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ForkLog 321 22.08.2025

Bitcoin Investor Defrauded of $91 Million

An individual lost 783 BTC (~$91 million) due to a social engineering attack.

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ForkLog 154 21.08.2025

RWA Protocol Breaches Exceed $14.6 Million in Six Months

Attacks on RWA projects resulted in losses amounting to $14.6 million in the first six months of 2025. This is twice as much as last year's $6 million.

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ForkLog 131 21.08.2025

Binance and Other Exchanges Launch Real-Time Crypto Crime Response Network

Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, and other exchanges have established the Beacon Network, the first real-time crypto crime response system. The solution was developed by the analytics firm TRM Labs.

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ForkLog 198 14.08.2025

BtcTurk Halts Withdrawals Amid Suspicious $48 Million Transactions

One of Turkey’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, BtcTurk, has reportedly fallen victim to a $48 million hack, according to cybersecurity experts at Cyvers. 🚨ALERT🚨$48M worth of digital assets have been detected in unusual activity across multiple chains involving Turkish exchange @btcturk About 30 minutes ago, our system detected multiple alerts across $ETH, $AVAX, $ARB, $BASE, $OP, […]

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ForkLog 114 14.08.2025

User Hacks North Korean Hacker

An unidentified user has hacked the account of an IT specialist from North Korea, who was part of a small hacker group linked to the theft of $680,000. This was revealed by blockchain detective ZachXBT. 1/ An unnamed source recently compromised a DPRK IT worker device which provided insights into how a small team of […]

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ForkLog 96 13.08.2025

Ethereum Developer Falls Victim to Malicious AI Extension

One of Ethereum’s key developers, Zak Cole, has fallen prey to a cryptocurrency drainer. The perpetrators stole the private key to his hot wallet. I’ve been in crypto for over 10 years and I’ve Never been hacked. Perfect OpSec record. Yesterday, my wallet was drained by a malicious @cursor_ai extension for the first time. If […]

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ForkLog 77 13.08.2025

Binance Joins T3+ Initiative to Combat Crypto Crime

On August 12, Binance became a participant in the global T3+ program aimed at combating crime in the crypto industry. In their first joint investigation, the trading platform froze nearly $6 million linked to a fraudulent scheme known as “pig butchering,” as reported in the company’s blog.

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ForkLog 116 13.08.2025

Hackers Extract $7 Million in Bitcoin from Odin.fun Platform

The meme-coin platform Odin.fun, based on the first cryptocurrency network, has suffered a loss of 58.2 BTC (approximately $7 million) due to a hack, according to analytics firm PeckShield. #PeckShieldAlert An @Odin_GodOfRunes community member reported that 58.2 $BTC (worth ~$7M) were drained from the platform. — Hackers added liquidity (e.g., via $SATOSHI)— Artificially inflated the […]

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ForkLog 47 10.08.2025

Embargo Ransomware Linked to Defunct BlackCat Group

The Embargo ransomware group has emerged as a key player in the shadowy RaaS sector. Since April 2024, the hackers have extorted over $34 million in cryptocurrency, according to a report by TRM Labs. Researchers indicate that the group provides criminals with tools for conducting attacks in exchange for a share of the ransom proceeds. […]

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ForkLog 29 05.08.2025

Google Uncovers Cryptocurrency Thefts by North Korean ‘Freelancers’

A group of North Korean hackers, known as TraderTraitor, exploited freelance job listings to gain access to IT companies’ cloud systems and steal cryptocurrencies. This is evidenced by reports from Google Cloud and Wiz. According to the data presented, the division, also known as UNC4899, hacked two unnamed companies between July 2024 and January 2025. […]

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ForkLog 43 04.08.2025

CrediX Protocol Halts Operations Following $4.5 Million Hack

The blockchain-based DeFi lending platform CrediX, built on Sonic, has suffered an attack, losing approximately $4.5 million in cryptocurrency. The project team has suspended the website’s operations. Credix seems to have had a security breach. We are investigating and will share details soon — CrediX (@CrediX_fi) August 4, 2025 The breach occurred on August 4 […]

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ForkLog 56 04.08.2025

Cybercriminals accelerate laundering of cryptoassets

The speed with which criminals move funds after breaches has become the crypto industry’s chief headache, according to a new Global Ledger report shared with ForkLog. Analysts say that in the first half of the year, hackers stole more than $3.01bn across 119 incidents—one and a half times the industry’s total losses for all of […]

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