News with the tag "stolen funds"

Crypto exchanges Binance and Tokocrypto collaborated with Indonesian law enforcement to crack down on a crypto scam, seizing $200,000 in stolen assets. “During the investigation, multiple individuals involved in managing the accounts that received the stolen funds were arrested,” Binance stated. Bin...

Shezmu recovers nearly $5 million in stolen crypto through negotiations with the hacker, agreeing to a higher bounty. Meanwhile, WazirX struggles with unresolved losses.

Binance’s proactive security measures and industry collaborations lead to the recovery of $73 million in stolen funds by mid-2024.

The hacker’s use of Tornado Cash marks the first movement of the stolen Unizen funds since March, heightening security concerns.

Hackers exploit the market crash, using stolen funds from the 2022 Nomad bridge hack to purchase 16,892 ETH at a significant discount.

The hacker behind the $230 million WazirX hack has moved another $57 million of the stolen funds, as the exchange is doubling down on its bug bounty efforts.

A major payments firm in Cambodia, Huione Pay, received over $150,000 in cryptocurrency from a digital wallet used by the North Korean hacking group Lazarus, according to blockchain data reviewed by Reuters. The crypto was sent to Huione Pay between June 2023 and February 2024 from a wallet linked t...

Crypto analytics firm Chainalysis has previewed an in-depth report on money laundering within the crypto space, providing insights into tracing illicit funds and advanced identification techniques. The firm discovered that since 2019, nearly $100 billion has been transferred from known illicit walle...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has alerted the public to “an emerging criminal tactic” targeting investors who have already fallen victim to cryptocurrency scams and seek to recover their lost funds. These fraudsters often claim to be authorized by the FBI, Consumer Financial Protection B...

Crypto exchange Binance is assisting Btcturk with investigating the breach and has already frozen over $5.3M in stolen funds, Binance’s CEO has disclosed. Btcturk has reopened deposits and withdrawals for all ERC20 cryptocurrencies on the ERC20 network. Binance Assisting Btcturk With Cyber Attack In...