Crimes | ForkLog - Part 125

ForkLog 13 17.11.2020

Cybersecurity experts report a rise in ransomware attacks

In the third quarter of 2020, the number of ransomware attacks rose significantly, accounting for about 51% of all malware attacks. This is according to data from the Positive Technologies specialists' report on current cyber threats.

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ForkLog 10 16.11.2020

NiceHash to repay 100% of bitcoins stolen in the 2017 hack

The cloud-mining platform NiceHash announced that it would complete its repayment programme to users of bitcoins stolen in the 2017 hack in December.

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ForkLog 11 16.11.2020

Founders of Payza sentenced in the United States for laundering $250 million

Canadian brothers Firoz and Ferhan Patel were sentenced in the United States for money laundering, using their Payza service that supported Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, according to a Department of Justice press release.

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ForkLog 9 16.11.2020

Novotroitsk resident becomes victim of scammers in bid to buy cryptocurrency

Fraudsters lured a resident of Novotroitsk out of 154,000 rubles when he sought to invest in cryptocurrencies.

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ForkLog 10 16.11.2020

Opinion: Without regulation of the cryptocurrency market, Ukraine risks the FATF blacklist

Ukraine's anti-money-laundering legislation needs urgent refinement, otherwise the country risks ending up in the 'grey zone' or being placed on FATF's blacklist. This was stated by Maxim Demyanyuk, head of the expert group on the development of virtual assets at the Ministry of Digital Transformation.

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ForkLog 16 16.11.2020

Electrum user loses $32,000 to a vulnerability

Fraudsters have once again siphoned funds from an Electrum Bitcoin wallet user. The loss amounted to $32,000.

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ForkLog 17 15.11.2020

Value DeFi project loses $6 million in flash-loan attack

Value DeFi's creators confirmed a 'complex attack' on their MultiStables vault, resulting in $6 million withdrawn in DAI and USDC stablecoins.

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ForkLog 21 14.11.2020

Hackers Attack Israeli Firms With New Ransomware Pay2Key

Check Point researchers reported a wave of attacks, largely targeting Israeli firms, by a previously unseen ransomware named Pay2Key.

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ForkLog 7 13.11.2020

Fraudsters forge Central Bank of Russia license to dupe victims as Free TON

A new form of online fraud has spread, posing as an opportunity to earn extra income from investing in the blockchain platform Free TON. The Vklader portal drew attention to this.

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ForkLog 14 13.11.2020

Hacker drains $2 million from Akropolis DeFi protocol

An unknown attacker drained the Akropolis project's YCURVE and sUSD liquidity pools in DAI stablecoins for $2 million. He hacked smart contracts that had undergone two audits.

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ForkLog 16 12.11.2020

Experts reveal how much money hackers stole from cryptocurrency users over nine years

Over the past nine years, from 2011 to 2020, cryptocurrency users lost assets totaling $7.6 billion as a result of 113 attacks and 23 fraudulent schemes. This is comparable to Monaco's GDP, according to Crystal Blockchain's analytics service.

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ForkLog 25 11.11.2020

KuCoin Returns 84% of $280 Million Stolen in September

The KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange has returned most of the funds stolen by hackers in September this year, according to KuCoin CEO Johnny Lyu.

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