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ForkLog 20 18.03.2024

Milady Founder Reports NFT Wallet Breach

Charlotte Fang, founder of NFT projects Milady and Remilia, has confirmed a security breach of treasury addresses resulting in losses amounting to millions of dollars. Remilia treasury appears to have been drained Assets from multiple official Remilia wallets have been moved to the address below and are being sold off 0x778Be423ef77A20A4493f846BdbcDDfc30252cE9 pic.twitter.com/AgwmVwWIE4 — Dumpster DAO […]

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ForkLog 12 07.03.2024

Founder of Braiscompany Arrested in Argentina for Alleged Ponzi Scheme

The founder of Braiscompany, Inacio Da Silva Neto, and his wife, Farias Campos, have been arrested in Argentina for allegedly running a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that defrauded Brazilian investors of $400 million, according to Metaverse Post. In 2023, Interpol issued an arrest warrant for Da Silva Neto on charges of money laundering and crimes against […]

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ForkLog 11 06.03.2024

WOOFi DeFi Platform Suffers $8.75 Million Loss in Cyber Attack

The team behind the decentralized exchange WOOFi has reported an exploit of its swap service on the Arbitrum L2 network, resulting in a loss of $8.75 million. Earlier today we identified an exploit of WOOFi Swap on Arbitrum. Within 13 minutes, the threat had been contained and we marked all other WOO contracts as safe. […]

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ForkLog 6 06.03.2024

Kyiv Cyberpolice Dismantle Cryptocurrency Arbitrage Scheme

Kyiv’s Cyberpolice have dismantled a criminal organization whose members were seizing citizens’ cryptocurrencies. The scheme was orchestrated by two residents of the Kyiv region, who enlisted seven individuals from Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, and Rivne regions. Most of the participants had known each other since childhood. They promoted cryptocurrency earnings through Telegram channels and set up […]

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ForkLog 26 05.03.2024

Kaliningrad Court Sentences Crypto Investor’s Kidnappers

Two residents of the Kaliningrad region have been found guilty of kidnapping, extortion, car theft, robbery, and attempted murder, according to a statement by the local Investigative Committee. In September 2021, they kidnapped a Kaliningrad resident who had substantial cryptocurrency savings. They held him for nearly a day in an undisclosed location, where they coerced […]

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ForkLog 11 04.03.2024

Crypto Project Losses from Hacks and Scams Drop to $67 Million in February

In February, the cryptocurrency industry suffered losses of approximately $67 million due to hacker attacks and fraud across 12 different incidents, according to a report by Immunefi. Data: Immunefi. The damage was roughly half of January’s figure of ~$126.8 million. In February, nearly all losses were attributed to hacks of the gaming platform PlayDapp ($32.35 […]

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ForkLog 5 04.03.2024

Nigerian Authorities Summon Binance CEO for Questioning

The Nigerian House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes has summoned Binance cryptocurrency exchange CEO Richard Teng to appear before the agency by March 4 to testify regarding alleged terrorism financing and money laundering. This was reported by local media. Committee Chairman Ginger Onwusibe expressed the intention to protect Nigerians from financial crimes, particularly those […]

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ForkLog 22 26.02.2024

Speculation of Hack or Scam at BitForex Exchange Involving $56 Million

On February 23, approximately $56.5 million was withdrawn from the hot wallets of the cryptocurrency exchange BitForex, noted on-chain researcher ZachXBT. Seeing some suspicious activity with the crypto exchange @bitforexcom. On Feb 23 their hot wallets saw outflows of ~$56.5M. Shortly after this time withdrawals stopped processing with no official announcements having been made since. […]

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ForkLog 9 26.02.2024

Bitcoin Miner Thieves Apprehended After Chase in Irkutsk

Traffic police in Irkutsk have apprehended serial thieves of cryptocurrency mining equipment, according to the local Ministry of Internal Affairs. The latest report of stolen ASIC miners was filed on December 25, 2023, by the owner of a tire repair shop where the devices were stored. During the investigation, law enforcement identified the suspects as […]

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ForkLog 12 26.02.2024

OTCPro User Disappears with $650,000 After Error

An Australian cryptocurrency exchange, OTCPro, mistakenly credited user Koh Seng Chai with $653,000 instead of $65,300. He withdrew most of the funds and vanished, according to ABC News, citing court documents. The incident occurred in January when an internal glitch turned 99,500 AUD into 995,000 AUD. The exchange’s management discovered the error on January 4 […]

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ForkLog 19 19.02.2024

FixedFloat Cryptocurrency Exchange Hacked for $26 Million

The team at cryptocurrency exchange FixedFloat has confirmed a hack resulting in losses of at least $26 million in Bitcoin and Ethereum. Hello, We confirm that there was indeed a hack and theft of funds. We are not yet ready to make public comments on this matter, as we are working to eliminate all possible […]

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ForkLog 38 16.02.2024

YouTuber KSI Accused of XCAD Token Pump and Dump; Project Founder Defends Him

On-chain analyst ZachXBT has accused YouTuber KSI of price speculation involving digital assets, including the XCAD token. Remember when KSI posted “All of a sudden, my $XCAD bag is looking juicy again. #HodlGang” Then proceeded to dump $850,000 worth of XCAD over the following days from his wallet address. https://t.co/qAEIRYGTMd pic.twitter.com/Gn6LMybQia — ZachXBT (@zachxbt) February […]

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