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ForkLog 8 02.10.2024

Extensive Raids Uncover Illegal Bitcoin Exchanges in St. Petersburg

Officers from the Economic Crime Department of the St. Petersburg police are conducting searches at 80 locations linked to a network of illegal cryptocurrency exchanges. This was reported by 47news, citing sources. According to the publication, investigative actions in the city and region commenced at 6:00 AM on October 2, under the direction of Russian […]

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ForkLog 18 02.10.2024

Crypto Projects Suffer $120 Million Loss from September Hacks

In September, over 20 hacker attacks resulted in losses of approximately $120.23 million for the crypto industry, according to data from PeckShield. #PeckShieldAlert September 2024 saw 20+ hacks in the crypto space, leading to ~$120.23 million in losses. (Note: The $32.4 million worth of $spWETH drained in a Permit signature #phishing is not included)#Top 10 […]

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ForkLog 7 02.10.2024

Indiana Man Admits to $37 Million Cryptocurrency Theft

The U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged a 21-year-old resident of Lebanon, Indiana, with cybercriminal fraud resulting in over $37 million in cryptocurrency losses. Court documents reveal that in February 2022, Evan Light was involved in hacking an investment holding company based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He stole personal information from clients and cryptocurrencies amounting […]

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ForkLog 12 01.10.2024

British Fraudster Dupes Over 250 Crypto Investors Out of $650,000

Over the past year, a British fraudster operating under the alias Ape_31 has stolen more than $650,000 in cryptocurrencies from over 250 users, according to on-chain detective ZachXBT. 1/ The UK scammer @ape_31 @60711 has stolen more than $650K from 250+ X users in the past year by posting fake PNL screenshots from a Bybit […]

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ForkLog 28 28.09.2024

Cryptocurrency Whale Loses $32 Million in Phishing Attack

An unknown user lost 12,083 spWETH tokens from the Spark DeFi protocol, valued at approximately $32.4 million, after signing a malicious transaction. This incident was highlighted by ScamSniffer. ? 43 mins ago, someone lost 12,083 spWETH ($32.43M) after signing a “permit” phishing signature.? pic.twitter.com/y7PQZW2FZq — Scam Sniffer | Web3 Anti-Scam (@realScamSniffer) September 28, 2024 According […]

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ForkLog 37 27.09.2024

Hackers Exploit Old Vulnerability to Breach Onyx for $3.8 Million

On September 26th, the DeFi protocol Onyx suffered an attack, resulting in a loss of $3.8 million. This marks the second breach of the platform this year, both times using the same exploit. It seems today’s victim @OnyxDAO (w/ >$3.8m loss) falls prey to a known precision issue in forked CompoundV2 code base. The drained […]

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ForkLog 12 27.09.2024

$2 Million Stolen from Bedrock Bitcoin Restaking Protocol

Hackers exploited a vulnerability in the synthetic token uniBTC, allowing them to steal $2 million from the Bedrock Bitcoin restaking protocol. ⚠️Important Announcement from the Bedrock Team We want to inform you that the Bedrock team is aware of a security exploit involving uniBTC. The issue has been handled and funds are SAFU. We want […]

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ForkLog 5 27.09.2024

Crypto Industry Faces $413 Million Loss from Hacks and Scams in Q3

Between July and September, cryptocurrency companies experienced 34 incidents of hacks and scams, resulting in losses exceeding $413 million, according to a report by Immunefi. Losses since January have risen to $1.34 billion, which is 3.9% lower than the same period last year. Compared to the previous quarter, the figure for July-September decreased by 28%, […]

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ForkLog 10 26.09.2024

Truflation Offers Hacker $500,000 for Return of Stolen Funds

On the evening of September 25, the decentralized exchange Truflation, backed by Coinbase Ventures, was hacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $5 million across various networks. On September 25th, 2024, the Truflation team detected some abnormal activity. An attacker launched an attack using malware. We are currently monitoring the situation and are taking measures […]

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ForkLog 28 25.09.2024

Banana Gun Telegram Bot to Compensate $3 Million to Hack Victims

The team behind the trading Telegram bot Banana Gun has confirmed its intention to compensate 11 affected users with $3 million, stolen during a hack on September 19. BOT INCIDENT RECAP First of all, we’re humbled by the incredible bot activity on Banana Gun, even after last week’s incident. Thank you all for your patience […]

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ForkLog 24 20.09.2024

Indian Supreme Court’s YouTube Channel Hijacked for Crypto Scam Promotion

Hackers seized control of the Indian Supreme Court’s YouTube channel to promote a scam involving Ripple and the cryptocurrency XRP. Source: Cointelegraph. On September 20, the perpetrators changed the channel’s name, which had 217,000 subscribers, and deleted all previous videos. They then launched a fake broadcast featuring Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse. The scammers urged […]

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ForkLog 28 20.09.2024

US Authorities Arrest Suspects in 4100 BTC Theft from Genesis Creditor

The FBI has arrested two men accused of conspiring to steal and launder over 4100 BTC (worth more than $230 million at the time) from an unnamed victim in the US capital. The investigation involved on-chain detective ZachXBT. According to his findings, on August 19, Malone Lam and Jeandiel Serrano targeted a creditor of the […]

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