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GeneralBeginnerThe crypto world is entering what experts are calling a “crime supercycle.” According to blockchain sleuths ZachXBT and Taylor Monahan, the rise of memecoins endorsed by high‑profile political figures—coupled with regulators dropping key cases—has created a fertile environment for scammers.…
#crime#crypto#hackers
GeneralIran’s largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, suffered a devastating breach—hackers drained roughly $90–100 million in assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, XRP, Solana, Tron, and TON. The group responsible, calling itself Gonjeshke Darande or “Predatory Sparrow,” is believed to have ties to…
#crime#crypto#security
BitcoinBeginnerA crypto investor recently suffered a catastrophic loss after purchasing a discounted “cold wallet” from Douyin’s has an e‑commerce platform—China’s version of TikTok—only to discover it had been compromised before delivery. Instead of securely storing private keys, the wallet arrived preloaded…
#china#crime#crypto
GeneralBeginnerThe Cetus decentralized exchange suffered a $223 million loss due to a vulnerability in its automated market maker (AMM) protocol. Blockchain security firm Dedaub’s post-mortem report revealed that the exploit stemmed from a flaw in the most significant bits (MSB) check within the AMM’s code. This…
#crime#defi#hackers
BitcoinBeginnerAn Australian man from Queensland has had to give up nearly 25 Bitcoin, a luxury waterfront mansion, and a Mercedes-Benz after authorities linked the assets to suspected criminal activity. According to a statement released on May 18, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) — through its Criminal…
#australia#crime#crypto
GeneralBeginnerEuropean law enforcement arrested 17 individuals tied to what authorities are calling a “mafia crypto bank.” The group is accused of laundering over €21 million (around $23.5 million) in cryptocurrency for Middle Eastern and Chinese organised crime networks. According to a statement issued by…
#australia#banks#crime
GeneralBeginnerOn the report of May 13, three masked men suddenly lunged at the daughter of Paymium co-founder and CEO Pierre Noizat as she walked with her young son through Paris’s 11th district, attempting to bundle them into a waiting van in broad daylight. In the struggle, the assailants also assaulted a…
#crime#crypto
BitcoinBeginnerThree teenagers allegedly kidnapped a man at gunpoint after he returned home from hosting a cryptocurrency event downtown. According to police, the suspects forced the man into a vehicle and drove him an hour into the desert, where they coerced him into handing over access to his crypto wallets…
#altcoin#crime#crypto
BitcoinBeginnerThe seizure, announced on May 9 by German authorities, has seized €34 million (approximately $38 million) in cryptocurrency from the eXch platform, which is implicated in laundering funds stolen during the record-breaking $1.5 billion Bybit hack. The seizure, announced on May 9 by Germany’s…
#bybit#crime#crypto
BitcoinBeginnerThe LockBit ransomware group’s infrastructure, nearly 60,000 Bitcoin addresses associated with their operations, were exposed following a hack of their dark web affiliate panel. The leak included a MySQL database dump containing critical information such as ransomware builds, victim negotiation…
#crime#crypto#fraud
EthereumBeginnerA hacker involved in the 2022 exploit of Voltage Finance has recently moved 100 Ether (ETH)—worth about $182,783—to the privacy-focused platform Tornado Cash. This marks the first significant activity from the hacker’s wallet in over five months, with the last transaction recorded in November…
#crime#crypto#defi
