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ForkLog 23 21.12.2023

Crypto holders lose $58 million to phishing airdrops

Since March 2023, the creators of one of the malicious scripts emptied cryptocurrency wallets of over 63,000 victims for more than $58 million.

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ForkLog 22 20.12.2023

Ledger puts estimated user losses from recent breach at about $600,000

As a result of the December 14 compromise of the Ledger Connect Kit library, wallet users suffered about $600,000 in losses.

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ForkLog 7 18.12.2023

Kazakhstan and UAE to jointly curb illicit use of cryptocurrencies

The UAE and Kazakhstan intend to cooperate in the fight against financial crime and in the seizure of illicit digital assets.

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ForkLog 16 17.12.2023

NFT Trader loses about $3 million in hack

Unknown attackers targeted the old smart contracts of the P2P platform NFT Trader and made off with non-fungible tokens. The project team confirmed the incident.

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ForkLog 14 15.12.2023

Over $300 million in stolen Bitcoin passed through mixers in 2023.

In 2023, cryptocurrency mixers processed Bitcoin transactions totaling more than $300 million, stolen in various cyber incidents.

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ForkLog 20 15.12.2023

Nirvana Finance hacker agrees to forfeit $12.3 million

The hacker responsible for the Nirvana Finance breach and an unnamed DEX pleaded guilty and agreed to forfeit stolen assets totaling $12.3 million.

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ForkLog 20 14.12.2023

Ledger users affected by hack of the wallet connector used with dapps

The hardware-wallet maker Ledger disclosed a compromise of the software library used by decentralized applications. A hacker was able to inject malicious code into their interfaces.

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ForkLog 10 13.12.2023

Report: Crypto-industry losses from hacks halve over the year

For the partial year 2023, losses from hacks in the crypto industry amounted to less than half of the full-year 2022 figure, according to TRM Labs.

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ForkLog 18 13.12.2023

Alleged Hive ransomware operator arrested in France

On 5 December in Paris, a 40-year-old Russian national was arrested, reportedly the operator of Hive ransomware.

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ForkLog 22 13.12.2023

Russian hackers from ‘Solntsepek’ claim responsibility for Kyivstar attack

On December 13, the Russian hacker group 'Solntsepek' claimed responsibility for the attack on the Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar.

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ForkLog 32 13.12.2023

OKX DEX loses $430,000 in hack

The OKX decentralized exchange was exploited for $430,000 following an alleged leak of the proxy server administrator's private key.

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ForkLog 14 04.12.2023

Court drops criminal charges against Platypus Finance hacker

A French court dropped criminal charges against those involved in the DeFi protocol Platypus Finance hack worth $8.5 million in February 2023, according to Le Monde.

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