Crimes | ForkLog - Part 140

ForkLog 11 05.08.2020

DeFi platform Opyn loses $371,000 in hack

Hackers siphoned about $371,000 of user funds from the DeFi platform Opyn, exploiting the vulnerability in the project’s internal token, oTokens.

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ForkLog 12 04.08.2020

Bitfinex offers up to $400m for return of 2016 stolen BTC

The cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has announced a reward for assistance in recovering funds stolen from the platform in 2016 as a result of a hack.

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ForkLog 12 04.08.2020

Media: Garmin pays multi-million-dollar ransom to decrypt files

Garmin, the smartwatch maker with navigation, paid a ransom to resume operation of its services. Sky News reports this.

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ForkLog 7 04.08.2020

Deceived Chinese crypto investors organised their own scam

Three Chinese residents lost money after unsuccessful investments in dubious cryptocurrency projects. To recoup the losses, they organised their own fraudulent scheme, according to Cointelegraph, citing a statement from the Public Information Network Security Oversight Service.

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ForkLog 9 03.08.2020

2gether to compensate clients €1.2m stolen in hack with its tokens

The eponymous Spanish crypto startup behind the 2gether app acknowledged that it could not immediately return €1.18 million to users. An equivalent of a quarter of client funds was lost in the breach on July 31.

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ForkLog 13 03.08.2020

Media: Wirecard serviced mafia-linked Maltese online casino

The issuer of Wirecard payment cards conducted financial operations for a Maltese online casino connected to the Italian mafia. The Financial Times reports.

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ForkLog 10 03.08.2020

Media: Teen accused in Twitter hack holds over $3 million in bitcoin

Clark's wallets hold more than $3 million in bitcoin, according to his lawyer, per the Tampa Bay Times.

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ForkLog 7 02.08.2020

Travel-management firm CWT paid $4.5 million in bitcoin to cyber extortionists

The American travel-management company CWT paid 414 BTC ($4.5 million at the time of the transaction) to hackers who stole a large volume of confidential corporate information, Reuters reports.

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ForkLog 8 01.08.2020

Florida teen, 17, detained over Twitter hack.

U.S. police have detained 17-year-old Graham Clarke, a resident of Tampa, accusing him of involvement in the recent Twitter hack and fraudulent Bitcoin giveaway. Local television channel WFLA reported this.

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ForkLog 8 31.07.2020

Elliptic: Twitter hackers who breached accounts laundered more than half of the bitcoins through two mixers

The attackers routed more than half of the bitcoins obtained through the hack of multiple Twitter accounts through ChipMixer and Wasabi Wallet mixers. This is stated in Elliptic's latest report.

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ForkLog 11 31.07.2020

EU sanctions Russia’s GRU over NotPetya ransomware attack

The Main Center for Special Technologies of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (GRU) has been included in the EU sanctions list for involvement in the NotPetya ransomware attacks in 2017.

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ForkLog 9 31.07.2020

Hackers stole more than $800,000 from Belarusian banks. They converted the funds into cryptocurrency

The Belarusian Interior Ministry identified ten participants in dispersed international cybercrime groups who stole $837,000 from eight Belarusian banks, BELTA reported, citing Vladimir Zaitsev, head of the ministry's high-tech crime investigations unit.

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