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ForkLog 18 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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ForkLog 13 09.02.2023

Bank of Russia blacklists fake broker CZ-Changpeng FX

On 8 February, the Bank of Russia expanded the list of companies with signs of illicit activity on the financial market. Eleven of them promised earnings from cryptocurrencies.

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ForkLog 11 08.02.2023

Webaverse team loses about $4 million in USDC after meeting with an ‘investor’

Hackers stole about $4 million in USDC from the gaming NFT project Webaverse after photographing the balance screen in a Trust Wallet during a face-to-face meeting.

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ForkLog 23 07.02.2023

Damus social network announces sats payouts; scammers seek to profit

The recently launched decentralized social network Damus announced the addition of a content-monetisation feature that would allow users to earn satoshis for viewing posts.

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ForkLog 16 07.02.2023

Media: Bitzlato co-founder Anton Shkurenko detained in Moscow

The co-founder of the Bitzlato crypto-exchange platform Anton Shkurenko was detained in Moscow at Interpol's request.

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ForkLog 48 07.02.2023

CoW Swap decentralised exchange loses $166,000 in hack

The MEV-resistant AMM protocol Cow Swap acknowledged an unauthorized withdrawal of cryptocurrencies worth $166,000 as a result of an exploit detected by on-chain analysts.

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ForkLog 18 07.02.2023

UN: North Korean hackers stole a record amount of cryptocurrency in 2022.

North Korean hackers stole a record amount of cryptocurrency in 2022 and targeted networks of foreign aerospace and defence companies.

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ForkLog 19 06.02.2023

Russia’s interior ministry could not identify victims or the amount of damage in the REvil hackers case

The Investigative Department of the Russian Interior Ministry has completed the investigation into the international hacking group REvil.

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ForkLog 27 06.02.2023

Russian court convicts P2P-deal participant of fraud

A Russian man who sold ruble-denominated code on the Garantex exchange to an unknown user who turned out to be a fraudster was sentenced to two years' probation for "collusion with the offender."

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ForkLog 14 06.02.2023

Experts suspect the Dingo crypto project of fraud

Specialists at Check Point Research identified the Dingo token (DINGO) as a 'potential scam'. Experts found a mechanism in the code enabling the owner to manipulate the fee, boosting it to 99%.

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ForkLog 20 03.02.2023

DeFi project Orion Protocol hacked for $3 million

An unknown attacker carried out an attack on the decentralised Orion Protocol platform.

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