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ForkLog 13 27.02.2023

Two suspects arrested in France over Platypus attack

French police arrested two suspects in the attack on the DeFi protocol Platypus, in which the project lost assets of more than $9 million.

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ForkLog 71 27.02.2023

In Bali, a Russian crypto blogger had $284,000 in cryptocurrency stolen.

Four unknown men attacked Russian investment blogger Yuri Boytsov, who resides on Bali, and forced him to transfer $284,000 in cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 31 26.02.2023

Oasis platform confiscates assets tied to Wormhole hack

The DeFi platform Oasis confiscated assets linked to the Wormhole cross-chain bridge hack, which occurred in February 2022. The operation was authorised by a British court.

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ForkLog 9 23.02.2023

Belarusian trader loses $70,000 attempting to cash out cryptocurrency

A 31-year-old trader from Grodno fell victim to scammers during a cryptocurrency-to-fiat exchange.

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ForkLog 16 21.02.2023

Hackers steal $300,000 via phishing site of a well-known Ethereum conference

The attackers created a fake site for the popular annual Ethereum conference in Denver and stole over $300,000 in ETH through it.

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ForkLog 13 17.02.2023

Chainalysis: Nearly 10,000 tokens used in pump-and-dump schemes

In 2022, cryptocurrency investors invested $4.6 billion in the purchase of tokens believed to be part of pump-and-dump schemes.

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ForkLog 18 17.02.2023

Platypus DeFi protocol on Avalanche loses $8.5 million in hack

The USP DeFi project's stablecoin lost its peg to the dollar after an attack in which an unknown actor siphoned $8.5 million from the Avalanche-based protocol.

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ForkLog 11 16.02.2023

Binance and Huobi Freeze Assets Stolen in Horizon Bridge Hack

Cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and Huobi froze wallets containing about $1.4 million in assets stolen in the Horizon cross-chain bridge attack on the Harmony protocol.

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ForkLog 16 13.02.2023

Wormhole hacker moved assets worth $46 million

An unknown hacker who breached the Wormhole cross-chain protocol in February 2022 has again moved assets totaling $46 million.

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ForkLog 13 13.02.2023

MetaMask team warns users about phishing

The developers of the non-custodial crypto wallet MetaMask warned users about phishing attacks via a third-party email service.

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ForkLog 11 13.02.2023

Founder of crypto platform EminiFX pleads guilty to $248 million fraud

On February 10, the CEO of the digital asset trading platform EminiFX, Eddie Alexander, admitted to defrauding investors of $248 million.

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ForkLog 9 10.02.2023

South Korea imposes sanctions on Bitcoin extortionists

South Korea's authorities have placed several North Korean hacking groups and individuals linked to cyberattacks and cryptocurrency theft on the sanctions list.

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