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ForkLog 18 10.10.2022

U.S. drug trafficker charged with laundering $5.3 million through Bitcoin

A California man was indicted for using cryptocurrency to launder more than $5.3 million in proceeds from illegal drug trafficking.

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ForkLog 6 07.10.2022

BNB Chain team to vote on next steps after bridge hack

BNB Chain (BSC) developers apologised to the community for the breach of the BSC Token Hub bridge and announced a vote on the next steps, as stated in the blog.

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ForkLog 22 07.10.2022

BNB Chain team restores network after $100 million hack

The BNB Chain team halted the network amid the breach of the BSC Token Hub bridge. Hackers stole digital assets worth more than $544 million, but only $100 million had been withdrawn.

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ForkLog 14 05.10.2022

Crypto industry loses $428 million in Q3 to hacks and scams

For Q3 2022, the Web3 ecosystem's total losses from hacks and fraud amounted to $428.7 million, according to Immunefi.

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ForkLog 26 04.10.2022

Beeple’s Discord server targeted by phishing attack

The artist Mike Winkelmann (Beeple) reported that the URL directing to his official Discord server was hacked. Users were redirected to a fraudulent channel.

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ForkLog 12 04.10.2022

Mastercard to roll out tool to detect fraud in Bitcoin transactions

The Mastercard payment network will launch the Crypto Secure tool. It will enable banks to identify and block transactions with crypto exchanges implicated in fraudulent practices, CNBC reports.

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ForkLog 16 03.10.2022

Transit Swap hacker sent assets to Tornado Cash

The hacker who breached the decentralised cross-chain exchange Transit Swap transferred part of the stolen funds to the Tornado Cash mixer and began corresponding with the project team.

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ForkLog 12 03.10.2022

Binance signs memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan’s financial-monitoring agency

On 3 October, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance signed a memorandum of understanding with the Financial Monitoring Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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ForkLog 9 02.10.2022

Decentralized exchange Transit Swap loses $21 million in hacker attack

Decentralized cross-chain exchange Transit Swap has lost about $21 million in a hacker attack. The attacker exploited a bug in the service's smart contract.

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ForkLog 8 28.09.2022

Media: Japan to tighten anti-money-laundering rules for cryptocurrencies

The Japanese government will introduce new rules tightening the fight against the laundering of illegally obtained funds through digital assets. The report comes from Nikkei.

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ForkLog 18 26.09.2022

Hackers stole an additional $950,000 due to Profanity vulnerability

PeckShield analysts recorded a theft of around 732 ETH (about $950,000) from an Ethereum address generated with the Profanity vanity-address generator.

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ForkLog 13 26.09.2022

In China, 93 suspects detained over $5.5 billion cryptocurrency money-laundering case

The Hengyang District Public Security Bureau uncovered the case of the criminal group '9.15' involved in laundering money through cryptocurrencies.

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