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ForkLog 18 01.02.2023

US-based organizer of $7.6m cryptocurrency scam jailed for more than eight years

A federal court in Boston sentenced the founder of My Big Coin on charges of promoting and selling a fraudulent virtual currency and operating an unlicensed digital-asset exchange.

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ForkLog 15 01.02.2023

Report: aggregate losses by users and investors in 2022 exceeded $63.9 billion

In 2022 the crypto industry experienced 359 incidents, including hacks and bankruptcies, causing a total loss of more than $63.9 billion.

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ForkLog 12 30.01.2023

CertiK experts identify alleged architect behind Monkey Drainer phishing scheme

CertiK researchers, presumably, identified one of the key participants in the Monkey Drainer fraud project. A dispute among the scammers helped them.

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ForkLog 25 26.01.2023

Robinhood’s Twitter account hacked to promote a scam token

Unknown individuals hacked the Robinhood online broker's Twitter account to promote a fraudulent RBH token on the BNB Chain. The damage did not exceed $8,000, according to The Block.

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ForkLog 12 26.01.2023

Moonbirds founder Kevin Rose loses NFTs worth $1 million after wallet hack

Moonbirds founder Kevin Rose has lost dozens of NFTs worth at least $1 million due to a wallet hack.

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ForkLog 7 24.01.2023

Media reports: Binance processed Bitcoin transactions totaling $346 million for Bitzlato

The cryptocurrency exchange Binance processed Bitcoin transactions totaling almost $346 million for the Bitzlato exchange.

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ForkLog 12 24.01.2023

FBI accuses Lazarus Group and APT38 of hacking the Horizon cross-chain bridge on the Harmony protocol for $100 million

North Korean hackers Lazarus Group and APT38 are involved in the June 2022 attack on the Horizon cross-chain bridge of the Harmony protocol, worth $100 million.

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ForkLog 12 24.01.2023

Wormhole protocol hack: hacker moved assets worth $157 million

An unknown hacker who breached the Wormhole cross-chain protocol in February 2022 for {{AOPEN_1}}over $319 million{{ACLOSE_1}} has begun moving the assets.

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ForkLog 12 23.01.2023

Europol: Bitzlato converted more than $1 billion of assets linked to crime

The Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange converted assets tied to criminal activity worth around €1 billion ($1.08 billion).

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ForkLog 15 20.01.2023

Chainalysis reports a substantial fall in ransomware operators’ bitcoin revenues

In 2022, ransomware operators' revenues from extortion fell by 40% — to $456.8 million, though this does not signify a decline in the overall number of attacks.

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ForkLog 9 19.01.2023

1,774.5 ETH stolen from the Raydium protocol moved through Tornado Cash

On January 19, an Ethereum address linked to the Raydium AMM protocol exploit laundered 1,774.5 ETH (about $2.7 million) through the Tornado Cash mixer.

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ForkLog 13 19.01.2023

Binance, Hydra and Finiko named leading counterparties in Bitzlato case

Binance, Hydra and the Finiko pyramid were among the top three counterparties receiving funds on the Bitzlato exchange, which U.S. authorities accuse of laundering $700 million.

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