Crimes | ForkLog - Part 131

ForkLog 7 13.10.2020

Bitcoin extortionist jailed for 14 years in the United Kingdom

A sheep farmer from Lincolnshire was sentenced to 14 years in prison for extorting Bitcoin worth £1.4m from the Tesco supermarket chain, according to the Daily Mail.

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ForkLog 7 13.10.2020

In the Far North, a scammer ‘traded’ Bitcoin worth half a million rubles

A 50-year-old Nadym resident became the victim of a scammer who promised to sell her cryptocurrency, regional police report.

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ForkLog 15 13.10.2020

Study: Hackers Stole 1,980 Bitcoins via Fake Electrum Wallet Update

Criminals stole more than $23 million in bitcoins from users via a fake Electrum wallet update, researchers at ZDNet found.

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ForkLog 12 12.10.2020

Crypto and forex scammers defraud Belgians of at least €10 million

From May 2019 through September 2020, Belgians lost at least €10 million due to fraudulent online platforms. Among them were cryptocurrency projects, FSMA said.

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ForkLog 7 12.10.2020

WLEO token plunges to near zero after hack enables unlimited minting

On October 11, attackers targeted the Wrapped LEO (WLEO) contract and drained $42,000 in crypto assets from the Uniswap pool. The vulnerability they discovered allowed them to mint WLEO tokens that could be exchanged for ETH. Details of the incident are described in the Leo Finance decentralized protocol blog.

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ForkLog 7 12.10.2020

A wave of false bomb threats in Japan demands Bitcoin as ransom

Since July 2020, Bitcoin extortionists have sent emails threatening bombs to at least 18 prefectures in Japan. The targets of the extortion were schools and rural-area administrations, according to Japan Today.

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ForkLog 6 09.10.2020

Ransomware: average attacks rose 50% in Q3 2020

In the third quarter of 2020, the average daily number of ransomware attacks rose by almost 50% compared with the first half of the year. Data from Check Point's research show this.

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ForkLog 13 08.10.2020

Bitfinex-hacked bitcoins move again

Hackers again moved bitcoins stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 to unknown addresses. Whale Alert noted nine transactions totaling more than $30 million.

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ForkLog 8 07.10.2020

Hacked KuCoin resumes Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT deposits and withdrawals

On Wednesday 7 October, the KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange resumed accepting deposits and withdrawals in Bitcoin, Ethereum and the Tether stablecoin (USDT), bolstering wallet security.

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ForkLog 10 06.10.2020

User loses $140,000, falls victim to a DeFi scam

An unknown user lost $140,000 in Uniswap tokens after they were deposited into the UniCats project’s pool. The full story was uncovered by ZenGo researcher Alex Manuskin.

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ForkLog 8 06.10.2020

Hackers hacked the phones of 20 Israeli cryptocurrency executives

Attackers hacked the phones of at least 20 executives of Israeli cryptocurrency companies, gained access to their accounts on Telegram, Gmail and Yahoo, and attempted to obtain cryptocurrency. The local publication Haaretz reports.

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ForkLog 14 06.10.2020

Covert Monero-mining malware now steals passwords and disables rivals

Unit 42 researchers have uncovered a new variant of cryptojacking malware named Black-T, authored by the hacker group TeamTnT and targeting covert Monero mining.

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