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US Treasury Sanctions Crypto Mixer ‘Tornado’, Freezing USDC and ETH Addresses
Tornado Cash, a mixing service that obscures crypto transaction information, has been sanctioned by the US Treasury, which claims the DeFi p...
North Korea Hackers Use Fake Resumes to Get Hired and Steal Crypto: Report
In a report from Bloomberg, cybersecurity firm Mandiant has claimed that North Korean citizens are plagiarising online resumes and pretendin...
Victorian State Parliament Moves to Give Police Sweeping Powers to Seize Crypto
The Australian state of Victoria has this week introduced new laws allowing the seizure of assets including crypto if criminals are caught w...
‘Cryptojacking’ in Financial Sector Soars 269% in 2022, Security Firm Report
A report from cybersecurity company SonicWall shows financial firms are now the main victims of so-called ‘cryptojacking’ attack...
Former Coinbase Employee Charged in First Crypto Insider Trading Case
Three people, including a former Coinbase employee, have been charged with wire fraud conspiracy and wire fraud over an insider trading tip-...
Chainalysis Launches 24/7 Hotline for Crypto Crime Victims
Blockchain research firm Chainalysis has announced the launch of a 24/7 hotline accessible to victims of crypto crime. The Crypto Incident R...
97% of Crypto Hacks Were Against DeFi Projects, Chainalysis
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has published a new report about criminal activities in the cryptocurrency space, stating that 97 perc...
Binance Denies $2.4 Billion Money Laundering Allegations
According to a new report by Reuters, US$2.4 billion in stolen funds have been laundered through the cryptocurrency exchange Binance between...
ETH Developer Virgil Griffith Sentenced to 5 Years for North Korea Crypto Trip
A New York US Federal Court judge has sentenced former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith to 63 months in prison and fined him $US100,000 fo...
Cybersecurity Uncovers 13 Malicious Wallets that Could Steal Your Crypto
A criminal plot to steal users’ digital assets via apps impersonating popular cryptocurrency wallets has been uncovered in new researc...
Australian Consumer Watchdog Sues Meta Over Crypto Scam Ads
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced it will be suing Meta over the company’s failure to block crypto s...
$790,000 Worth of Rare Bear NFTs Stolen in Brazen Phishing Attack
Members of the Rare Bears NFT community woke on March 16 to find it had lost assets to the tune of US$790,000 due to a phishing scam. Accord...