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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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ForkLog 7 21.12.2021

Saint Petersburg court convicts cryptocurrency thieves in a 55-million-ruble case.

The Petrogradsky District Court of Saint Petersburg handed down a guilty verdict against two attackers who stole cryptocurrencies from a victim under the guise of FSB officers.

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ForkLog 9 20.12.2021

Mining equipment stolen in Irkutsk region through roof hole

Police in the Shelekhovsky District of Irkutsk Oblast uncovered a series of cryptocurrency mining equipment thefts.

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ForkLog 21 20.12.2021

Hackers breach DeFi platform Grim Finance and steal $30 million

The Grim Finance DeFi platform team reported a hacking attack in which attackers stole $30 million.

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ForkLog 9 17.12.2021

Media suspect Bitcoin extortionists behind barn explosion in Dnipropetrovsk region

Early on December 16, a blast occurred on the grounds of a private house in the village of Zhemchuzhne in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

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ForkLog 22 17.12.2021

Chainalysis: rug-pull schemes accounted for 37% of scammers’ income in 2021

In 2021, scammers stole more than $7.7 billion in cryptocurrencies from users. More than a third of this amount came from the so-called rug pulls.

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ForkLog 17 16.12.2021

Crystal Blockchain: Over $12.1 billion in losses from hackers and fraudsters over a decade

The total losses suffered by cryptocurrency platforms and their users from hackers and scammers surpassed $12 billion, according to Crystal Blockchain analysts.

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ForkLog 8 16.12.2021

Sixteen residents of Irkutsk Oblast gave scammers 2.5 million rubles in bid to start mining

Several residents of Irkutsk Oblast fell victim to scammers who duped them when buying equipment for cryptocurrency mining or renting premises for farms. The local МВД reported this.

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ForkLog 6 15.12.2021

In Moscow, a stablecoins seller was robbed of a bag containing $1 million during a deal

A victim has filed a police report in Moscow, alleging that $1 million was taken during a sale of digital assets.

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ForkLog 23 14.12.2021

Report: 47% of hacker attacks in 2021 targeted ransomware programs

In 2021 ransomware operators concentrated on attacks on large organisations and increased the average ransom demand, according to specialists at Kaspersky Lab.

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ForkLog 17 14.12.2021

Kemerovo resident sells his home and hands over 3 million rubles to scammers in bid to profit from cryptocurrencies

A resident of Kemerovo fell victim to scammers posing as cryptocurrency investors who extorted 3 million rubles. The police reported.

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