2021-11-28 12:39 |
Losses from crime and theft associated with decentralized finance applications jumped 7 times in a year to reach $10.5 billion, according to a new study.
Similar to Notcoin - Blum - Airdrops In 2024
2021-11-28 12:39 |
Losses from crime and theft associated with decentralized finance applications jumped 7 times in a year to reach $10.5 billion, according to a new study.
Similar to Notcoin - Blum - Airdrops In 2024
According to local media, leading South African financial institution FNB is denying allegations of a banking relationship with the recently collapsed crypto investment company, Africrypt. Africrypt Stops Operations Abruptly Africrypt abruptly ceased operations nearly two months ago, prompting the banking institution’s denial.
2021-6-20 03:17 | |
Cryptocurrency theft has boomed over the past couple of years and this is no hoax. Over USD 1.40 billion was stolen in the first five months of 2020. If thefts continue to rise at this rate, 2020 may well become the second-costliest year in the history of crypto – lagging slightly behind last year’s record […] The post Cryptocurrency and Safety Money, Bitcoin Vault Breaks Stereotypes appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2020-11-27 12:00 | |
Cryptocurrency analytics firm Crystal has published a report detailing all of the major security breaches, fraudulent activity, cyber-terrorism, and scams in the crypto space since 2011. According to the report, since the emergence of cryptocurrency markets, 113 security attacks and 23 fraudulent schemes have resulted in the theft of approximately $7.
2020-11-12 14:20 | |
Trade volume on Uniswap reached a record of $2.12 billion, coinciding with the hack of Harvest Finance DeFi protocol that resulted in the theft of $24 million in digital assets.
2020-11-1 00:39 | |
New movie “Money Plane” features a plot about a heist from a ‘bulletproof casino in the sky’ carrying $1 billion in crypto.
2020-7-8 05:48 | |
Rosseti, the largest Russian energy company, claimed damage from illegal mining in the amount of 450 billion rubles within the last three years. 35 cases of theft of electricity for cryptocurrency mining were revealed.
2020-6-4 14:58 | |
The year 2019 saw 11 exchanges being hacked, resulting in the theft of almost $2.8 billion in bitcoin. According to an earlier report, the stolen bitcoins were moved into several exchanges with bulk mThe post Bitcoin worth $600 million was spent on the darknet in 2019 Q4 appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-1-30 01:00 | |
Recent investigations into the ‘shadow side of cryptocurrencies’ have discovered that around €15 billion ($16. 7B) in digital assets have been stolen since 2011. Scams are without a doubt still rampant in the cryptocurrency industry.
2020-1-8 15:15 | |
A VeChain buyback wallet containing 1.1 billion VET was compromised by an unknown hacker, the firm said Friday.
2019-12-14 22:20 | |
According to CipherTrace’s latest report, the total volume of crypto-related fraud and theft resulted in losses worth $4.4 billion in 2019
2019-11-28 20:25 | |
North Korea has officially denied being the mastermind behind the theft of over $2 billion USD. According to the official state media outlet the country, the allegations that North Korea is behind several thefts from crypto exchanges are false.
2019-9-3 22:49 | |
By CCN Markets: North Korea (DPRK) is sniffing out angry flames after getting accused of siphoning $2 billion from banks and bitcoin exchanges. The communist state denied having any links with the high-profile thefts.
2019-9-2 13:20 | |
North Korea denies the theft of $2 billion from banks and crypto exchanges, says that the U.S. and other hostile forces are spreading rumors
2019-9-1 20:50 | |
Going by the market price today, 10 million ETH is equal to about $2 billion USD. this is the much that PlusToken Ponzi scheme is alleged to have stolen from more than 800,000 people in ETH alone. The theft of the funds has remained a mystery even when it came to the public limelight, it […]
2019-8-25 23:07 | |
Embattled cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint has revealed that roughly half of its 110,000 users were affected by last week’s $3. 02 billion yen ($28 million) hack, reports The Mainchi. Speaking at a Tokyo press conference, Bitpoint president Genki Oda noted that of the 3.
2019-7-16 15:47 | |
Bitfinex Denies Any Involvement In $1. 37 Million Stolen BTC Transfer Bitfinex had 774,048 BTC stolen from its management back in 2016. At the time of the theft, the tokens were worth $350 million USD only, but now they are worth roughly $5.
2019-6-7 21:37 | |
The New York Office of the Attorney General (AG) wants to take a closer look into the business operations of Bitfinex and related stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT). According to a legal petition filed with the Supreme Court of New York, the NY Attorney General Office of Letitia James is applying for a court order to investigate Bitfinex’s suite of interrelated companies (including its umbrella firm iFinex and Tether Holdings Limited) for “ongoing fraud” to the tune of $850 million.
2019-4-27 01:30 | |
Thefts and scams are plaguing the crypto space, which saw US$1. 7 billion worth of cryptocurrencies being stolen and scammed in 2018, a sharp increase despite a slump in the market, according to the CipherTrace 2018 Q4 2018 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Report.
2019-2-2 15:11 | |
Two “prominent professional hacking groups” are responsible for the majority of publicly reported hacks of cryptocurrency exchanges and other cryptocurrency organizations, concludes a report published by blockchain data analytics firm Chainalysis this week.
2019-2-2 01:45 | |
According to the Q4 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering report by CipherTrace blockchain intelligence agency, criminals stole a massive $1. 7 billion of cryptocurrency last year. Despite the savage bear market conditions and freefalling prices, cryptocurrency theft is on the rise.
2019-1-31 14:00 | |
While 2017 was the year of crypto gains, 2018 was the year of crypto theft, according to new data. Crypto-related thefts increased roughly 260% from 2017 to 2018, largely fueled by a number of high-profile cryptocurrency exchange hacks.
2019-1-29 23:00 | |
The responsibility for the theft of cryptocurrencies worth in total up to $1 billion rests with hackers from just two groups. They are still active.
2019-1-30 20:17 | |
Rockstar’s Wild West adventure game, Red Dead Redemption 2 has achieved the biggest opening weekend in entertainment history. Yes, in entertainment history. Movies, music, books – everything.
2018-10-30 19:21 | |
Europe’s top banks allegedly helped wealthy clients across the continent steal 55 billion euros ($63 billion) from multiple governments by making tax reclaims to which they were not entitled, an investigation has revealed.
2018-10-21 09:10 | |
Most digital exchanges are unregulated and therefore unqualified to safely process cryptocurrency transactions. They don’t employ necessary know-your-customer (KYC) tactics, and roughly $1 billion in digital asset funds have been stolen since the start of 2018.
2018-10-13 23:34 | |
Theft of cryptocurrencies through the hacking of exchanges and trading platforms soared to $927 million in the first nine months of the year. Reuters reported on October 10, 2018, that this figure is up nearly 250 percent from the level seen in 2017, according to a report from U.
2018-10-12 03:00 | |
A CipherTrace report reveals that almost $1 billion was lost to crypto theft in the first nine months of 2018, marking a 250% increase from last year.
2018-10-11 11:41 | |
A report released by cybersecurity company CipherTrace on Oct. 9th revealed that cryptocurrency theft via hacking attacks on exchanges and trading platforms was up 250 percent since 2017, totaling $927M in the first nine months of 2018.
2018-10-11 10:00 | |
A report on cryptocurrency theft published by cyber security firm CipherTrace found that hacking of exchanges and trading platforms has jumped 250 percent in the first nine months of 2018 on a year-over-year basis, reaching $927 million.
2018-10-11 01:15 | |
How can I steal thee? Let me count the ways. The recent theft of more than one billion Crowd Machine (CMCT) tokens is a real-time case study of whether or not law enforcement in multiple jurisdictions can coordinate with exchanges and other crypto firms to prosecute and convict sophisticated criminals who steal difficult-to-track cryptocurrencies.
2018-10-1 17:30 | |
On September 22, 2018, Crowd Machine, a blockchain startup aiming to create the world’s first global cloud computing service built on distributed ledger infrastructure suffered a severe hack that targeted the company’s crypto wallet and led to the loss of over 1 billion of its native CMCT tokens.
2018-9-27 13:00 | |
When Tokyo-based Mt. Gox got hacked to the tune of 650,000 bitcoin in 2014, Japan learned early on the tough lessons of cryptocurrency theft. Yet, to this day, despite the country’s ongoing efforts to educate investors and ramp up oversight of crypto exchanges, it still feels the sting of hackers.
2018-9-21 23:45 | |
In 2017 alone, US companies spent upwards of $10 billion on third party audience data. And while generally speaking, people were once indifferent or oblivious to the way personal data was collected, the tide has certainly turned.
2018-8-12 21:30 | |
“We will make electricity so cheap only the rich will burn candles,” Thomas Edison reportedly said during the first public demonstration of his light bulb. Unfortunately, it wasn’t made cheap enough.
2018-7-30 18:00 | |
At the time of the theft, 500K Bitcoins would have been worth roughly $5 million USD, but with the inflation of the coins value, today’s prices would mark that number somewhere around $4 billion USD.
2018-7-26 15:36 | |
Since the industry’s bull run in 2017, recognition, acceptance and actual usage of cryptocurrencies — either as a payment method or an investment product — have steadily increased. However, it’s not only investors and merchants that have their eyes on these digital currencies as criminals are now increasingly targeting exchanges.
2018-7-11 16:54 | |
As virtually everyone in the crypto world knows, one of the most critical and persistent issues plaguing the space is wallet security. Problems abound: phishing, fraud, theft, hacking – all of these risks have to be taken into account by cryptocurrency holders.
2018-6-27 14:47 | |
Rumor has it vaunted, long awaited institutional money, big investment in crypto is coming. One of the many holdups involves custody regulation, as both large funds and those ecosystem companies best poised look for a smooth way to guard cryptocurrency holdings securely, alleviating whales’ greatest fears: theft and loss.
2018-6-22 04:20 | |
Popular South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has suspended all deposits and withdrawals following a hack resulting in the theft of more than $31 million worth of cryptocurrencies. This marks the second Korean exchange hack in as many weeks.
2018-6-20 07:30 | |
Coinbase dominated headlines across the space this week with a pair of significant developments. The San Francisco–based exchange announced on Monday, June 11, its intention to add Ethereum Classic to its trading platform and then quickly followed the news on Tuesday with the official opening of a crypto index fund.
2018-6-14 01:32 | |
The Coinrail hack of June 10, 2018, led to the theft of more than $40 million in cryptocurrency. Although not one of the more prominent exchange platforms, the Coinrail hack is yet another reminder of the tenuous nature of the emerging digital currency landscape.
2018-6-12 23:00 | |