With major exchanges suffering outages and hacks, and some abruptly suspending withdrawals, are wallet platforms a more compelling alternative? One of the biggest trends in recent months has seen Bitcoin flow out of exchanges into wallets. Generally, this is interpreted as a bullish sign — indicating that investors are optimistic about further growth in cryptocurrency…
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What’s an exchange’s next move after falling victim to a security breach? This is a step-by-step guide to following a crypto thief’s tracks through analytics software. It’s every exchange’s worst nightmare: Falling victim to a security breach. An incident can disrupt a trading platform’s operations for weeks, affect customer confidence and damage a carefully cultivated…
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The Department of Justice has indicted three hackers affiliated with the infamous Lazarus Group. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced charges against three North Korean operatives. Making the announcement, Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers condemned the North Korean program, the most famous branch of which is Lazarus Group. Demers said: “North Korea’s…
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DeFi protocol Yearn.Finance repaid victims of its $11M hack by opening a Maker vault with YFI tokens from its newly expanded treasury. Major decentralized finance protocol Yearn.Finance (YFI) has restored its yDAI vault in the aftermath of a $11 million exploit by hackers. Yearn announced Tuesday that they opened a Maker vault with YFI tokens…
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Investigators reportedly identified the individuals by tracing the crypto exchange accounts used to launder the funds. Authorities in Japan are reportedly targeting individuals for their alleged involvement in the January 2018 hack of the Coincheck crypto exchange. According to a Jan. 22 report from Japanese news outlet Nikkei Asia, police have arrested or referred roughly 30 people…
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“Are you able to imagine all the possible consequences that can occur to you and your loved ones?” said the scammer. Ledger users are receiving threatening emails in the wake of the hardware wallet manufacturer reporting that 20,000 more of its customers have been affected by another massive data breach. One or more extortionists using…
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In 2021 and in the years to come, the digital-asset space must take steps to identify and implement solutions for its security. It’s safe to say that 2020 has been a banner year for the digital-asset space. Bitcoin (BTC) soared past its previous high, and many other prominent cryptocurrencies reached their highest levels since the…
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About $4 million of crypto stolen in Exmo hack was allegedly withdrawn through Poloniex, the exchange said it froze several accounts. Hacked cryptocurrency exchange Exmo is not able to recover a large amount of stolen funds as hackers withdrew millions of dollars in crypto through the Poloniex crypto exchange. On Dec. 21, Exmo announced a…
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DeFi exploits are too common for mass adoption. But there are solutions to the oracle problem. It seems like every week we hear news of another DeFi project being hacked or exploited. The latest crop of victims includes such projects as Harvest Finance, Akropolis, Value DeFi, Origin and of course Compound. When exploits do occur,…
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Bitgrail’s founder, Francesco Firano, is accused of fraud related to the massive hack back in 2018. Italian authorities have found Bitgrail’s founder responsible for fraudulent activity related to the 2018 hack of the platform that resulte in the loss of $150 million. Francesco Firano, the sole director of now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Bitgrail, is accused of…
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