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ForkLog 21 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 15 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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ForkLog 13 23.09.2022

Harmony unveils new plan to reimburse $100 million to Horizon bridge hack victims

The Harmony team unveiled a new plan to compensate victims of the Horizon cross-chain bridge hack for $100 million.

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ForkLog 19 21.09.2022

Brazil court orders cryptocurrency fraud suspect to pay $3.7 billion

The Rio de Janeiro court ordered GAS Consultoria founder Glaidson Acácio dos Santos to deposit 19 billion reais (~$3.7 billion). The funds will be used to compensate victims of cryptocurrency fraud, according to O Globo.

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ForkLog 34 20.09.2022

Experts tie Wintermute’s $160 million hack to vanity-address generator vulnerability

The thief who stole $160 million from market maker Wintermute exploited a vulnerability in the Profanity tool, according to Polygon's head of information security, Mudit Gupta.

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ForkLog 25 20.09.2022

CoinDCX’s Twitter used for fake XRP advertising

On September 20, unknown hackers hacked the Twitter account of the Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX and posted a fake XRP advertisement with phishing links.

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ForkLog 21 20.09.2022

Hackers stole $160 million from Wintermute

The market-maker Wintermute has lost assets worth $160 million in a hacker attack.

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ForkLog 23 18.09.2022

Hackers stole about $3.3 million through vulnerability in Profanity Ethereum address generator

Hackers stole about $3.3 million in cryptocurrency from Ethereum users who generated addresses via the Profanity tool. Earlier, the 1inch Network team warned about the vulnerability.

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ForkLog 12 16.09.2022

United States: IGOBIT fraud scheme organizer sentenced

A U.S. court found 50-year-old Washington state resident Asa Sen-Kler guilty of organizing a cryptocurrency fraud scheme. The Department of Justice reports.

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ForkLog 80 16.09.2022

Mt. Gox: the biggest hack in cryptocurrency history

Why did Mt. Gox’s administrators fail to spot a years-long breach? How many bitcoins did hackers steal from users? Have the masterminds and perpetrators been found? We retrace Mt. Gox’s rise and collapse in this “Cryptorium” overview.

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ForkLog 35 14.09.2022

Wave of Twitter scams impersonating Vitalik Buterin as The Merge approaches

Twitter has been flooded with fake profiles of Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin promoting fraudulent cryptocurrency giveaways ahead of the network’s transition to the Proof-of-Stake.

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ForkLog 19 14.09.2022

Dutch police arrest suspect over fraud involving Electrum Bitcoin wallet

Dutch police arrested a 39-year-old man on suspicion of laundering funds stolen through a malicious Electrum wallet update.

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