Crimes | ForkLog - Part 136

ForkLog 9 08.09.2020

Chile’s largest bank closes after Bitcoin ransomware attack.

One of Chile's three largest banks, BancoEstado, was forced to suspend operations at its branches on September 7 after a ransomware attack over the past weekend, according to ZDNet.

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ForkLog 9 08.09.2020

Bitcoin extortionists attack Argentina’s immigration service

Hackers disrupted Argentina's National Migration Service (DNM) and demanded $4 million in Bitcoin. The report comes from Bleeping Computer.

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ForkLog 18 08.09.2020

Tim Draper’s post supporting Bitcoin Cash turned out to be the result of a hack

Tim Draper's Twitter account, the venture capitalist and billionaire, was hacked, resulting in a post about Bitcoin Cash published in his name. Cointelegraph reports.

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ForkLog 18 07.09.2020

FBI files complaint against Bitsonar pyramid founder

Former employee of the Bitsonar cryptocurrency fund, Yaroslav Stadchenko (also known as Yan Novak), reported misconduct by the founder Alexander Tovstenko to the U.S. FBI.

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ForkLog 7 07.09.2020

Ransomware attack hits Nasdaq-listed Israeli company

The Israeli developer of wireless chips and camera sensors Tower Semiconductor Ltd., listed on Nasdaq, was hit by ransomware. The hackers are demanding hundreds of thousands of dollars to restore the infected systems, reports the local publication Calcalis.

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ForkLog 15 07.09.2020

In Moscow, a top executive of Standart-Credit Bank handed over 700,000 rubles, fearing a cryptocurrency loan

The chairwoman of Standart-Credit Bank in Moscow fell victim to scammers who claimed there were allegedly suspicious transactions on her card involving cryptocurrency, according to REN TV.

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ForkLog 21 07.09.2020

Researchers describe a new method of laundering money through Bitcoin.

Researchers from the Blockchain Research Lab published a paper describing a growing method of laundering money through cryptocurrency. The mechanism has been named 'exclusive mining'.

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ForkLog 17 04.09.2020

Study: Lazarus hackers launder cryptocurrency through gift cards

Hackers from the Lazarus Group launder stolen cryptocurrency through several exchanges or gift cards. A joint report by the British defence company BAE Systems and SWIFT concluded that the Lazarus Group is associated with North Korea.

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ForkLog 6 04.09.2020

Chilean bank sues Bitcoin exchange over theft of customer funds

The Chile-based Itau bank accused the cryptocurrency exchange Buda.com of transferring a client’s funds without authorization. The platform denies the charges, news.bitcoin.com reports.

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ForkLog 6 03.09.2020

Organizers of a multi-million-ruble Bitcoin-laundering operation arrested in Saint Petersburg

The Saint Petersburg police shut down a cryptocurrency exchange belonging to an organised crime group. They siphoned funds from bank cards and converted them into Bitcoin.

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ForkLog 10 03.09.2020

Microsoft: New Anubis Malware Threatens Bitcoin Wallets

Microsoft has detected several malware campaigns involving the new Anubis malware designed to steal keys from cryptocurrency wallets. CoinDesk reports.

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ForkLog 17 03.09.2020

Hackers breach one of India’s prime minister’s Twitter accounts

Malicious actors hacked one of the official Twitter accounts of India's prime minister Narendra Modi. On the page of the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund associated with him they posted a series of tweets with a fake call to transfer funds in cryptocurrency. This was reported by Nikkei Asia Review.

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