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This article has been updated with comments from a Ledger spokesperson. A Brazilian security researcher has uncovered a sophisticated counterfeit Ledger device operation after discovering modified hardware designed to siphon cryptocurrency from unsuspecting users. The security researcher, known online as…
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Police in Zanzibar are continuing to question crypto fund founder Joe McCann after the death of his fiancée during a vacation on the island. NBC News reported that Ashly Robinson, 31, died in the hospital on April 9, a day…
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Jean-Didier Berger, France’s minister delegate to the interior, has announced that the government is rolling out emergency protocols to defend digital asset holders against a violent surge in targeted kidnappings and physical extortions. RTL, a local news outlet, reports that…
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Two suspects were arrested in San Francisco after allegedly firing at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home early Sunday morning, the second attack on the property in three days, as federal and local prosecutors escalate charges against a separate suspect from…
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North Korean-linked operators have spent years quietly integrating into crypto firms and DeFi teams, raising fresh concerns about insider risk after a string of high-value exploits tied to the country’s cyber apparatus. Security researcher and MetaMask developer Taylor Monahan said…
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Former FTX head of engineering Nishad Singh has agreed to pay a $3.7 million fine to resolve his case with the US commodities regulator. Singh will pay a disgorgement of $3.7 million as part of a supplemental consent order for…
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A key figure allegedly behind the Huione network has been extradited to China, where he will face fraud and money laundering charges. A report from Hong Kong-based news outlet Ta Kung Wen Wei noted that Li Xiong, who was part…
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The United States Department of Justice has brought charges against 10 individuals for allegedly manipulating digital asset prices through so-called “pump-and-dump” schemes. In a Tuesday press release, federal prosecutors alleged that the defendants conspired to artificially inflate trading volumes and…
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U.S. prosecutors have moved forward with charges against a Maryland resident accused of carrying out two exploits that drained more than $54 million from the decentralized finance platform Uranium Finance. Court filings unsealed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the…
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An ex-Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy was sentenced to prison for his role in extorting victims alongside a jailed crypto figure. Michael Coberg, who served as a deputy with the department, was handed a 63-month prison sentence for helping…
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A Singapore court has sentenced a man to two years in jail for his involvement in a crypto theft that resulted in the loss of assets valued at more than $6.9 million. Man sentenced to 2 years in jail over…
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A couple in western Paris was held hostage and forced to transfer roughly €900,000 ($980,000) in Bitcoin after three criminals posing as police officers broke into their home in what appears to be the latest crypto “wrench attack.” The attack…
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A cryptocurrency holder has claimed that attackers stole roughly $24 million in a crypto robbery following a violent assault, with blockchain security analysts now tracking the movement of the funds on-chain. $24M crypto robbery linked to address poisoning In a…
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South Korean police have arrested a series of individuals believed to be acting as hired agents committing what authorities describe as “private revenge” attacks, which have involved vandalism and threatening behavior directed at private residences. South Korean police arrest agents…
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An editor affiliated with YouTube star MrBeast has been fined more than $20,000 and suspended from trading platform Kalshi for two years after the company found he engaged in insider trading tied to event contracts related to the creator’s content.…
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Cryptocurrency use for transactions involving human trafficking surged 85% in 2025. According to a Feb. 13 Chainalysis report, which tracked cryptocurrency-facilitated human trafficking payments tied to escort services, labor recruiters connected to Southeast Asian scam compounds, and child sexual abuse…
