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Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years, Guilty of Laundering $10.5 Billion in Bitcoin
Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, has been sentenced to five years…
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Bitcoin Fog Founder Sentenced to 12 Years for Cryptocurrency Money Laundering
The 36-year-old founder of the Bitcoin Fog cryptocurrency mixer has been sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison…
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North Korean Hackers Target Crypto Firms with Hidden Risk Malware on macOS
A threat actor with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been observed targeting cryptocurrency-related businesses with…
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Researchers Uncover Python Package Targeting Crypto Wallets with Malicious Code
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malicious Python package that masquerades as a cryptocurrency trading tool but harbors functionality designed…
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U.K. Hacker Charged in $3.75 Million Insider Trading Scheme Using Hacked Executive Emails
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged a 39-year-old U.K. national for perpetrating a hack-to-trade fraud scheme that netted…
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FBI Cracks Down on Dark Web Marketplace Managed by Russian and Kazakh Nationals
Two men have been indicted in the U.S. for their alleged involvement in managing a dark web marketplace called WWH…
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Ex-Engineer Charged in Missouri for Failed $750,000 Bitcoin Extortion Attempt
A 57-year-old man from the U.S. state of Missouri has been arrested in connection with a failed data extortion campaign…
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U.S. Agencies Warn of Iranian Hacking Group’s Ongoing Ransomware Attacks
U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have called out an Iranian hacking group for breaching multiple organizations across the country and…
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Latvian Hacker Extradited to U.S. for Role in Karakurt Cybercrime Group
A 33-year-old Latvian national living in Moscow, Russia, has been charged in the U.S. for allegedly stealing data, extorting victims,…
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Xeon Sender Tool Exploits Cloud APIs for Large-Scale SMS Phishing Attacks
Malicious actors are using a cloud attack tool named Xeon Sender to conduct SMS phishing and spam campaigns on a…
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