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ForkLog 20 22.08.2022

Hackers used a deepfake in a Binance listing scam

A group of hackers impersonated Binance’s Chief Communications Officer Patrick Hillmann in a series of video calls with representatives of cryptocurrency projects, promising to assist in listing on the exchange for a fee.

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ForkLog 11 22.08.2022

Hackers Attack General Bytes Bitcoin ATMs

Hackers breached General Bytes' Bitcoin ATM settings, allowing cryptocurrency deposited through the devices to be redirected to their own wallet.

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ForkLog 22 22.08.2022

Ronin hackers convert assets into Bitcoin and use mixers

Hackers behind the March Ronin sidechain breach, worth $625 million, converted most of the assets into Bitcoin using privacy tools. According to researcher ₿liteZero of SlowMist.

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ForkLog 20 19.08.2022

Co-founder of Bitcoin exchanges Coyote Crypto and EggChange extradited to the United States

A Russian national, Denis Dubnikov, accused of laundering funds for Ryuk ransomware operators, was extradited from the Netherlands to the United States. The court date is set for October 4.

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ForkLog 16 18.08.2022

Hackers attack Celer Network cross-chain bridge

Hackers compromised the DNS server of the Celer Network cross-chain bridge, cBridge. As a result, the external interface redirected some users to malicious smart contracts.

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ForkLog 8 17.08.2022

Chainalysis: Illicit crypto-transactions fell by 15%

The volume of illicit digital-asset transactions from January to July fell by 15% compared with the same period last year, according to Chainalysis.

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ForkLog 17 17.08.2022

Israel uncovers scheme to launder millions of euros through cryptocurrencies

The Israeli Tax Authority and police arrested three suspects in organizing an international money-laundering scheme that laundered millions of euros using cryptocurrencies.

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ForkLog 17 15.08.2022

Hedge-fund owner accused of $12 million Bitcoin fraud

In the U.S. district court in Ohio, a lawsuit was filed by the CFTC against a local resident accused of organizing a financial pyramid with losses exceeding $12 million in cash and Bitcoin.

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ForkLog 12 15.08.2022

BlueBenx reports $31 million hack and halts withdrawals

The Brazilian cryptocurrency platform BlueBenx blocked customer withdrawals, citing a hack. Portal do Bitcoin reports this.

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ForkLog 12 15.08.2022

Prominent crypto hacker accused of stealing $350,000 from Velodrome

The Velodrome decentralized exchange identified a former team member responsible for the August theft of $350,000 from one of the platform's wallets.

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ForkLog 12 11.08.2022

Slope denies link between wallet bug and Solana breach

Auditors did not find “convincing evidence” of a link between the Slope wallet vulnerability and the Solana addresses breach worth millions, according to the app's developers.

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ForkLog 12 11.08.2022

Curve Finance users lose $573,000 in front-end attack

On August 9, unknown attackers compromised the DeFi protocol Curve Finance's frontend. As a result, users lost assets valued at $573,000.

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