Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
The hacker responsible for India’s largest crypto theft, which saw $234 million stolen from the WazirX exchange, has begun laundering the stolen funds.
Notably, recent reports have linked the entity behind this hack to the infamous North Korean...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Today, the FBI issued an alert warning that North Korean hackers are targeting U.S. cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in a bid to steal digital assets. The hackers are using advanced social engineering techniques to breach the security of c...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 1 year ago
WazirX hacker sends $6.5M ETH to Tornado Cash as the second phase of INR withdrawals starts
The hack on July 18 led to a $230M theft, causing halted trading and frozen withdrawals.
WazirX is battling legal issues and ongoing investigations.
The Waz...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
According to a report by Immunefi, crypto hackers have stolen over $1.2 billion in digital assets from January to August 2024, marking a 15.5% increase compared to the same period in 2023.
Seesawing Trend In 2024 For Crypto Hacks
As the crypto indust...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 year ago
Bitcoin, the world’s first and leading cryptocurrency, has proven its mettle in its roughly fifteen years of existence. From 2011 to 2021, it was the world's best-performing asset class in eight of the last eleven years. At the end of 2023, it reemer...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Hackers recently took control of McDonald’s official Instagram account to promote a fraudulent Grimace meme coin, successfully scamming users out of $700,000 in Solana. The attackers also compromised the personal X account of McDonald’s Senior Market...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
According to Bloomberg, a wallet linked to a major cryptocurrency heist two years ago swapped $39.75 million worth of the stablecoin DAI to scoop up 16,892 Ethereum (ETH) as the second-largest cryptocurrency plummeted by as much as 23% on Monday.
Cry...
More / Etherum Reddit - 1 year ago
On Aug 9-11, we host ZK Hack Montréal, our fourth IRL zk-hackathon. At ZK Hack Montréal, we will be hacking on zk-tools, using zk-DSLs, and building new products that showcase what zk can do. Hackers and builders will get to meet the teams working on...
by COINS NEWS - 1 year ago
Heather Morgan, sometimes known by her alter ego Razzlekhan, a self-styled social engineer and flamboyant rapper, made headlines after pleading guilty to one of the most audacious cyber heists in history; the 2016 Bitfinex hack of 120,000 BTC,...