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ForkLog 11 29.06.2022

Reuters reports North Korea losses from crypto-market downturn

North Korea has lost “millions of dollars” stolen by hackers due to the downturn in the cryptocurrency market. This threatens funding for its weapons programmes, Reuters reports, citing sources.

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ForkLog 12 29.06.2022

FBI: Scammers use deepfakes in online job interviews

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warned of a rising number of cases involving stolen personal information and deepfakes in hiring for remote IT roles.

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ForkLog 18 29.06.2022

Ronin sidechain relaunch: what happened?

Why did Axie Infinity’s developers build the Ronin sidechain? Why did it need relaunching? What comes next? We explain the project’s chequered history.

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ForkLog 9 27.06.2022

Harmony offers $1 million bounty for return of $100 million stolen from Horizon bridge

The Harmony protocol team offered a $1 million bounty for the return of Horizon cross-chain bridge crypto assets worth $100 million or information leading to the attackers.

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ForkLog 14 27.06.2022

Impostors posing as Anonymous hackers pledge to ‘do everything’ to hold Do Kwon, Terraform Labs chief, to account.

Unknown actors claiming to represent the Anonymous hackers promised to do everything to have Terraform Labs chief Do Kwon held to account as soon as possible. However, the hacker group's Twitter account refuted the statement.

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ForkLog 20 24.06.2022

Hackers attacked the DNS servers of DeFi projects that used Namecheap’s services

Since June 23, a number of DeFi projects, including Convex Finance, Allbridge, Ribbon Finance and DeFi Saver, faced DNS server attacks. All of them used Namecheap's domain registrar services.

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ForkLog 16 24.06.2022

Hacker hijacked Convex Finance DNS server

An attacker hijacked the DNS server of the DeFi protocol Convex Finance to prompt users to approve malicious smart contracts. The project team is assessing the potential damage.

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ForkLog 21 24.06.2022

Hacker steals about $100 million in Harmony’s Horizon cross-chain bridge attack

The Harmony team said a cross-chain Horizon bridge attack resulted in losses of about $100 million.

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ForkLog 6 22.06.2022

Chainalysis launches hotline for victims of cryptocurrency crimes

Analytics firm Chainalysis launched a 24/7 hotline to support organisations affected by ransomware and crypto-related cyberattacks.

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ForkLog 5 22.06.2022

Huobi accuses former employee of illegal trading, according to FT

The cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has filed a civil suit against former senior manager Chen Boliang, according to the Financial Times (FT).

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ForkLog 61 22.06.2022

QAnon-linked Telegram channels lure millions of dollars by promoting fraudulent tokens

Over the past year, QAnon-aligned figures within the conspiracy-theory community persuaded thousands of followers to invest in fraudulent tokens. This is evidenced by an investigation by Logically.

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ForkLog 14 21.06.2022

Thai bitcoin investor robbed a jewellery store over losses on the crypto market

Bangkok police arrested a suspect in the jewellery-store robbery worth around 1.8 million baht (more than $50,000). It is reported that he intended to compensate for losses from bitcoin investments.

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