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North Korean hackers look set to try to sell more than $40 million of stolen bitcoin (BTC), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said. origin »
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A former Sony Life staffer who stole the company's money to buy Bitcoin had his crypto fortune seized by the FBI
2021-12-22 17:37 | |
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The FBI may have access to a lot more BTC in hacking group's addresses.
2021-6-10 05:45 | |
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Fear mounted as the FBI announced that it helped Colonial Pipeline retrieve a portion of its BTC ransom payment, but can the government actually take over Bitcoin and the network?
2021-6-10 21:05 | |
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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) exploited a weak password to gain access to the Bitcoin wallet belonging to Darkside, a notorious hacker group behind Colonial Pipeline’s ransomware attack in April.
2021-6-9 18:41 | |
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Coinbase CSO says ‘good ol’ fashioned police work’ landed the FBI the private keys.
2021-6-9 06:25 | |
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On June 7, the United States Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the “recovery” of 63. 70 bitcoin from the funds Colonial Pipeline sent to the hackers.
2021-6-9 02:00 | |
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Yesterday June 8th, the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the successful partial recovery of $4. 4 million paid with 63. 7 Bitcoin. The operation was undertaken by a special task force created by the Biden administration to address cyber-attacks.
2021-6-9 20:08 | |
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The FBI has seized 63.7 bitcoin that are allegedly part of a ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline to hacker group DarkSide.
2021-6-8 19:40 | |
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the recovery of ransom payments of 63. 7 Bitcoin (BTC) valued approximately at $2. 3 million, made by Colonial Pipeline to the group known as DarkSide. The post US crime watchdog FBI seizes $2.
2021-6-8 12:45 | |
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Cryptography expert Adam Back explains why the FBI did not even come close to hacking a Bitcoin wallet when it confiscated $2.3 million in BTC
2021-6-8 12:32 | |
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The FBI reportedly used blockchain tools to track the 75 bitcoins as hackers moved… The post US Recovers $2.
2021-6-8 12:31 | |
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U.S. law enforcement officials from the Justice Department on Monday announced the seizure of $2.3 million dollars worth of crypto assets that were paid to the Colonial Pipeline hackers. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco explained during a news conference that federal agents “recaptured the majority of the ransom Colonial paid to the Darkside network.” FBI […]
2021-6-8 02:13 | |
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The Cuyahoga County (United States state of Ohio) Scam Squad and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) have issued a public warning as scammers began to actively use Bitcoin (BTC) ATMs to defraud people, TV channel News 5 Cleveland reported on Tuesday.
2021-5-5 22:00 | |
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Over the last eight years, U. S. law enforcement has seized a great number of bitcoins and at one time, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) held one of the largest bitcoin wallets after the Silk Road takedown.
2021-4-12 18:00 | |
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Euro Pacific Bank, founded by gold bug and bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff, is reportedly under investigation by the tax authorities of five countries. The bank’s customers allegedly include several tax fraud masterminds and a Russian syndicate described by the FBI as the world’s worst cybercrime group.
2020-10-19 16:15 | |
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Tesla’s Elon Musk has said the company recently foiled attempts to infect its computer network with malicious software, after an employee cooperated with the FBI in an investigation. The malicious software would create an opportunity for criminals to extort money from Tesla.
2020-9-1 04:00 | |
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North Korean hackers have moved a portion of the funds grabbed during their hacks, while the FBI is after the accounts where they keep their stolen BTC and ETH
2020-8-31 14:12 | |
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A recent report released by Chainalysis revealed how U.S officials including the FBI, among other agencies, investigated the recent case of cryptocurrencies stolen by the Lazarus Group, a North Korea-The post Exchanges join DoJ in taking on Bitcoin, Ethereum-laundering Lazarus Group appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-8-29 12:30 | |
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US-based electric carmaker Tesla working closely with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has thwarted a planned ransomware attack that involved millions worth of Bitcoin payments. According to a complaint that was filed by the FBI, the attackers were targeting Tesla’s Gigafactory situated in Nevada.
2020-8-29 23:51 | |
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Russian hacker hired Tesla employee to help him attack the Gigafactory in Nevada with malware, promising to pay him $1 mln in BTC, but failed and was arrested by the FBI
2020-8-28 11:25 | |
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The US Justice Department says FBI agents have arrested a Russian national, Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, who offered to pay an employee at a company in Nevada $1 million in bitcoin for installing malware on his employer’s computer network.
2020-8-27 16:42 | |
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German authorities, with the help of the U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), have confiscated about $30 million in bitcoin from an operator of a pirate movie website. An unspecified amount of bitcoin cash was also seized.
2020-8-8 21:10 | |
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From 2008 until 2013, Movie2K. to hosted hundreds of thousands of illegal pirated streams. They also engaged in unsavory practices such as “subscription traps,” where they lured paying customers in with false promises and made the memberships very hard to escape from.
2020-8-8 20:21 | |
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Coinspeaker FBI Arrests Florida Teen and Two Other People for Twitter Hack in July Involving Bitcoin ScamThe early investigation in the matter shows that the Florida teen managed to convince a Twitter IT department employee and tricked him into getting insider access and the credential of the Twitter accounts of some famous personalities.
2020-8-1 14:05 | |
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The FBI has found the hacker behind the Twitter Bitcoin scam. He?s not even 18
2020-7-31 22:23 | |
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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is now leading a federal inquiry into the Twitter scam after hackers seized control of “approximately 130 accounts” including those belonging to Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Warren Buffett, Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian, and others in a bitcoin-related scam, reported Reuters citing unnamed two sources familiar with […]
2020-7-17 16:45 | |
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Two Nigerian scammers were held last week after hatching an elaborate fraud to steal “$435 million around the world” using illicit emails, luxury brand showoffs, and Bitcoin. The post Rolls-Royce, Gucci-flaunting scammers caught after FBI analyzes Bitcoin trail appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2020-7-15 00:16 | |
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Rapper Maksim Boiko had claimed bundles of money he posed with in photos came from rental revenue and investments in bitcoin.
2020-4-5 15:34 | |
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Ransomware has cornered victims into paying $144 million in Bitcoin since 2013
2020-2-27 21:17 | |
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Ransomware attacks and similar extortion schemes took in an estimated $144 million in the course of 7 years. FBI estimates show most of the ransoms were paid in Bitcoin (BTC) and went straight to mixers or exchanges.
2020-2-27 19:00 | |
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When the news of child porn website, Welcome to Video, was cracked down by the FBI with the help of Bitcoin, a majority of the community speculated that the cryptocurrency would cease to be the king cThe post Bitcoin's 1% activity in a given month comes from funds received by Rouge 100 appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-1-30 16:00 | |
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The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has finally contacted some of the bitcoin (BTC) traders who lost their hard-earned money to QuadrigaCX and is now working with them to dig up more facts concerning the exchange’s collapse, according to reports on January 14, 2020.
2020-1-16 20:00 | |
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The US Marshals Service and FBI have updated an earlier warning against scammers impersonating law enforcement officers. The agencies say those behind the scams accuse a potential victim of a crime and demand payment via a Bitcoin ATM or another somewhat obscure payment method.
2019-12-7 01:00 | |
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Roger Ver supports the Ethereum research scientist arrested by FBI and gets treason accusations from BSV investor Calvin Ayre
2019-11-30 13:16 | |
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Virgil Griffith, a research scientist with the Ethereum Foundation and citizen of the United States, has been arrested under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act in line with the accusation that Griffith helped North Korea understand how they can use cryptocurrency to evade United States economic sanctions on their country.
2019-11-30 10:00 | |
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Another week, another round of Crypto Tidbits. Again, Bitcoin (BTC) saw a relatively meek week in terms of price action, or lack thereof; the leading cryptocurrency fell by 5% over the course of the week, but still seems to be stuck in a tight range as a trend fails to be established.
2019-11-10 23:30 | |
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Appearing before a hearing by a U. S. Senate Committee to discuss national security and counterterrorism, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Christopher Wray, replied to concerns about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
2019-11-9 02:00 | |
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In a recent U. S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs hearing, Senator Mitt Romney expressed concerns about Bitcoin’s potential as a threat to national security. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray replied that cryptocurrency is a concern that’s “going to become a bigger and bigger one.
2019-11-8 21:35 | |
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According to new court filings, Bitfinex’s parent company, iFinex Inc, has filed a discovery with relation to the $880 million seized from the exchange and its partner companies. These funds were held by Crypto Capital on behalf of Bitfinex and was seized by the FBI amid shadow banking allegations, as revealed by court filings, OctoberRead MoreRead More.
2019-10-21 15:00 | |
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Blockchain was probably the most overused buzzword in 2017 for economic and technology enthusiasts. Many companies like Long Island Iced Tea and Bioptix changed their names and their core business just to get in on the hype.
2019-7-26 21:00 | |
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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has indicted a Pennsylvanian man for allegedly defrauding $7 million from prospective Bitcoin investors through an effectively fake “escrow” service.
2019-7-26 15:23 | |
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Bounties demanded by the Ryuk hackers reach upwards of $5 million to be paid in bitcoin, according to the FBI.
2019-7-19 21:00 | |
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Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been in the news for all the wrong reasons several times over the years, after its use for a range of nefarious and illegal activities. The Silk Road, a darknet marketplace that was closed down by the FBI and DEA, is the most popular example of the same.
2019-6-18 21:30 | |
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According to a report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on June 3, 2019, it is conducting an ongoing investigation alongside the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, and the Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section to seek victims who lostRead MoreRead More.
2019-6-5 13:00 | |
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According to a report by TechCrunch published May 7, 2019, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested several individuals suspected of running the deep web search engine called Deep Dot Web.
2019-5-8 20:00 | |
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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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The FBI, working in conjunction with its European partners, has struck another blow against darknet markets (DNMs). On this occasion, it’s a particularly low blow, as news website Deepdotweb has become the latest victim of its interminable war on drugs.
2019-5-8 01:07 | |
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