Crimes | ForkLog - Part 108

ForkLog 23 25.03.2021

Instagram influencer charged with $2.5m Bitcoin fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged the owner of a popular Instagram account under the handle Jay Mazini with stealing Bitcoin from followers worth $2.5 million.

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ForkLog 8 25.03.2021

Canadian IoT device maker halts operations after ransomware attack

The internal systems of the Canadian IoT device maker Sierra Wireless have been paralysed by a ransomware attack.

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ForkLog 8 25.03.2021

Bitcoin scammers extorted 850,000 rubles from a Russian man by phone

22-year-old Vyksa resident became a victim of phone scammers who offered him a way to profit from cryptocurrency investments, according to the local police.

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ForkLog 10 24.03.2021

Ukraine uncovers scheme to siphon funds disguised as cryptocurrency investments

Ukrainian law-enforcement authorities have detained suspects in an international fraud ring involved in money laundering. The perpetrators lured victims with the pretext of investments in cryptocurrencies, securities and other assets, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General's website.

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ForkLog 16 24.03.2021

Purple Fox botnet acquires worm-like traits to disseminate a hidden miner

The Purple Fox botnet operators changed their distribution method and began hacking Windows devices by brute-forcing SMB passwords, according to Guardicore researchers.

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ForkLog 12 24.03.2021

Rosfinmonitoring identifies popular cryptocurrencies used to finance terrorism

Bitcoin, Ethereum and Monero are the most popular cryptocurrencies among criminals in Russia. This was reported by TASS, said German Neglyad, deputy director of Rosfinmonitoring.

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ForkLog 10 23.03.2021

Scammers dupe Russian man out of almost 400,000 rubles in ‘Bitcoin trading’

A 64-year-old resident of Rubtsovsk fell victim to scammers who posted an online advertisement about a profitable investment in cryptocurrencies. The Altai Krai Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

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ForkLog 16 22.03.2021

Ransomware group REvil demanded $50 million in Monero from Acer

The REvil hacker group encrypted the files of the Taiwanese company Acer and demanded $50 million in Monero. This was reported by BleepingComputer.

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ForkLog 17 21.03.2021

DeFi project TurtleDex on Binance Smart Chain carried out a $2.4 million exit scam

The TurtleDex organizers disappeared, draining 9,000 BNB (~$2.4 million) from its liquidity pools on Pancake Swap and Ape Swap on the Binance Smart Chain, according to BSC News.

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ForkLog 11 20.03.2021

BitClout NFT marketplace suspected of a $170 million scam

Some members of the crypto community suspected the BitClout NFT marketplace of a scam, calling it 'Bitconnect 2.0'.

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ForkLog 16 19.03.2021

Russian national pleads guilty to conspiracy to introduce malware into a U.S. company’s computer network

Russian national Egor Kryuchkov pleads guilty to conspiracy to organise a cyberattack on the computer network of a Nevada-based company, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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ForkLog 17 18.03.2021

Investor sends 10 BTC to scammers posing as Elon Musk

An anonymous user sent 10 BTC to scammers who, from a fake Elon Musk Twitter account, promised to double the amount. BBC reports.

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