Crimes | ForkLog - Part 127

ForkLog 10 05.11.2020

U.S. regulator to pay $470 000 to victims of cryptocurrency pyramid schemes

Victims of cryptocurrency-based pyramid schemes will receive payouts from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) totaling more than $470 000, the agency's site says.

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ForkLog 11 05.11.2020

U.S. authorities seize $24 million in cryptocurrency from alleged organiser of Brazil-based fraud scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice has seized $24 million in cryptocurrency from an alleged organiser of a fraud scheme in Brazil. This is stated in the department's press release.

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ForkLog 16 04.11.2020

Binance explains how it thwarted a $345,000 exit scam

Binance's security team helped recover almost all the funds stolen from users in the wake of the recent exit scam by the creators of the automated market maker (AMM) Wine Swap. ForkLog was told this by exchange representatives.

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ForkLog 16 04.11.2020

Prosecutors Seek Harsh Sentence for Centra Tech Co-Founder

US federal prosecutors have asked the court to sentence one of the founders of the Centra Tech cryptocurrency project, Robert Farcas, to a 'substantial' prison term.

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ForkLog 35 03.11.2020

KuCoin hacker began laundering Bitcoin through Wasabi mixer

The attacker who hacked the KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange in September moved part of the Bitcoin through the Wasabi Wallet, which offers mixing. This was noted by Ergo from OXT Research.

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ForkLog 15 02.11.2020

Online databases containing 34 million user records from 17 companies found

User data from 17 companies stolen in breaches has been put up for sale online.

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ForkLog 19 02.11.2020

Justin Sun details major attack on the TRON network

The head of the TRON project, Justin Sun, said the mainnet came under a large-scale attack that halted block production.

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ForkLog 12 02.11.2020

Lawyer for OneCoin scammer disbarred

A five-judge panel disbarred Mark Scott, the lawyer linked to the scandal-plagued OneCoin pyramid. Cointelegraph reports.

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ForkLog 12 02.11.2020

Rise in Bitcoin price boosts the popularity of hidden miners

In the third quarter of 2020, activity by cryptojacking software rose. This is according to a threat report by ESET.

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ForkLog 39 02.11.2020

Former Russian hockey player jailed for four years for cryptocurrency fraud

The Presnensky Court in Moscow found the former Slovak Slovan Bratislava hockey player Igor Musatov guilty of cryptocurrency fraud on a particularly large scale.

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ForkLog 16 02.11.2020

US authorities reveal new malware linked to Russian hackers

The U.S. Cyber Command, together with the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has identified new types of malware that authorities say were used in attacks by Russian hackers against government targets.

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ForkLog 7 02.11.2020

Media: Hackers put 10,000 Robinhood user passwords up for sale

Cybercriminals posted on the dark web offers to sell access to thousands of Robinhood accounts, presumably linked to the crypto-friendly platform Robinhood. Bloomberg reports.

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