Crimes | ForkLog - Part 113

ForkLog 7 15.02.2021

Ukraine arrests suspects linked to Egregor ransomware operators

As a result of a joint investigation by Ukrainian and French law enforcement, suspects linked to the administrators of the Egregor ransomware were arrested in Ukraine. ZDNet reports, citing French media.

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ForkLog 8 12.02.2021

Bitsonar pyramid founder charged with murder

The Odessa regional prosecutor's office has sent an indictment to court against the creator of the Bitsonar pyramid, Alexander Tovstenko, suspected of organizing the contract murder of a former colleague.

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ForkLog 8 12.02.2021

American sues T-Mobile after losing $450,000 in Bitcoin

A Californian resident, Kelvin Cheng, sues T-Mobile for negligence after losing 15 BTC in a SIM swap. The suit was filed in the Southern District of New York.

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ForkLog 11 12.02.2021

Ukrainian Woman Suspected of Bitcoin Theft Worth $111,000

Kyiv prosecutors suspect a local resident of fraud and misappropriation of bitcoins worth about 3 million hryvnias ($111 000). This was reported on the Prosecutor General's site.

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ForkLog 7 11.02.2021

Russian loses about 3.8 million rubles in cafe while attempting to sell cryptocurrency

A man who attempted to sell cryptocurrency to Moscow law enforcement authorities lost 3,845,500 rubles.

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ForkLog 81 11.02.2021

How SolarWinds Was Hacked: The United States’ Biggest Cyberattack and the Shadow of Russian Hackers

One of the most sophisticated and large-scale breaches of U.S. government systems in recent years. That is how the media described the hacking of several U.S. ministries, whose scale later proved far more impressive than initially thought. It was linked to SolarWinds software and, of course, Russian hackers.

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ForkLog 10 10.02.2021

CD Projekt RED Hit by Ransomware Attack

Polish developer CD Projekt RED, known for Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher, was hit by a ransomware attack.

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ForkLog 22 10.02.2021

Europol outlines arrests in SIM-swapping operation that netted over $100m in cryptocurrency

In an international operation, law enforcement officers arrested ten suspects in the theft of more than $100 million in cryptocurrency via SIM-swapping.

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ForkLog 15 10.02.2021

Chainalysis links Lazarus to KuCoin hack worth $280m

The North Korea-linked Lazarus group is implicated in the KuCoin hack that caused $280 million in losses, according to Chainalysis.

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ForkLog 38 10.02.2021

yEarn.Finance reimbursed losses to the v1 yDAI pool after attack

The DeFi project yEarn.Finance has reimbursed the damage caused to the v1 yDAI pool as a result of an attack by an unknown attacker on February 5.

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ForkLog 23 09.02.2021

UN: North Korea used stolen cryptocurrencies to advance its nuclear weapons programme

North Korea has managed to upgrade its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, financing them with funds stolen in cyberattacks. The attacks were mainly aimed at financial institutions and cryptocurrency platforms, the Associated Press reports, citing UN experts.

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ForkLog 8 09.02.2021

American woman charged in murder-for-hire plot involving bitcoins

U.S. authorities arrested a 37-year-old Wisconsin resident on charges of attempting to arrange a murder-for-hire, according to a Justice Department statement.

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