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Crypto exchange CoinDCX has established a $6 million contingency fund in a bid to protect customer assets as the Indian crypto market struggles to recover from the aftermath of the $230 million WazirX hack. A press release shared with crypto.news… origin »
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The crypto hack highlights vulnerabilities in government-held digital assets, potentially undermining trust in their security and management. The post US government may fall victim to $20 million crypto hack appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2024-10-25 05:36 | |
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On Tuesday, September 12, centralized crypto exchange CoinEx became the latest victim of a hack. At the time of the reports, over $27 million in crypto had already been carted away by the attackers.
2023-9-14 19:00 | |
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In a recent tweet, Chinese journalist Colin Wu provided an update regarding a significant crypto hack that took place in August. The hack was alarming because it targeted a platform BitBrowser, frequently used by cryptocurrency enthusiasts who participate in airdrops.
2023-9-5 20:00 | |
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Lossless, the first DeFi hack mitigation tool for token creators, is launching its Core Protocol on 14th of April on ETH’s mainnet. Why is it monumental to the entire crypto space? Read on to find oThe post Lossless to launch Core Protocol for crypto hack prevention appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-4-7 14:00 | |
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The U.S. Department of Justice has confiscated worth of crypto linked to the infamous Bitfinex hack
2022-2-8 19:51 | |
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As the dust settles on the recent Crypto dot com hack, observers wonder how thieves managed to crack security procedures to steal millions in crypto. The post How did hackers bypass 2FA during the $35 million Crypto.com hack? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-1-28 23:00 | |
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The leading cryptocurrency exchange crypto. com suffered a breach on its platform on 17 January, and the community had since been waiting for a detailed analysis of the hack to be released. While severThe post Crypto.
2022-1-20 21:00 | |
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In November, Upbit, a popular Korean crypto asset exchange, lost $50 million worth of Ethereum, 342,000 ETH coins, from the exchange hot wallet in a seeming hack. It was then one of the biggest crypto hacks in months, making the news around the world as mainstream media outlets covered the story.
2020-5-14 04:00 | |
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On February 21, the crypto Twitter commentator Dovey Wan published a series of tweets about an alleged SIM card hack that purportedly saw the loss of $30 million in bitcoin cash. The story stemmed from a Reddit post that’s now deleted and so far no one has provided any verifiable proof from the proclaimed victim.
2020-2-24 23:50 | |
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The crypto market is a volatile market, and the emerging class of digital assets can both make millionaires overnight and completely wipe out one’s wealth in days. It’s also a wild west environment, rife with scammers, hackers, and more at every turn.
2019-10-26 00:00 | |
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Two Men Arrested In Connection To Crypto Theft And Hack According to a report from Oklahoma News 4, two men have just been arrested due to their connection to the recent hack of a crypto and blockchain startup, which saw a California firm lose millions of dollars worth of crypto assets.
2018-9-30 07:54 | |
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After the shocking ~$500-million Coincheck hack — dubbed as the biggest crypto heist ever — early this year, Japan’s Financial Services Agency has been keeping a close eye on the crypto industry, trying its best to bolster the security of crypto firms and, hopefully, prevent another hack from happening.
2018-9-24 18:59 | |
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Throughout the past seven days, this up and coming industry saw its fair share of cases of development and maturation, as institutions have continued to pile onto this market. 15 Global Institutions Launch kLmgo SA Blockchain Platform Per a previous NewsBTC report, 15 of the world’s foremost institutions have joined hands to create komgo SA, an.
2018-9-23 15:16 | |
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Altcoins may come and go; hacks may challenge exchanges; mainstream financial advisors might not get it — but even in the face of a protocol bug, Bitcoin perseveres and develops.
2018-9-22 19:33 | |
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When it seems things couldn’t get worse during the cryptocurrency bearish market, the community woke up to a nasty shock on September 17, 2018. A Japanese exchange Zaif reported that it was the victim of a breach which led to a loss of cryptocurrencies worth $60 million.
2018-9-22 01:00 | |
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Cybercrimes related to virtual coins totaled $540 million, mainly due to the Coincheck hack attack in January, a police report revealed.
2018-9-21 17:19 | |
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Following the hack of Zaif, one of Japan’s regulated crypto exchanges, the country’s financial regulator immediately responded, launching an emergency inspection of the exchange and a survey of all other crypto exchanges.
2018-9-21 10:25 | |
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Another cryptocurrency heist has shaken Japan. This time, 6. 7 billion yen ($60 million USD) worth of company and user funds have vanished from Japanese cryptocurrency exchange platform Zaif.
2018-9-21 19:30 | |
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Another hacking attack has hit a known crypto exchange in Japan, and this time, thieves managed to steal around $60 million in crypto. Another Crypto Exchange Hack The popularity of attacks on crypto exchanges seemingly continues to grow, with another such exchange being hit just recently, in Japan.
2018-9-21 15:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Zaif announced on Thursday that a recent hack has resulted in the loss of 5,966 bitcoins (BTC) and a total of $60 million USD worth of bitcoins, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and MonaCoin (MONA).
2018-9-20 14:00 | |
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The continuous news of hacking of cryptocurrency exchanges has grown this year when compared to previous years in the cryptocurrency industry. It started with Coincheck a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan where about $500 million worth of NEM token was stolen and now another cryptocurrency exchange in Japan, Zaif exchange in the news after a hack […] The post Japan’s Zaif Crypto Exchange loses about $59.7 Million in Fresh Hack appeared first on ZyCrypto.
2018-9-20 13:43 | |
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Japan, the home of cryptocurrency, or is it now the home of the cryptocurrency hack? Although Japan now has some of the tightest regulations surrounding the operations of cryptocurrency exchanges, it seems these regulations haven’t been enough to stop yet another devastating hack take place, this time, seeing around $60 million stolen in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and MonaCoin from Tech Bureau owned Zaif.
2018-9-20 12:30 | |
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The hacked cryptocurrency exchange has immediately suspended all deposits and withdrawals while filing a criminal case with the local investigative authorities. The post Japanese Crypto Exchange Zaif Falls Victim to Hack, Loses $60 Million Worth Bitcoins appeared first on CoinSpeaker.
2018-9-20 11:12 | |
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$60M Disappears From A Crypto Exchange Wallet Japan’s Zaif crypto exchange and its parent company, Tech Bureau Inc, revealed via a post-mortem press release that it fell victim to a security breach on Wednesday, despite the fact that the apparent hack occurred on Friday, September 14th.
2018-9-20 06:58 | |
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Thieves have fabricated 1 billion EOS based tokens, ironically also named EOS, in order to purchase a number of tokens from Newdex, a decentralised exchange. Since the EOS tokens we’re fake and have no value, the hackers managed to lift around $58,000.
2018-9-18 16:30 | |
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Mt. Gox, a former leader in the crypto markets and now, the enemy of many. After a hack which saw around 800,000 BTC stolen, the Mt. Gox story has gone from bad to worse, with the exchange now liable for making compensation payments to some of the victims who lost assets during the hack.
2018-9-17 13:30 | |
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Huobi Japan Holding Ltd. has acquired a majority stake in Japanese cryptocurrency exchange BitTrade, marking the top-three exchange’s formal entry into the Japanese market.
2018-9-14 22:25 | |
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In what it deems a first for both enforcement actions, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is charging two entities with registration failures.
2018-9-12 23:36 | |
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The new insurance comes against the background of some of the largest fund thefts in crypto history.
2018-9-8 17:54 | |
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As cryptocurrencies are becoming mainstream, hackers are finding new ways to hack into user’s accounts and steal their digital coin holdings. From ransomware attacks to attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges, hackers have done it all.
2018-9-7 08:19 | |
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The Supreme Court in Greece has allowed the Bitcoin fraud suspect Alexander Vinnik to be sent to Russia. There are also rumours that Vinnik has beneficial information for US special counsel Robert Mueller as he looks into the alleged meddling in the Russian election.
2018-9-6 13:30 | |
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Bitcoin Gold (BTG), a hard fork from the Bitcoin core (BTC) is set to be delisted from the Bittrex exchange on September 14. The decision comes after a $18 million USD hack happened on the BTG network in May.
2018-9-6 07:49 | |
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Popular cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex have announced that they will be delisting Bitcoin Gold (BTG) and all BTG trading pairs after the team behind BTG refused to pay out compensation to Bittrex who suffered as a result of hacks that took place on the BTG network in May 2018.
2018-9-4 15:30 | |
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Bittrex Exchange Removes Bitcoin Gold From Their Exchange Among cryptocurrency startup companies, the risk of theft, extortion, or major attack is very significant. The cryptocurrency community has always been especially susceptible to crime, because of the prevalence of technology-minded hackers in the markets, as well as the anonymous nature of cryptocurrencies in general. For these […]
2018-9-4 13:37 | |
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The cryptocurrency industry is a favorite target of cybercriminals. This time, it was the Brazilian crypto investment platform Atlas that was targeted and eventually breached by hackers. The good news is that funds of clients are reported to be safe, but the bad news is that personal information of around 260,000 platform users has been […] Clients’ Funds Not Affected by Atlas Hack but Personal Data of More Than 260,000 Users Stolen was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-9-1 15:59 | |
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After crypto asset investor Michael Terpin lost his cell phone at a conference, he says AT&T’s negligence enabled a hacker to drain off $24 million. Here’s how it was done.
2018-8-31 06:33 | |
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South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb is reportedly renewing its contract with Nonghyup Bank after solving issues prompted by a June hack.
2018-8-29 12:30 | |
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As reported by YouTube channel Investimentos Digitais, the data of over 200,000 investors has been stolen in a hack on Brazilian cryptocurrency trading platform Atlas Quantum. According to Have I Been Pwned, a data breach reporting website, 261,000 users had their data leaked, with information “including their names, phone numbers, email addresses and account balances.
2018-8-28 19:50 | |
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North Korea’s notorious cyber-hacking outfit, “Lazarus Group,” has reportedly deployed a MacOS-based malware to infiltrate cryptocurrency exchanges and applications, according to Kaspersky Labs. North Korean Attackers Strike To date, Lazarus remains an unknown entity, with no information on the number of individuals identifying with the outfit.
2018-8-25 07:00 | |
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Victims of the Mt. Gox hack can now file rehabilitation claims under a new procedure announced by the trustee of the exchange, Nobuaki Kobayashi. Currently, the system is available only to individual claimants.
2018-8-25 02:15 | |
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A new report from Kaspersky Labs reveals that North Korean hackers are now using their ‘Lazarus’ trojan to hack cryptocurrency traders and exchanges. Typically used for conducting political interference, “Lazarus has been a major threat actor in the APT arena for several years,” Securelist reports.
2018-8-25 23:11 | |
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An end has not come to the controversy that surrounded the first cryptocurrency exchange and the world’s largest holder of bitcoin trades as at 2014. Mt. Gox saga made way for the likes of Tim Draper and the Winklevoss twins Tyler and Cameron the cofounders of Gemini exchange to make good fortune through the stolen […] The post Good News! Over $1 billion worth of Crypto to be Returned to victims of Mt.Gox Hack appeared first on ZyCrypto.
2018-8-25 21:56 | |
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Mt. Gox Trustee Commences Claiming Process You may not remember it, but in 2014, Mt. Gox was hacked for over 850,000 BTC in a now-infamous event. While the hack occurred in the crypto industry’s earliest stages, it still shook the community to its core, nonetheless.
2018-8-25 21:49 | |
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According to new reports, those investors who lost assets during the infamous Mt. Gox hacks are now eligible to file rehabilitation claims against the exchange. We should note that within rehabilitation claims, the debtor (Mt.
2018-8-24 14:00 | |
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Oki Matsumoto Wants To Keep Financial Future Of Cryptocurrencies Within Japan Monex broke into the crypto industry fast by acquiring Coincheck, which recently was threated by a hack. Their hope is that the companies that can use various technologies would essentially develop the center of the entire financial industry, ensuring secure transactions for every entity. […]
2018-8-23 22:11 | |
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Three Chinese Hackers Steal $87 Million Worth Of Crypto, Got Caught Since! It has been reported that three Chinese hackers were successful in manipulating and stealing USD$87 million worth of cryptocurrencies, namely that of Bitcoin [BTC], Bitcoin Core [BTC] and Ethereum [ETH].
2018-8-20 20:12 | |
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BitAngels founder Michael Terpin has filed a $224 million lawsuit against telecoms provider AT&T, alleging that its negligence led him to lose about $24 million worth of cryptocurrency to fraudsters, according to a CNBC report.
2018-8-16 23:14 | |
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The fact that great responsibility accompanies great power has become crystal clear in the blockchain world. While blockchains are most commonly connected with commerce, the potential impact of distributed ledgers is being discovered in fresh sectors daily.
2018-8-10 20:51 | |
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Ian Ballina Gives ICO Advice To CNBC’s Ran NeuNer Crypto investor Ian Balina was one of the special guests at the International Blockchain Congress held in Hyderabad, India. He sat down with Ran NeuNer of CNBC's Crypto Trade to discuss his recent hack, ICO and more.
2018-8-7 23:07 | |
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Singapore High Court has accepted WazirX's reorganization plan, which will allow the exchang to repay 75% to 80% of the stolen customer monies. Despite the court's decision, many victims remain suspicious!
Indian crypto exchange WazirX has frozen $3 million in USDT as part of efforts to recover funds stolen during a $230 million hack in July 2024. The platform confirmed this progress in a Jan. 17 update on X, saying this move showcases its determination to safeguard user funds and rebuild trust after the breach.
WazirX token was one of the best performers on Dec. 3 as it formed a long God candle. WazirX (WRX) price jumped to a high of $0.3500, its highest level since March 14, and 255% above the lowest point this…
WazirX plans to restart trading alongside new features, a recovery token, and a decentralized exchange to make creditors whole. Speaking at the company’s fourth town hall session on YouTube, WazirX co-founder Nischal Shetty disclosed plans to airdrop “recovery tokens” to…
Coinbase and Binance are amidst an ongoing controversy over their listing fees.
The victims of the WazirX hack last July 2024 are now planning a class-action lawsuit. According to multiple sources, a group of victims is finalizing the plans to sue India’s largest crypto exchange to recover more than $600,000 in crypto assets.
Indian crypto exchange WazirX has disclosed its proof-of-reserves (PoR) report, showing that over 40% of customer assets are stored on third-party exchanges, according to an Oct. 25 statement. The exchange said its PoR dashboard aims to promote transparency by enabling independent verification of its wallet addresses, which include the precise holdings for each asset.