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A well-known North Korean hacker group has once again made headlines this week, as federal authorities have revealed that they successfully stolen approximately $41 million worth of cryptocurrencies. origin »
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North Korea has one of the most active hacker groups, with resources dedicated towards crypto heists over the past few years. In March this year, US authorities linked the Lazarus Group to one of the largest crypto heists – the hack on Axie Infinity bridge Ronin that resulted in over $615 million being stolen.
2022-6-30 21:15 | |
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The U.S. has warned IT firms about unwanted employees from North Korea
2022-5-17 23:13 | |
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The Chinese government’s crackdown on crypto mining continues. According to a report by CNN, the Chinese authorities are ramping up atheir crackdown on crypto mining,...
2021-11-19 19:13 | |
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The U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed new charges against the North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus Group. The hackers are allegedly responsible for stealing over $1. 3 billion in cryptocurrencies and fiat during coordinated cyber-heists.
2021-2-19 03:00 | |
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Two Chinese crypto exchanges allegedly lost millions of dollars to North Korean hackers.
2020-8-28 23:09 | |
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The authorities of North Korea are increasing mining capacities and repeatedly increased the production of Monero within the last two years. Monero attracts Pyongyang as a cryptocurrency with a high degree of confidentiality that can help circumvent international sanctions.
2020-2-14 12:13 | |
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U.S. authorities arrested Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith at Los Angeles International Airport on Black Friday on charges of conspiracy to assist North Korea with evading sanctions.
2019-12-4 20:00 | |
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US authorities arrested an Ethereum Foundation researcher for giving a lecture on cryptocurrencies in Pyongyang, during which he allegedly told how to use cryptocurrency to circumvent sanctions.
2019-12-1 23:43 | |
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Today, Bitcoin is now over 11 years old since the whitepaper was originally released by Satoshi Nakamoto on October 31, 2008. Fast forward to today and 2 US Congress reps McHenry and Davidson gave a special shoutout to BTC.
2019-11-2 22:11 | |
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Riviera Beach, a tiny city of roughly 35,000 people located just north of West Palm Beach in Miami, Florida, has been crippled by a deadly ransomware attack and the leaders of the city have agreed to cough out a whopping 65 bitcoin (over $650,000 at press time) to regain their files, according to a NewRead MoreRead More.
2019-6-23 21:00 | |
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Russian Hackers Linked To Coincheck 2018 Hacking A new report of the investigation into the hacked Coincheck exchange has revealed that the personal computers of the exchanges’ staff workers have allegedly been established to have been compromised by a virus originating from a Russian hacker syndicate.
2019-6-17 20:30 | |
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Bitcoinnect is known for its high yield investment platform Bitconnect. co. The company had a cryptocurrency Bitconnect Coin (BCC) which investors bought with Bitcoin to gain a 0,25% daily interest.
2019-5-20 23:37 | |
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The European Cryptocurrency Exchange, or EUCX (pronounced You See Ex) is a new cryptocurrency exchange with a global focus, based in the Netherlands, filling the European gap in secure and regulated exchanges aimed at the professional retail trader and boutique firms.
2019-1-4 15:03 | |
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A conservative member (MP) of the United Kingdom’s Parliament has said that making payments to local authorities and utility providers with Bitcoin (BTC) should be possible, local news outlet Express reported on December 10.
2018-12-11 09:44 | |
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At this year’s CryptoFrontiers Conference in New York City, digital currency exchange Huobi announced that it will begin offering derivatives contract trading. The service will be available via Huobi’s Derivative Market (Huobi DM) to customers of select countries and will allow them to open both short and long positions for a handful of coins.
2018-11-29 01:33 | |
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Financial regulators of North Dakota have ordered a dodgy Russian cryptocurrency company to cease and desist operations in the state, after discovering it had impersonated a bank in Liechtenstein to falsely market an initial coin offering (ICO).
2018-11-20 20:00 | |
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Cheap energy prices are sending crypto miners to the U. S. -Canadian border, turning hydropower into hash power, but the authorities are beginning to fight back. Taking Advantage of the Public Utilities Plattsburgh, a small town on the North American border has become ground zero for crypto mining.
2018-7-31 21:30 | |
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ETF’s are back in the news this week with the Winklevoss twins of Gemini getting rejected again, while investment firm Direxion was delayed till September on a final decision.
2018-7-30 18:41 | |
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The recent Bybit hack is a geopolitical issue rather than a fundamental flaw in cryptocurrency security, according to Crucible Capital’s Meltem Demirors. Speaking on CNBC’s “Power Lunch,” Demirors and TrustedSec CEO David Kennedy linked the attack to North Korea’s Lazarus…
With not all information public, Arkham Intelligence, a blockchain analysis firm, has concluded that North Korea's Lazarus group was responsible for the $1.46 billion hack on the Bybit exchange.
The FBI, Japan’s National Police Agency, and the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center have confirmed that North Korean-linked hackers orchestrated the May 2024 $305 million breach of the Japanese crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin.
Hyperliquid, a layer-1 decentralized leveraged trading platform, saw its total value locked (TVL) plummet by over $1 billion in the past week. This drop follows reports of suspicious activity tied to North Korean hackers.
Crypto thefts surged to $2. 2 billion in 2024, representing a 21% rise compared to the previous year. According to a Dec. 19 report by Chainalysis, this increase is closely tied to a growing wave of hacking activity, particularly by North Korean-linked cybercriminal groups.
A new postmortem report from Radiant Capital claims a North Korean state-backed hacker was behind the $50 million exploit of the protocol. The attacker impersonated a “trusted former contractor” of Radiant Capital to deploy malware via a “zipped PDF” file…
A cybersecurity firm yesterday reported that a group of notorious hackers from North Korea was able to steal $3 billion worth of cryptocurrency from users by devising a fake blockchain game. Kaspersky Lab said that the Lazarus Group took advantage of a key vulnerability in the Google Chrome browser that allowed them to drain the […]