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Crypto Streamer Battling Cancer Loses $31K to Hack, Community Rallies in Support
Latvian crypto streamer Raivo “Rastaland” Plavnieks lost more than US$31,000 (AU$47,286) in creator rewards after downloading a Steam ga...
Canadian Steals $48M in Crypto, Keeps Stealing While on Bail: Report
A Canadian man who was behind one of the largest crypto heists in Canadian history has been found guilty of scamming a further CAD$1 million...
GreedyBear Hackers Steal $1M Using Malicious Firefox Extensions
The GreedyBear hacking group, linked to Russian cybercriminal circles, has stolen more than US$1M (AU$1.55M) in cryptocurrency by targeting ...
Crypto Scam Hides in Plain Sight via YouTube “Trading Bot” Videos, SentinelLABS Warns
A widespread crypto scam is exploiting dormant YouTube accounts to push fake trading bots that siphon funds via hidden smart contract backdo...
Man Who Lost 8,000 BTC in Landfill Abandons Search, Launches DeFi Token Instead
Well, after 12 years, James Howells officially abandoned his bid to recover a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin from a landfill in Newport...
FinCEN Warns Financial Institutions of Rising Crypto ATM Abuse by Criminals and Cartels
The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a formal warning to financial institutions about increasing cri...
Defence Seeks Mistrial in Roman Storm Trial Over Questionable Tornado Cash Evidence
Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm’s legal team is considering a motion for mistrial after questioning the accuracy of key evidence intro...
US Secret Service Becomes Major Crypto Custodian After US$400M Seizure
The US Secret Service has seized nearly US$400 million (AU$614.68 million) in cryptocurrencies across the past ten years, with the majority ...
Aussie Police Crack Down on Crypto ATM Scam Nexus Exposing $433K Widow’s Loss
Australian police have tracked over 90 high-usage crypto ATM users in a sweeping crackdown aimed at curbing scams tied to digital currency.&...
Crypto News Site Cointelegraph Hacked in Fraudulent Token Scam
Cointelegraph users were hit with a deceptive front-end exploit over the weekend that used a fake token giveaway to target wallets, leveragi...
Cautionary Tale: $7M Lost by Crypto Investor Who Bought Discounted Cold Wallet
News Flash! Buying a bargain-basement crypto cold wallet from a dodgy website or a social media marketplace may not be a great financial dec...
ASIC Bans Adviser for a Decade After AU$15M Crypto Scam Theft
Glenda Maree Rogan has been banned from Australia’s financial services industry for ten years after funnelling nearly AU$15M into a crypto...