence of the AppleJeus backdoor on systems infected with Gopuram backdoor.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

According to Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers, who spotted the campaign, the attacks were launched by multiple hack-for-hire actors recruited on Russian-speaking forums. Once hijacked the channel, attackers either sell it to the highest bidder or employ it in cryptocurrency scam scheme. Pierluigi Paganini.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The FBI warns of an increase of fraudulent schemes leveraging cryptocurrency ATMs and QR Codes to facilitate payment. The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) published an alert to warn the public of fraudulent schemes leveraging cryptocurrency ATMs and Quick Response (QR) codes to complete payment transactions.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Threat actors have stolen $55 million worth of cryptocurrency from the bZx decentralized finance (DeFi) platform. The decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms allow users to borrow/loan and speculate on cryptocurrency price variations. The company pointed out that the incident was not a protocol hack. Pierluigi Paganini.

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MARCH 3, 2020

The Department of Justice has charged the two Chinese nationals for laundering cryptocurrency for North Korea-linked APT groups. for helping North Korea-linked hackers in laundering cryptocurrency. The cryptocurrency have been stolen by the APT groups from two cryptocurrency exchanges. and Li Jiadong (???),

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JANUARY 31, 2022

Threat actors stole $80M worth of cryptocurrency from the Qubit DeFi platform by exploiting a flaw in the smart contract code used in an Ethereum bridge. The DeFi platform Qubit Finance was victim of a cyber heist, threat actors stole around $80 million in cryptocurrency last week. SecurityAffairs – hacking, REvil ransomware).

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

US authorities recovered more than $30 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen by the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT from Axie Infinity. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Lazarus). The post $30 Million worth of cryptocurrency stolen by Lazarus from Axie Infinity was recovered appeared first on Security Affairs.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Threat actors have stolen $2 million worth of Dai cryptocurrency from the cryptocurrency borrowing and lending service Akropolis. Cryptocurrency borrowing and lending service Akropolis disclosed a “flash loan” attack, hackers have stolen roughly $2 million worth of Dai cryptocurrency. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

Kingdom Market boasted tens of thousands of customer accounts and several hundred registered sellers, featuring a listing that comprised 42,000 items. Tens of thousands of customers and several hundred seller accounts were registered on the marketplace.” Kingdom Market allowed payments with Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, and Zcash.

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DECEMBER 31, 2021

The Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service now includes credentials for 441K accounts that were stolen by RedLine malware. The service now includes credentials for 441K accounts stolen by the popular info-stealer. Users have also to change passwords for any account accessed through the infected machine.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

This week, crooks stole around $112 million worth of the Ripple-focused cryptocurrency XRP from a crypto wallet belonging to the Ripple’s co-founder and executive chairman Chris Larsen. Larsen pointed out that the hackers compromised his personal XRP accounts, while the @Ripple was not impacted. ” states Techcrunch.co

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Spanish National Police has arrested eight alleged members of a crime organization who were able to steal money from the bank accounts of the victims through SIM swapping attacks. Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

million) worth of cryptocurrencies via mining activities. million) in cryptocurrencies.” million) in cryptocurrencies.” In cryptojacking scheme, threat actors gain unauthorized access to a cloud environment and abuse its computational power to mine cryptocurrencies. ” continues the press release.

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MAY 6, 2024

Alexander Vinnik , a Russian national, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for his involvement in operating the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e from 2011 to 2017. Greek Police arrested the Russian national in 2017, and they accused the man of running the BTC-e Bitcoin exchange to launder billions worth of cryptocurrency.

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MAY 22, 2023

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. The messages said recipients had earned an investment credit at a cryptocurrency trading platform called moonxtrade[.]com. A DIRECT QUOT The domain quot[.]pw

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APRIL 14, 2024

The Australian man developed and sold Firebird to customers on a dedicated hacking forum. He is accused of advertising and selling the Hive remote access trojan (RAT) on the “Hack Forums” website. When informed that the target had significant cryptocurrency and project files, Chakhmakhchyan agreed to sell the Hive RAT.

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JUNE 27, 2019

Another cryptocurrency exchange announced to have suffered a theft, this time is the victim is the Singapore-based Bitrue. It has happened again, crooks stole funds from another cryptocurrency exchange, this time the victim is the Singapore-based Bitrue. SecurityAffairs – BiTrue Exchange, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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JUNE 4, 2020

Hackers hijacked one of the domains of the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck and used it for spear-phishing attacks. The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck announced that threat actors have accessed their account at the Oname.com domain registrar and hijacked one of its domain names. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

DoJ announced that Nicholas Truglia (25) was sentenced to 18 months in prison for the theft of over $20 million worth of cryptocurrency through SIM swapping attacks. Nicholas Truglia and his associates stole a staggering amount of cryptocurrency from the victim through a complex SIM swap scheme.” ” said U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Crypto gambling site Stake suffered a security breach, and threat actors withdrew $41M of funds stolen including Tether and Ether. Users on Stake.com typically do not deal with traditional currencies, instead they deposit and withdraw cryptocurrencies to and from their betting account.

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JUNE 7, 2019

million Ripple coins (XRP), worth nearly $10 million, from the users of the GateHub cryptocurrency wallet service. million Ripple coins (XRP), worth nearly $10 million, from the users of the GateHub cryptocurrency wallet service. SecurityAffairs – hacking, GateHub). Cyber criminals stole 3.2 reads the report.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Anatoly Legkodymov, the founder of the Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange has pleaded in a money-laundering scheme. Anatoly Legkodymov (41) (aka Anatolii Legkodymov, Gandalf, and Tolik), the Russian founder of the unlicensed Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange, has pleaded guilty in a money-laundering scheme.

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APRIL 15, 2020

Google has removed 49 new Chrome browser extensions from its official Web Store that hide the code to hijack cryptocurrency wallets. Google has removed 49 new Chrome browser extensions from its official Web Store that contain the code to steal sensitive information and hijack cryptocurrency wallets. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

US authorities have indicted two men for hacking the exchange EtherDelta in December 2017, one of them was also accused of TalkTalk hack. US authorities have indicted two men, Elliot Gunton and Anthony Tyler Nashatka, for hacking the cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta in 2017. ” reported ZDNet.

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