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November’s phishing scams led to a staggering $9. 38 million in losses, impacting over 9,200 victims, with one individual losing $661,000 in stETH within minutes. Phishing scams in November cost crypto users $9. origin »
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According to Immunefi, year-to-date losses from crypto hacks, exploits and scams have topped $1.4 billion through November.
2024-12-2 23:18 | |
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Taiwan is intensifying its regulatory efforts to address crypto fraud and safeguard investor interests with a series of strict anti-money laundering (AML) measures. The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has advanced the implementation date for these new rules to November 30, 2024, amid growing concerns over illegal activities such as fraud and money laundering. The move […]
2024-11-29 18:31 | |
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November 2023 saw the cryptocurrency world suffer a massive $356 million loss due to an unprecedented surge in hacks, phishing scams, and rug pulls. Major breaches at Poloniex and HTX underline the urgency for improved security measures in the digital currency sector.
2023-12-1 11:40 | |
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Several high-profile crypto hacks and scams in November make it the most financially damaging month of the year.
2023-12-1 00:36 | |
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New York, USA, November 2nd, 2023, Chainwire Great crypto recovery news for victims of crypto scam. A relief fund has been set up to help victims of crypto scams to recover their money lost to crypto scams.
2023-11-3 17:38 | |
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Polkadot’s protocol that connects blockchains becomes the first to dedicate a centralized Anti-Scam team to campaign against scammers in its ecosystem. Polkadot sets up its community as an army against scam On Thursday, 24th of November, Polkadot announced on its…
2022-11-26 04:45 | |
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The Russian government is planning to lead the development of the local cryptocurrency market in a “civilized direction” in a bid to protect users, the nation’s prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, said during a government meeting on November 26.
2020-11-28 03:03 | |
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Singapore authorities recent report that residents have lost about $78,000 to fraudulent online platforms in three months. Online Cryptocurrency Scam Using Fake Personalities The Straits Times reports that Singapore residents have fallen victim to some online Bitcoin scams in a couple of months, losing up to $78,000 between September and November 2018.
2018-12-6 11:44 | |
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Members of the Singapore public have been targeted by the online advertisements of scammers posing as crypto brokerage services. The victims have been duped out of around $78,000 between September and November of 2018.
2018-12-6 00:00 | |
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Russian Association of Cryptoindustry and Blockchain (RACIB) opens a new service to protect defrauded crypto investors. Within the framework of the new service, RACIB is going to actively cooperate with Police, Federal Security Service (FSB) and Interpol.
2018-11-29 09:24 | |
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It appears hackers were able to seize control of the email address of cryptocurrency exchange desk Uphold – and blast its users with a link to a Bitcoin giveaway scam. Scammers sent links to a phishing campaign, designed to dupe naive investors out of their coins.
2018-11-22 16:41 | |
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In what is becoming an emerging trend, Twitter accounts of popular brands are being hacked in an attempt to scam unsuspecting users out of their cryptocurrencies. Target and Google are two high profile targets that have seen their accounts taken over by hackers who, in turn, have used them to scam followers by advertising fraudulent crypto giveaways.
2018-11-15 23:40 | |
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Despite the increased security efforts, Twitter is still unable to weed out scam accounts, as U. S. retail giant Target became the latest victim of bitcoin scam hacks, The Next Web reported on November 13, 2018.
2018-11-14 16:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency scammers have impersonated Tesla CEO Elon Musk, by hacking and compromising several verified Twitter accounts on November 5, 2018. According to Business Insider, while Twitter has previously attempted to stop impersonation scams, the hackers have managed to promote their tweets and capitalize on the cryptocurrency frenzy.
2018-11-7 19:00 | |
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A crypto fight in the Pacific, the Twitter scams are gaining steam, and crypto mining is worse than actual mining. Plus, Bitmain reveals new mining rigs.
2018-11-7 02:49 | |
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Financial Authority From New Zealand Blacklists Three Crypto Platforms Recently, the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) of New Zealand has decided to add three local crypto websites to its black list of online scams.
2018-11-3 00:43 | |
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This week’s top stories include two feature interview: one with Kavita Gupta, founding managing partner at ConsenSys Ventures; and another with electronic dance music DJ Justin Blau (aka DJ 3BLAU) who is launching a decentralized music festival.
2018-8-13 20:52 | |
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With crypto scams running rampant across the globe, Human Trust Protocol, aka Hub, is joining hands with Civic, a blockchain identification service provider, to verify users via know-your-client (KYC) data gathered from the Civic secure identity platform (SIP).
2018-6-13 00:23 | |
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A crypto holder lost more than half a million dollars after signing a malicious transaction on a fake cross-chain bridge. Web3 security platform Scam Sniffer reported the incident on Jan.6, posting on X that the victim lost more than $520,000…
Sensitive information from cryptocurrency industry events is being sold online, creating a potential goldmine for scammers and cybercriminals.
A phishing attack resulted in a crypto user losing $7. 8 million worth of SolvBTC, a wrapped Bitcoin product created by Solv Protocol. On Dec. 11, blockchain security firm Scam Sniffer highlighted the incident and shed further light on the evolving sophistication of such scams.
MatterFi has announced the launch of its enterprise-ready platform, providing a “phishing-proof” fintech infrastructure to the market. The solution goes live following a six-month beta phase, MatterFi stated in a Dec.
A crypto scammer named Ronald Spektor deactivated his social media pages after ZachXBT alleged he aided a $6.5 million theft from a Coinbase user.
A crypto investor lost a substantial amount of USDT tokens to a phishing address but eventually witnessed a return of the funds hours later. Data from Tronscan shows that the user with the wallet address “TGr…XAE” mistakenly transferred $129 million…