Brazil’s Central Bank Hacked—$40M In Crypto Washed In Aftermath
Bitcoin is again in the spotlight as hackers hogged the headlines following a June 30 attack on C&M Software. The breach sent shoc...
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Vitalik proposes gas cap to enhance Ethereum security, stability
Vitalik Buterin proposes EIP-7983 to cap transaction gas at 16.77 million, aiming to boost Ethereum security, stability, and zkVM...
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Brazil’s Central Bank Hack Sparks $40M Crypto Laundering in BTC, ETH
A sophisticated cyberattack on C&M Software, a technology provider for Brazil’s Central Bank, has triggered a wave of crypto laund...
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Canadian Woman Sues After $1.3M in Bitcoin Vanishes in SIM-Swap Scam
A Canadian pharmacy manager is suing a telecom company and a trading platform after losing 12.58 bitcoins—now worth over $1.36 mil...
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Coinbase Director Flags Possible Hack Behind $8B Bitcoin Awakening
A Coinbase director has raised suspicions that the recent movement of $8 billion in long-dormant Bitcoin may be the result of a ha...
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Whale Wallet Breach? The $8.6B Bitcoin Mystery and the Case for Best Wallet
Panic rippled through the crypto world after Arkham reported that dormant Satoshi-era wallets, untouched for over 14 years, had su...
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$8.6B Bitcoin Move Sparks Fears of Massive Hack: Coinbase’s Conor Grogan
Conor Grogan, head of product at Coinbase, has raised alarms over a potential security breach involving $8.6 billion worth of Bitc...
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Inside Job? How One Employee’s Alleged Betrayal Led to a $140 Million Central Bank Hack
The breach, which targeted C&M Software, the company that links the central bank to local financial institutions, reportedly began...
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‘Small possibility’ $8.6B Bitcoin transfer was a hack: Coinbase exec
The Coinbase executive says he is “speculating on straws,” but if it is true, it would be “by far the largest heist in human histo...
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BCH-Based Stablecoin Protocol Moria Passes Security Audit With Flying Colors
Moria, a BCH-based stablecoin issuance protocol, has been successfully audited by Hashlock, a Web3 security and smart contract aud...
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Brazil’s central bank service provider hacked, $140M stolen
The theft occurred after the hackers allegedly compromised an employee of C&M, a software service provider, by buying the employee...
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Solana bot scam on GitHub steals crypto from users
A fake GitHub repository posing as a Solana trading bot was used to distribute obscured malware that stole crypto wallet credentia...
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Phoenix FIRE Exit Scam: $800M Crypto Project Faces Investor Fury as CEO Seeks Dismissal
Daniel Ianello, the man accused of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar exit scam involving the crypto project Phoenix Community Ca...
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Phoenix FIRE investors allege exit scam; owner moves to dismiss case
Daniel Ianello has asked a Tennessee court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of orchestrating an exit scam after taking over a cry...
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$20M crypto scam victim who sued Citibank says 2 more banks liable
The victim of a $20 million crypto scam who sued Citibank last week for allegedly ignoring “red flags” has filed a similar complai...
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40+ Fake Firefox Wallet Extensions Are Stealing Your Crypto, Koi Security Warns
Cybersecurity firm Koi Security has uncovered a large-scale malicious campaign involving over 40 fake Firefox extensions designed...
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$180 Million Hacked From Brazilian Banking System: Attackers Cashed out Using Crypto
According to local media, this may be the largest hack ever perpetrated against the Brazilian banking system. Attackers leveraged...
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DOJ recovers $40K crypto from Trump-Vance inaugural scam, credits Tether
Federal prosecutors traced and seized $40,000 in crypto from scammers posing as Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee officials.
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