Crimes | ForkLog - Part 103

ForkLog 17 28.04.2021

Uranium Finance project loses $50 million in Ethereum due to vulnerability

In the early hours of April 28, the Uranium Finance cryptocurrency project came under attack. Preliminary damage is estimated at $50 million.

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ForkLog 8 28.04.2021

US arrests Russian national over laundering 1.2 million BTC

US authorities arrested the alleged operator of the Bitcoin Fog bitcoin-mixing service, Roman Sterlingov. He is charged with laundering about $336 million through cryptocurrency and providing payment services without a licence.

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ForkLog 5 28.04.2021

In Crimea, two suspects detained for buying cryptocurrency mining equipment with counterfeit money

The Ministry of Internal Affairs for Crimea said that two suspects were detained for buying cryptocurrency mining equipment with counterfeit money.

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ForkLog 7 28.04.2021

Police recover leased Bitcoin miners worth 800,000 rubles

Police helped a resident of Usolye-Sibirskoye recover the leased expensive mining equipment. According to the press service of the local police.

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ForkLog 6 27.04.2021

FSB links SolarWinds attack to dark-web leak

The cyberattack on U.S. government systems via compromised SolarWinds software became possible due to neglecting vulnerabilities, according to the FSB's IT structure.

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ForkLog 10 27.04.2021

Former Neklis Bank executives arrested

The Moscow Tverskoy District Court arrested the former chairman of the board of the now-bankrupt Neklis Bank, Sergey Boriskin, and his deputy Natalia Akulova.

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ForkLog 14 27.04.2021

Hackers threaten to expose informants for Washington, DC police

The Babuk Locker ransomware operators attacked the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, United States. They are demanding a ransom and threatening to expose informants.

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ForkLog 11 27.04.2021

Microsoft and Intel sharpen detection of hidden crypto miners

Intel threat-detection technology has been integrated into Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to enable rapid detection of crypto-mining malware.

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ForkLog 9 27.04.2021

Coinseed allegedly converted users’ funds into Dogecoin without their consent

Users accused the cryptocurrency platform Coinseed of unauthorized conversion of their funds into Dogecoin. About 50 people said they intended to join a class-action lawsuit against the company.

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ForkLog 7 27.04.2021

Udmurtia students sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for theft of 114 ASIC miners

A court in Tatarstan sentenced two residents of Udmurtia, accused of robbing a cryptocurrency mining farm, to four and a half years in a strict-regime penal colony.

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ForkLog 9 26.04.2021

Russian man loses half a million rubles buying GPUs for mining

A 29-year-old resident of Saratov fell victim to scammers who posted an advertisement for selling GPUs for cryptocurrency mining.

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ForkLog 8 26.04.2021

In Moscow, a father accused his son of embezzling 100 million rubles in cryptocurrency

A 45-year-old Moscow resident reported to the police after not receiving more than 100 million rubles from the family cryptocurrency mining operation.

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