Celsius creditors flag renewed phishing attacks ahead of bankruptcy plan
Creditors of crypto lender Celsius Network have reported receiving a new flood of phishing emails, likely resulting from two data...
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DeFi protocol Balancer’s front end under attack, $238K in crypto stolen
The platform notified its community on Sept. 19 at 11:49 pm UTC, urging users not to interact with the Balancer protocol until fur...
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With Its Security Under Scrutiny, OpenAI Is Recruiting a Cybersecurity ‘Red Team’
To improve its AI models, OpenAI invites penetration experts to find holes in its widely-used AI chatbot platform.
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SYSLabs - Web3 with the Security of Bitcoin
Jason Grewal is the Chief Legal Officer at SYS Labs, a company building products and services for Web3.
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Lawyer Involved In Cryptoqueen’s OneCoin Scam Receives Shocking Response From Court
The OneCoin scam saga has continued to linger despite it being years since it took place, and this time around, a lawyer who was i...
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UK House of Lords passes bill to seize stolen crypto
During the bill’s review phase, the House of Lords agreed on certain amendments to clarify its intent of targeting monetary procee...
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CoinEx hack: Compromised private keys led to $70M theft
CoinEx confirms that compromised private keys gave hackers access to hot wallets, leading to a $70 million hack.
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Lawyer who laundered $400M from OneCoin scam denied new trial: Report
A lawyer who laundered $400 million from the OneCoin scam has been denied a new trial despite arguing there were legal mistakes an...
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Coinbase Receives $1 Million Amid Crypto Hack, Yet Victims Await Compensation – What's Going On?
Coinbase, the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, has raked in $1 million in profit from the recent hack of DeFi platform Curve Fi...
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FTX bolsters claims portal security measures following cyber breach
Following the cyber breach of non-sensitive data, bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has reactivated account access to its custo...
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Billionaire Mark Cuban Loses $870,000 In Crypto Scam
The owner of the Dallas Mavericks lost roughly $870,000, although the figures could have been much worse.
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Mark Cuban loses $870K in hot wallet hack
Mark Cuban confirmed that he was hacked but doesn’t know precisely how.
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North Korea’s Lazarus Group Has Stolen $240M in Crypto in Just 104 Days: Elliptic
Adding to the tally is the $54 million hack of crypto exchange CoinEx, which blockchain sleuths at Elliptic now believe Lazarus wa...
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Remitano Crypto Exchange Faces Possible Hack, $2.7 Million Withdrawn in Suspicious Transactions
On September 14, crypto exchange Remitano faced an alarming situation with a suspicious withdrawal of approximately $2.7 million i...
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Crypto Theft from Fortress Trust Traced Back to Phishing Attack on Cloud Vendor
Fortress Trust's recent disclosure of a cryptocurrency theft totaling nearly $15 million has shed light on a complex situation inv...
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Remitano exchange hacked for $2.7M; $1.4M frozen by Tether
The Remitano exchange experienced suspicious transactions, as over $2.7 million was drained from its wallet by a single account.
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Crypto Security Firm Certik Warns Over 40% of Telegram Bot Tokens May be Exit Scams
Crypto security firm Certik has revealed that more than 40% of Telegram Bot tokens could be exit scams. "Our analysis shows that o...
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‘Brazilian Crypto Scam Firm Donated $122k to Bolsonaro Election Campaign,’ Lawmakers Told
An investor in a suspected Brazilian crypto pyramid has claimed the firm behind the “scam” donated over $122,000 to ex-President J...
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