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Jan 2024 SEC’s X account hacker got 14 months in prison for cyber fraud
Eric Council Jr. was sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment for his function within the Jan. 9, 2024, hack of the...
How an insider-led breach sparked a costly scam at Coinbase
Alliance DAO contributor Qiao Wang has detailed a classy social engineering rip-off focusing on Coinbase customers amid the agency’s insider-led...
Coinbase breach: attackers demand $20M ransom
Attackers bribed help workers to entry inner instruments. $20M ransom demand redirected into reward fund. New protections dwell forward of...
FBI shuts down crypto fraud site linked to Lazarus Group
Hackers posed as tech recruiters in pretend job interviews. Malware used to steal crypto wallets and credentials. Entrance corporations traced...
FBI reports $9.3 billion in US targeted crypto scams as elderly hit hardest
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reported a major spike in cybercrime exercise, with complete losses throughout the...
SEC accuses Ramil Palafox of running $198M crypto fraud
SEC says $57 million spent on luxurious items and houses. Iranian nationwide indicted for working darkish internet market Nemesis. Over...
XRP Ledger developer kit compromised with backdoor to steal wallet private keys
Aikido Safety disclosed a vulnerability within the XRP Ledger’s (XRPL) official JavaScript SDK, revealing that a number of compromised variations...
AI-driven crypto scams cause $200M in losses in Q1
Scammers use EOAs to empty wallets after approval permissions are granted. Binance’s CZ and Ashesi College’s president amongst newest deepfake...
Phishing scammers now exploiting Google’s infrastructure to target crypto users
Phishing scams concentrating on crypto customers have develop into extra superior, with attackers abusing Google’s infrastructure to conduct extremely convincing...
Nigerian investors blindsided by massive CBEX Ponzi scheme
1000's of Nigerians have misplaced tens of millions to a fraudulent digital asset buying and selling platform, CBEX, which operated...