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ForkLog 13 18.10.2021

REvil’s onion-domain hack knocks its sites offline again

REvil’s darknet sites went offline after unknown actors took control of their payment portal and a data-leaks blog on October 17.

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ForkLog 11 18.10.2021

Australian police arrest alleged organisers of $62 million cryptocurrency money-laundering scheme

Victoria Police uncovered one of the country’s largest criminal syndicates, suspected of moving tens of millions of dollars offshore.

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ForkLog 32 18.10.2021

Indexed Finance team claims to have identified the hacker who stole $16 million.

The Indexed Finance DeFi project team claims to have identified the attacker who siphoned assets worth approximately $16 million from the protocol.

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ForkLog 20 17.10.2021

FinCEN reports a rise in ransomware activity notices in 2021

In the first six months of 2021, exchanges and other institutions submitted to FinCEN 635 suspicious-activity reports related to ransom payments to ransomware operators. They contained information on transactions totaling $590 million, higher than for all of 2020.

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ForkLog 78 15.10.2021

In the UAE, scammers use a voice deepfake to steal $35m from a bank

In the United Arab Emirates, scammers impersonated the voice of the chief executive of a major company and persuaded a bank employee to transfer $35 million to their accounts.

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ForkLog 29 15.10.2021

DeFi project Indexed Finance loses $16 million in hacker attack

An unknown attacker drained assets worth about $16 million from the liquidity pools of the DeFi project Indexed Finance. The developers said the hacker exploited a vulnerability in the rebalancing mechanism.

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ForkLog 22 15.10.2021

Vatican criticised the role of cryptocurrencies in illegal migration

Cryptocurrencies play a dangerous role in human trafficking and contribute to rising crimes related to money laundering. This was stated by Vatican spokesman Janusz Urbanczyk.

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ForkLog 9 15.10.2021

Participants at US summit highlight role of cryptocurrencies in ransomware attacks

Participants in the U.S.-hosted summit will expand capabilities to curb the use of cryptocurrencies in ransomware attacks, according to a joint statement by representatives of 31 countries and the EU.

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ForkLog 8 14.10.2021

Lipetsk woman handed over more than 3 million rubles to cryptocurrency scammers

Law enforcement authorities in Lipetsk region have opened a criminal case into fraud in a particularly large amount, following a local resident's complaint.

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ForkLog 9 13.10.2021

Australia to tighten penalties for Bitcoin ransomware attackers

Hackers in Australia will face tougher criminal penalties and asset seizures for ransomware attacks by crypto-ransomware programs. The Australian reports.

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ForkLog 19 13.10.2021

Head of Estonian regulator proposes revoking previously issued cryptocurrency licenses

The new head of the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (RAB), Matis Mäecker, proposed revoking all licenses previously issued for cryptocurrency trading.

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ForkLog 17 12.10.2021

Bitcoin extortionists target major Ukrainian pharmacy chain

Unknown attackers hacked the Discount Pharmacy network (АНЦ) website and demanded a ransom in cryptocurrency.

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