Dozens of Russians became victims of a cryptocurrency pyramid on Instagram
During January, 28 residents of Tambov reported to the police a cryptocurrency scammer who lured them into a financial pyramid. The local police said.Overview of recent events related to fraud in the cryptocurrency and blockchain market.
Dozens of Russians became victims of a cryptocurrency pyramid on Instagram
During January, 28 residents of Tambov reported to the police a cryptocurrency scammer who lured them into a financial pyramid. The local police said.
Blockfolio hacked to push offensive messages. Users’ funds safe.
Blockfolio, the digital asset portfolio management service, was breached. The attackers used the project's communications channels to disseminate offensive messages and alerts.
In Chelyabinsk, a criminal case has been opened against the head of a Russian Railways division over on-site mining
The head of the Chelyabinsk Directorate of Communications was accused of mining cryptocurrency at the workplace. The Urals Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reports this.
Ziggy ransomware halts operations; hacker publishes decryption keys
The Ziggy ransomware creator announced that the operation had ceased and released the decryption keys for the infected files, according to BleepingComputer.
yEarn.Finance to reimburse insured users after attack
The founder of the DeFi project yEarn.Finance, Andre Cronje, promised to return funds lost in the hacker attack to those who purchased an insurance policy from Nexus Mutual and Cover Protocol partners. For other users, the question remains open.
Serbia extradited its citizen to the United States in a $70 million Bitcoin fraud case
The Northern District of Texas prosecutor's office said that Serbia extradited to the United States its citizen accused of defrauding investors of more than $70 million.
Discord users warned about fraudulent cryptocurrency giveaways
Fraudsters steal cryptocurrency and users' personal data from the Discord chat platform, posing as a Bitcoin or Ethereum giveaway. This was reported by Kaspersky Lab researchers.
Australian pleads guilty to $90 million cryptocurrency scam
U.S. prosecutors charged the 24-year-old Australian citizen Stefan He Qing with fraud in managing the New York-registered cryptocurrency hedge fund Virgil Sigma. The defendant admitted to misappropriating $90 million during the proceedings.
Hacker drains $2.8m from yEarn.Finance DeFi pool
On February 5, the yEarn.Finance team discovered and fixed a vulnerability in the v1 yDAI pool. An unknown attacker managed to withdraw part of the funds.
Hackers Prepare Major Attack on Kubernetes Clusters for Hidden Monero Mining
Researchers at Unit 42 have uncovered new malware for covert Monero mining that spreads through containerized Kubernetes-based applications.
Fraudsters pose as ForkLog to push ‘trading’ services
Unknown criminals, posing as ForkLog staff, are offering users to invest in a fake trading platform. One of the victims told the editors on condition of anonymity.
Experts say attacks on Russian government resources aimed at mining have increased
Ransomware encryptors were detected in the infrastructure of Russian medical facilities for the first time, according to Nikolai Murashov, deputy director of the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents, as reported by TASS.We use cookies to improve the quality of our service.
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