Crimes | ForkLog - Part 133

ForkLog 14 27.09.2020

Hackers used Uniswap to launder $150m siphoned from KuCoin

Hackers who breached the KuCoin exchange are using the decentralized exchange Uniswap to convert altcoins into Ethereum.

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ForkLog 9 26.09.2020

American woman allegedly hired to kill her ex-husband for bitcoins

A Nevada woman was charged with arranging the murder of her ex-husband, which never occurred. She paid 12 BTC to scammers on the dark web for it.

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ForkLog 17 26.09.2020

KuCoin Bitcoin exchange hacked; losses estimated at $150 million

The cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin said there were unauthorized withdrawals from its hot wallets of Bitcoin, ERC-20 tokens and others. According to some estimates, losses could reach $150 million.

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ForkLog 29 25.09.2020

Spanish crypto project Arbistar suspected of exit scam

Arbistar 2.0 stopped its trading bot Community Bot, blocking the accounts of 32,000 users. Afterwards analytical firm Tulip Research suspected the developer of a scam.

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ForkLog 6 24.09.2020

Hackers Put Android Malware Up for Sale That Steals Bitcoins

A new Android malware targeting banking apps and cryptocurrency wallets has appeared for sale on hacker forums. ThreatFabric analysts said.

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ForkLog 10 24.09.2020

Poisoned Tomato: DeFi protocol tomatos.finance turns out to be a scam

Users who received DeFi project's tomatos.finance tokens during the airdrop may face a risk of asset loss. This warning comes from the Telegram channel DeFi Leaks. WARNING from DeFi Leaks: If you receive a token https://t.co/iRoVOjw38g in your wallet please do NOT visit their website and approve any contract on their end. It looks like the approval via the website gives their contract permissions to steal your tokens (USDT, DAI, TUSD, UNI…)

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ForkLog 8 23.09.2020

Hackers masquerading as RBC demanded $50,000 in cryptocurrency

A major Russian medical company was hit by an attack by the criminal group OldGremlin. The attackers demanded $50,000 in cryptocurrency for decrypting the corporate network data. This was reported by Group-IB specialists.

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ForkLog 8 23.09.2020

Dark Overlord hacker sentenced to five years in U.S. federal prison

The UK resident Nathan Wyatt pleaded guilty to theft of personal data and carrying out cyberattacks. He also confirmed his involvement with the hacking group The Dark Overlord, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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ForkLog 9 23.09.2020

LockBit ransomware operators published stolen data of US residents

LockBit ransomware operators published online a portion of data stolen from Skyline, an American company that organises trade shows. This is reported by the Telegram channel 'Information Leaks'.

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ForkLog 10 23.09.2020

Lightning Network vulnerability could allow bitcoins to be withdrawn from circulation

The introduction of Wumbo channels to the Lightning Network created a new vulnerability. This drew the attention of Joost Jager, a developer working on Bitcoin scalability solutions.

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ForkLog 15 22.09.2020

Khakassia’s top narcotics officer jailed for eight years for a bitcoin-bribe

The former head of the Khakassia Interior Ministry's drug-control department has been found guilty of receiving a bribe in cryptocurrency worth 52,000 rubles and of disclosing state secrets. The press service of the Investigative Committee of Krasnoyarsk Krai said.

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ForkLog 79 21.09.2020

Big banks drawn into $2 trillion money-laundering scandal for oligarchs and criminals

An unprecedented leak of secret US financial intelligence FinCEN files reveals criminal schemes by oligarchs from across the world, enabling them to launder about $2 trillion through the globe's largest banks between 1999 and 2017. The information was published by Cassandra, the international investigative journalism project, involving 110 media outlets from 88 countries, including ICIJ, BuzzFeed News and OCCRP.

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