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ForkLog 16 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 14 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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ForkLog 20 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 21 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 14 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 38 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 15 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 13 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 18 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 14 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 18 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 21 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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