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ForkLog 19 22.10.2024

Indexed Finance Hacker Funnels Stolen Funds Through Tornado Cash

The perpetrator who breached the DeFi project Indexed Finance in October 2021 has commenced transferring the stolen funds to Tornado Cash. This series of transactions was tracked by Cyvers Alerts. ?ALERT?@ndxfi has faced a security breach on Oct 2021! The attacker has started funneling over $4.5M through @TornadoCash since yesterday at https://t.co/XxF1IhsbfPAttacker still hold more […]

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ForkLog 22 22.10.2024

Data Breach at Crypto Payment Provider Transak

The cryptocurrency payment provider Transak confirmed that a third party gained partial access to the data of 92,554 users (1.14% of the total database). The company asserts that no financially sensitive or critically important information was compromised. According to the team, the hacker gained unauthorized access to a platform employee’s laptop through a phishing attack. […]

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ForkLog 14 18.10.2024

EigenLayer’s X Account Hacked to Promote Fake Airdrop

Unknown individuals gained control of the X account of the restaking protocol EigenLayer to distribute phishing content disguised as an EIGEN airdrop for the second season of Stakedrop. This was warned by on-chain investigator ZachXBT. According to Scam Sniffer, the perpetrators added a malicious link and urged users to claim coins, warning of a “last […]

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ForkLog 12 18.10.2024

FBI Arrests Hacker Linked to Fake Bitcoin ETF Announcement

On October 17, the FBI arrested 25-year-old Alabama resident Eric Counsil Jr., accused of hacking the X account of the SEC and posting a fake announcement about a spot Bitcoin ETF. According to the statement, he is charged with “conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and device access fraud.” The incident occurred on January 10, […]

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ForkLog 8 17.10.2024

US Authorities Seek Five-Year Sentence for Bitfinex Hacker

US prosecutors have requested a 60-month prison sentence for Ilya Lichtenstein, who hacked the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange for 119,754 BTC in 2016 and laundered the stolen assets. The recommended sentencing guidelines for the charges range from 121 to 151 months. Authorities justified the reduced sentence by citing the defendant’s cooperation in investigations beyond his own […]

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ForkLog 25 17.10.2024

Radiant Capital Hacked for Over $50 Million

The lending protocol Radiant Capital, backed by Binance Labs, suffered an attack amounting to over $50 million. The hacker obtained private keys for three out of 11 signatures and altered smart contracts. The lending protocol Radiant Capital was breached on the BNB Chain and Arbitrum networks. The team urged users to revoke permissions for affected […]

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ForkLog 6 11.10.2024

US Prosecutors Seek 18-Month Sentence for Bitfinex Hack Accomplice

US prosecutors have requested an 18-month prison sentence for Heather Morgan for her role in laundering 119,754 BTC stolen from the Bitfinex exchange in 2016. In 2022, law enforcement arrested the couple involved in the hack—34-year-old Ilya Lichtenstein and 31-year-old Morgan. They seized over 94,000 BTC valued at $3.6 billion at the time. The couple […]

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ForkLog 14 10.10.2024

US Authorities Recognize Bitfinex as Sole Victim of 2016 Exchange Hack

Currently, Bitfinex stands as the sole claimant for compensation from the 2016 hack, which saw the theft of 119,754 BTC from the platform. This is according to court documents. The US government stated it is unaware of any other parties entitled to compensation. However, authorities will proceed cautiously to ensure no potential victim is overlooked. […]

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ForkLog 14 05.10.2024

EigenLayer Reports Email Breach and Theft of 1.67 Million EIGEN Tokens

The EigenLayer restaking protocol team has reported that a malicious actor compromised the project’s email thread, resulting in the theft of 1.67 million EIGEN tokens, valued at approximately $6 million. Community Update: In an isolated incident this morning, an email thread involving one investor’s transfer of tokens into custody was compromised by a malicious attacker. […]

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ForkLog 17 04.10.2024

Cryptex Exchange Defendants Placed Under House Arrest

The Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow has imposed pre-trial restrictions on three individuals accused in the case involving the criminal network of the cryptocurrency exchange Cryptex and the anonymous payment system UAPS. At the request of the investigative authorities, the alleged mastermind of the scheme, Alexander Tereshchenko, along with two accomplices, Ruslan and Roman Orekhovsky, […]

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ForkLog 13 03.10.2024

AT&T Faces Renewed Legal Battle Over $24 Million Cryptocurrency Theft

Telecommunications giant AT&T is once again facing court proceedings regarding its role in the theft of $24 million in cryptocurrency from Michael Terpin, founder of the bitcoin investor group BitAngels, through SIM card swapping. The relevant ruling was issued by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The incident occurred in 2018 when 15-year-old hacker Ellis […]

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ForkLog 7 02.10.2024

Crypto Hackers and Scammers Steal $753 Million in Q3

In the third quarter of 2024, participants in the crypto industry suffered losses amounting to $753 million due to 155 incidents of hacks, exploits, and scams, according to data from CertiK. ? Hack3D Report: Q3 2024 ? 155 hacks, scams, and exploits drained $753,094,610 from Web3 in Q3 2024. This represents a 9.5% increase in […]

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