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ForkLog 10 28.12.2021

Hong Kong arrests suspects in $48.7 million money laundering via crypto exchange

Hong Kong Customs arrested two locals on suspicion of laundering more than HK$380 million ($48.7 million) through personal bank accounts and a cryptocurrency exchange. This is stated in a press release.

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ForkLog 16 28.12.2021

In Irkutsk, traffic police detained suspects in theft of ASIC miners

In Irkutsk, police accidentally uncovered a major theft of mining equipment.

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ForkLog 10 27.12.2021

Metaswap Gas team suspected of exit scam

The Metaswap Gas protocol (MGAS) on Binance Smart Chain (BSC) became the target of a rug pull scheme, PeckShield researchers said.

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ForkLog 8 27.12.2021

ASIC-miner thieves from Angarsk to stand trial

In Angarsk, the investigation into a criminal case against four local residents accused of a series of cryptocurrency mining equipment thefts has been completed.

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ForkLog 8 27.12.2021

Indian police warn of rise in cryptocurrency fraud

The Hyderabad Police Commissioner (capital of Telangana) Shikha Goel warned Indian citizens about the rise in cybercrime and urged investing in digital assets only through reputable companies.

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ForkLog 20 27.12.2021

Hackers exploited a Log4j vulnerability to mine on Hewlett Packard servers

Malicious actors exploited a vulnerability in the popular Log4j library to gain control of AMD EPYC-based servers to mine the Raptoreum cryptocurrency. Tom’s Hardware reports.

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ForkLog 12 26.12.2021

Fraudsters attack Mirror Protocol on Terra blockchain

Fraudsters are attempting to drain the Mirror Protocol community pool via the on-chain governance system, according to CertiK researchers. The attackers published a series of proposals, and if adopted, MIR tokens worth more than $111 million would be sent to their addresses.

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ForkLog 11 24.12.2021

Hackers spread cryptomining malware via pirated Spider-Man: No Way Home

Malicious actors began distributing malware for covert cryptocurrency mining via a torrent file for the popular film Spider-Man: No Way Home, according to experts at ReasonLabs.

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ForkLog 9 23.12.2021

Part of the bitcoins from a wallet calling itself WEX’s ‘miner’ moved to Binance

Outgoing transactions from the address belonging to the extortionist demanding 120 BTC on behalf of the “WEX exchange client” lead to wallets of several trading platforms with mandatory user verification. One of the addresses belongs to Binance.

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ForkLog 8 22.12.2021

Hackers stole $1.3 million from users of the Monkey Kingdom NFT project

Hackers compromised the Discord account of the Monkey Kingdom project administrator and posted a phishing link in the group chat before the sale began. Users lost 7,056 SOL (about $1.3 million).

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ForkLog 12 22.12.2021

AWS billed user $45,000 after Monero miners hacked his account

Johnny Platt, founder of SEO Scout, was a victim of hackers mining Monero.

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ForkLog 10 21.12.2021

Hackers drained more than 8.8 million VISR tokens from the Visor DeFi protocol

The Visor decentralised protocol was attacked using a reentrancy exploit and lost more than 8.8 million VISR tokens.

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