Crimes | ForkLog - Part 137

ForkLog 20 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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ForkLog 12 03.09.2020

Russian woman duped by scammer selling bitcoins via Telegram

A 38-year-old woman from Abakan lost almost 100,000 rubles while trying to buy bitcoins. The local police site reports this.

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ForkLog 9 02.09.2020

OneCoin lawyer faces $393 million forfeiture as DOJ seeks seizure

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed in a New York court seeking to seize nearly $393 million from Mark Scott, a lawyer tied to the OneCoin pyramid. CoinDesk reports.

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ForkLog 17 02.09.2020

New cryptominer KryptoCibule targets residents of Eastern Europe

ESET researchers have discovered a new trojan, KryptoCibule, aimed at stealing and mining cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 10 01.09.2020

Crypto fraud in Russia worth more than 500,000 rubles exposed

A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia fell victim to a scammer who offered her a chance to earn money from cryptocurrency, reports the Obzor publication.

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ForkLog 21 31.08.2020

Founder of unnamed crypto fund detained in Ukraine on suspicion of contract killing

On August 30, in Odesa, Ukrainian law enforcement officers detained the founder of an unnamed cryptocurrency investment fund on suspicion of ordering the murder of his former colleague.

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ForkLog 20 31.08.2020

Investor loses 1,400 bitcoins after using an older Electrum wallet

Malicious actors stole 1,400 bitcoins (about $16.3 million at the time) from a cryptocurrency investor who had held the coins since 2017, disclosed on GitHub.

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ForkLog 17 28.08.2020

US DOJ: Russian offered $1 million in bitcoins to a Nevada company employee for a cyberattack

The U.S. Department of Justice charged Russian citizen Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov with conspiring to commit cybercrime. He allegedly attempted to bribe an employee of a Nevada company with $1 million in bitcoins to install malware on the organization’s computer system.

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ForkLog 18 28.08.2020

US to seize cryptocurrency from North Korea-linked accounts

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil-forfeiture complaint seeking to seize funds from 280 cryptocurrency accounts. The department ties them to hacks carried out by North Korean hackers.

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ForkLog 10 27.08.2020

ShapeShift sues former lead engineer over alleged $900,000 Bitcoin theft

The cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift has filed a lawsuit against a former lead engineer over damages from the alleged theft of $900,000 in Bitcoin.

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ForkLog 8 27.08.2020

Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit: Money Laundering Occurs More Through Banks Than Via Fintech

Mexico's Financial Intelligence Unit published the results of the national risk assessment. According to the report, the potential for money laundering through the banking sector far exceeds the risks of such crimes in the fintech and cryptocurrency sectors.

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ForkLog 6 27.08.2020

Bitcoin extortionists threaten the Saratov region government with an explosion

On Wednesday, 26 August, a letter threatening an explosion was received by the Government of Saratov Oblast. The attackers demanded 1.990364 BTC, according to the local publication 'Fourth Power'.

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