Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak: YouTube Bitcoin Scam Victims 'Lost Life Savings'
Wozniak was impersonated by scammers on YouTube more than five years ago and has struggled to get justice for victims.
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ASX-Listed DigitalX Director Cleared of Internal Trading Policy Breach
An internal review has found no breach of trading policy by recently appointed DigitalX director Ieva Guoga. Her on-market share p...
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ASX-Listed DigitalX Denies Policy Breach in Director Trades Probe
The ASX-listed crypto investment manager has defended its director's share trades while outlining plans to quadruple its Bitcoin h...
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Uniswap Price Climbs Above $11 as Bulls Breach Key Resistance Levels
Breaking above a local downtrend resistance has added momentum to its recent performance. Price action has been supported by stead...
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Exit Scam? DeFi Protocol CrediX’s Team Vanishes Following $4.5 Million Exploit
The team behind the DeFi protocol CrediX is suspected of an exit scam following a recent $4.5 million security breach. The team ha...
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CrediX Finance Team Vanishes After $4.5M Hack, Exit Scam Suspected
The team behind decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol CrediX Finance appears to have vanished following a $4.5 million exploit tha...
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CrediX Finance team disappears after $4.5M hack
Stability DAO said it had identified two CrediX Finance team members and was working with other projects and authorities to recove...
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FTC: Imposter Scam Losses Among Seniors Surge 362% Since 2020
Older Americans are losing money to imposter scams at an alarming rate, with losses and case numbers surging to record highs, acco...
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GreedyBear scam group ramps up crypto theft to ‘industrial scale’
A cybercrime group dubbed “GreedyBear” has stolen over $1 million in crypto using hundreds of fake wallet extensions, malware type...
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Australian Crypto Laundering Crackdown: ASIC Charges Four Over $35M Fake Bond Scam
Four Australian men, including former barrister Dimitrios Podaridis, are facing money laundering charges for allegedly facilitatin...
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Australian Regulators Charge Four in Moving Scam Proceeds to Crypto Exchanges
A former barrister is among those accused of shifting scam proceeds to crypto exchanges.
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Aave hit by phishing attack day after reaching $60B in net deposits
Scammers used Google Ads to impersonate Aave investment platforms in an attempt to trick users into linking wallets to malicious s...
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Hackers Exploit Old YouTube Accounts to Promote Crypto Drain Scams: Report
Hackers are hijacking older YouTube accounts to promote a crypto scam disguised as a trading bot, according to a new report from c...
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Crypto trader bot scam on YouTube looted 256 ETH: SentinelLABS
Aged YouTube accounts with a history of posting crypto news and investing tips have been taken over by bad actors to advertise a s...
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Lawmakers Call for Inquiry Into China's DeepSeek Over National Security, Data Risks
Seven Republican senators are urging the Commerce Department to investigate whether open-source models like DeepSeek’s R1 pose ris...
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India Strikes After US Takes Down Suspect in Coinbase Clone Scam
India ramps up its crypto fraud crackdown with a $5 million asset attachment order tied to a fake Coinbase site that duped victims...
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Tornado Cash dev Roman Storm found guilty of running unlicensed money biz, sanctions and money laundering charges unresolved
The conviction highlights regulatory challenges for DeFi, potentially stifling innovation and raising concerns about future legal...
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OpenAI's 'Jailbreak-Proof' New Models? Hacked on Day One
Hours after releasing its first open-weight models in years with claims of robust safety measures, OpenAI's GPT-OSS has been crack...
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