Nicehash Crypto Mining Pool ‘Fully’ Reimburses All Users Affected by 2017 Hack
A Slovenian cryptocurrency mining pool and trading platform announced that they’ve managed to fully compensate their users affected by a hacking attack that took place in December 2017, which...
A Look at ‘Individual X’ and the Seized Stash of Silk Road Bitcoins Worth...
On November 3, 2020, the cryptocurrency community noticed that one of the largest addresses holding 69,369 bitcoins from the Silk Road were transferred. Following the onchain movement, the U.S....
Hacker from the 2016 Bitfinex Breach Transfers $21M Worth of Bitcoin to Unknown Wallets
On Wednesday morning (ET), around 2,034 BTC ($21.6 million) from the 2016 Bitfinex hack moved into a few unknown wallets. The action was caught by the Btcparser program as...
The Daily: Grin Developer Fund Grows, Russian Agent’s BTC Transaction Tracked
In this edition of The Daily, a leading Grin developer has received donations worth $26,000 to fund his work on the project. Also, research group Bellingcat has tracked a BTC...
Crypto-Stealing SIM Swapper Pleads Guilty, Gets 10 Years in Prison
Joel Ortiz, a college student who allegedly stole cryptocurrency worth over $5 million, has pleaded guilty and accepted a 10-year prison sentence. Ortiz was arrested last year and accused...
Crypto Thief Indicted in New York’s First SIM Swapping Prosecution
The Manhattan District Attorney has announced New York’s first...
20-Year Old Hacker Pleads Guilty to $5 Million Cryptocurrency Theft
20-year-old Joel Ortiz to serve 10 years in prison...
Research Reveals $1.7 Billion Obtained via Crypto Thefts and Scams in 2018
About $1.7 billion in cryptocurrency was obtained via illicit...
Report: Two Hacker Groups Stole $1 Billion From Crypto Exchanges
A new report alleges that just two groups of hackers dominate the majority of cybercrime directed against cryptocurrency exchanges. Together, these groups have responsible for stealing about $1 billion...
Owner of Hacked Crypto Exchange BitGrail Sentenced to Return Funds to Customers
Francesco Firano, the founder of hacked Italian cryptocurrency exchange...
