2021-6-10 05:45 |
The FBI may have access to a lot more BTC in hacking group's addresses.
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In the technology industry, there are always interesting developments to take note of. Some time ago, Apple hinted at using encrypted backups for iPhones. Those plans were ultimately scrapped, and it seems the reason for doing so is not what one may think.
2020-1-22 07:00 | |
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Despite securing $7 million in funding to expand its blockchain voting app, the future of Voatz may be on shaky ground as FBI investigates. Voatz Hack Unsuccessful But Triggers FBI Investigation If you’ve been touting transparency and security among the benefits of using blockchain for voting, it turns out, you may have been premature.
2019-10-11 13:00 | |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is planning to step up its efforts to monitor social media platforms more aggressively in order to detect potential threats. The move, according to the Wall Street Journal, clashes with Facebook’s privacy policies and “possibly its attempts to comply with a record $5 billion settlement with the U.
2019-8-13 10:03 | |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is planning to step up its efforts to monitor social media platforms more aggressively in order to detect potential threats. The move, according to the Wall Street Journal, clashes with Facebook’s privacy policies and “possibly its attempts to comply with a record $5 billion settlement with the U.
2019-8-13 10:03 | |
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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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Long Island Tea Corp was one of those companies that randomly added the word “blockchain” to the name of their business to seem cool (and maybe bump up its stock) – but it appears its name change may be more sinister than first thought.
2019-7-26 12:48 | |
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The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division, the U. S. Attorney General’s office for the District of Columbia, the Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, and the FBI have all begun investigating the events of now-defunct Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX.
2019-6-4 18:45 | |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is stepping up its probe into defunct Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX. In an announcement yesterday, the FBI asked victims affected by the QuadrigaCX collapse to come forward and complete a questionnaire to aid with its “ongoing investigation.
2019-6-4 16:18 | |
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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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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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Wall Street Market, the second-largest darknet market in the world in recent months, has been shut down by international law enforcement agencies, including Europol as well as U.
2019-5-4 22:03 | |
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There’s a 2,500-year-old Greek fable by Aesop which tells of a snake that ate a bird’s babies at a town’s Hall of Justice. The moral? It’s a dangerous world, and just because there’s a sign imprinted with the word “justice,” it doesn’t make it a just world.
2019-3-27 19:50 | |
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Since May 2017, America’s political class has waited in suspense as FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller pieced together his comprehensive report on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
2019-3-21 21:45 | |
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As QuadrigaCX’s legal counsel descends on the courtroom in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for another round of legal proceedings, the court monitor’s third report on QuadrigaCX’s finances — specifically its revelation that the exchange’s cold wallets are empty — lays out some hopeful avenues for fund recovery — and some frustrating dead ends.
2019-3-5 20:20 | |
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An amended lawsuit against Coinbase was filed on November 20, with the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in respect to the exchange’s alleged Bitcoin Cash (BCH) market manipulation last year.
2018-11-22 18:49 | |
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An Indian teenager is in hot water after threatening to carry out a deadly attack on a U. S. international airport after he failed to receive support from the FBI in relation to an alleged Bitcoin scam.
2018-11-5 20:00 | |
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‘Call Of Duty’ Gamers Accused In Court Filing, FBI Affidavit Members of two different industries, the long-standing gaming community and the nascent cryptocurrency world, have recently butted heads, but not in a way that you may immediately assume.
2018-10-24 03:55 | |
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“We have nothing to hide,” says Tory Reiss, VP of corporate development at TrustToken. Like the market’s most popular stablecoin, Tether, TrustToken's TrueUSD is fiat-collateralized.
2018-7-26 18:55 | |
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Firms that refer in annual reports to their trade secrets + markedly increase risk of cyber-attacks, study suggests “The threat is incredibly serious,” the FBI warns in a report this May on cyber-crime.
2018-7-17 14:28 | |
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The Russian-language cryptocurrency exchange WEX, the successor to the BTC-e trading platform that was closed by the FBI last year, may change its owner. The buyer is a former militiaman known as Moryachok (Sailor), close to authorities of pro-Russian separatist Republic of Donetsk.
2018-7-5 18:32 | |
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Crypto scams around pig butchering saw crypto users lose over $3. 6 billion in 2024. This reflects a 40% surge in the past year. Pig butchering scams hit highest in 2024 to crypto users,according to a report issued by Cyvers.
Pink Drainer lost 10 ETH ($30,000) to an address poisoning scam, exploiting address similarities. Attackers mimicked Pink Drainer’s wallet address to deceive them into sending funds. The attack comes days after Pink Drainer announced ceasing operations.
Layerswap’s domain, layerswap. io, was hijacked, leading to a phishing scam and $100,000 loss. Despite delays, Layerswap regained control, pledged full refunds, and offered a 10% bonus. Crypto scams remain prevalent, with $46.
So far, concerns have escalated over the use of cryptocurrency by sanctioned groups and terrorist organizations, as revealed in the latest “2024 Crypto Crime Report” by leading blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis.
KyberSwap is yet to get back the $7 million that was stolen on November 22. The decentralized exchange has offered a 10% bounty to the hacker in a bid to get the funds back. Security firm Beosin unveils the intricacies of the exploit, attributing the attack to a vulnerability in Kyber’s liquidity pools.
CREDIX token value has plunged by 100%. The price drop is attributed to a Rug Pull as reported PeckShieldAlert. The rug pull involved a wallet address that executed a swap transaction. In a recent turn of events, the cryptocurrency CredixFinance (CREDIX) has experienced a staggering 100% decline, leaving investors and the crypto community in disbelief.
Lee Jeong-hoon, former Bithumb Chairman, faces an eight-year prison term. Prosecutors assert Lee misled Kim about joint Bithumb management, BXA Coin listing, and restructuring to evade financial regulations.