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ForkLog 12 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 9 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 21 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 11 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 45 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 13 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 16 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 26 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 12 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 19 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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ForkLog 13 02.02.2023

Media reports on popular scams targeting Russians in Bitcoin exchanges

Russians are turning to cryptocurrencies, notably stablecoins, for cross-border transfers and payments, but are becoming victims of scammers.

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ForkLog 10 02.02.2023

BonqDAO and AllianceBlock hit by $89 million hack

An unknown actor siphoned roughly 114 million AllianceBlock (ALBT) tokens and 98 million BEUR from the BonqDAO protocol pool.

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