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ForkLog 10 26.02.2022

BitConnect founder indicted for $2.4 billion crypto fraud

A federal grand jury in San Diego indicted BitConnect founder Satish Kumbhani for $2.4 billion Ponzi-scheme fraud.

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ForkLog 11 25.02.2022

Media reveal details of $36 million withdrawal from IRA Financial Trust accounts

IRA Financial Trust staff were away from the scene during the $36 million theft from clients' crypto-pension accounts due to a false police call, according to authorities.

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ForkLog 9 24.02.2022

Ukraine reports ongoing cyberattacks on government websites

On February 24, cyberattacks on all core information resources of Ukraine continued. The Ministry of Digital Transformation said so.

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ForkLog 8 23.02.2022

Ukrainian government websites hit by DDoS attack

Several Ukrainian government websites stopped loading. As of this writing, among them were the Cabinet of Ministers, the Verkhovna Rada, the Security Service, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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ForkLog 8 23.02.2022

Scammers in Russia have devised a new scheme involving ‘cryptocurrencies as gifts’

During the holidays, criminals began actively using the 'gift cryptocurrencies' scheme.

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ForkLog 23 22.02.2022

Journalist names alleged The DAO hacker

Journalist Laura Shin claimed the involvement of TenX's former co-founder and chief financial officer Toby Henisha in The DAO hack. She wrote about this in a Forbes article, published to accompany the February 22 investigative book.

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ForkLog 10 22.02.2022

Indian police arrest suspects in $5.34 million Ethereum fraud

Indian police arrested suspects in cryptocurrency fraud totaling 400 million rupees (~$5.34 million), according to the Times of India.

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ForkLog 13 21.02.2022

Victims of dating-app fraud handed over $139m in cryptocurrencies in 2021

In 2021, total losses from fraud on online dating services reached $547 million, with a fifth of that amount coming from cryptocurrencies.

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ForkLog 19 20.02.2022

OpenSea launches investigation into user NFT theft

The NFT marketplace OpenSea has launched an investigation into rumors of an exploit related to its smart contracts. The company said this was a phishing attack — no issues on the platform's side have been found.

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ForkLog 13 18.02.2022

AscendEX hacker begins laundering stolen assets

The hacker who breached the AscendEX cryptocurrency exchange in December 2021 has begun selling the stolen assets.

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ForkLog 12 17.02.2022

Chainalysis: more than 4,000 ‘criminal whales’ hold $25 billion in cryptocurrency

Almost 4% of 'whale balances' are controlled by criminals. According to the latest Chainalysis report, these wallets hold more than $25 billion in cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 20 16.02.2022

Ukraine banks and government sites hit by DDoS described as largest-ever attack in the country’s history

A DDoS attack suffered on February 15 by several Ukrainian banks and government resources has been described as the largest in the country's history. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, at a briefing dedicated to the incident.

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