This week, Metawin hacks, LottieFiles attack, hackers used Ethereum smart contracts to target npm developers, Craig Wright faced contempt of court, Alameda sued KuCoin, Binance sought dismissal of a U.S. Securities and Exchange lawsuit, and Immutable received a Wells Notice.
This week, a Truth Terminal founder hack, U.S. recovered stolen crypto, TeamTNT resurfaced, former FTX exec Nishad Singh avoided prison, a possible SEC's X account hacker plea deal, Tether reported to be under investigation, trends in digital assets enforcement and pending Dutch crypto legislation.
Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, the Nigerian government dropped charges on Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, an Indian hacker faces five years in prison for stealing $20 million, a $4.5M Tapioca DAO exploit, Transak data breach.
Is Peter Todd truly Satoshi Nakamoto, or just the next name in a long list of conspiracy theories that are eventually debunked? The HBO documentary's claim is far from conclusive, despite an eyebrow-raising moment in the film, where Todd admits to being Nakamoto on camera, seemingly tongue in cheek.
This week, an arrest in the U.S. SEC X account hack, a Radiant Capital hack, market manipulation charges on 18 entities, Bitfinex update, Forcount promoter sentenced, Mt. Gox pushed repayment, an alleged fraudster fled, SEC charged Cumberland and TD Bank pleased guilty to BSA violations.
This week, Australia seized crypto from alleged Ghost mastermind, Taiwan drafts new AML rules, IcomTech founder sentenced, U.S. looks to recover stolen crypto, EigenLayer's erroneous fund transfer, FTX's bankruptcy plan approved, Bitfinex hack update and regulatory push for a lawsuit against Nvidia.
Russia’s primary federal investigative agency announced a rare and sweeping investigation into the United States-sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange Cryptex and other platforms used to carry out illegal transactions and launder millions from ransomware groups.
This week, a guilty plea for $37M stolen, a $3.8M Onyx hack, a first conviction for illegal crypto ATM operations, Zort owner fraud, WazirX's post-hack liability, U.S. congressmen ask for Binance exec's release, a U.S. court denied Tornado Cash exec's motion and a SEC-Mango Markets settlement.
This week, BingX, Truflation, OpenAI X account hacked; Germany shut 47 exchanges; Caroline Ellison sentenced; two got crypto theft charges; one got crypto scam fine; Banana Gun will refund victims; WazirX, Liminal in dispute; SEC settled with TrueCoin, TrustToken; CFTC may settle with Mango Markets.
This week, Delta Prime and Ethena were hacked, Lazarus' funds were frozen, the SEC settled with Prager Metis and Rari Capital, Sam Bankman-Fried sought a new trial, the SEC accused NanoBit and CoinW6 of scams, the CTFC sought to fight pig butchering, and Wormhole integrated World ID and Solana.
This week, Indodax was hacked, Angel Drainer resurfaced, Russia developed Infra crypto, GS Partners settled with U.S. states, Caroline Ellison to be sentenced Sept. 24, FCA prosecuted first unregistered crypto case, Nigeria set new crypto regulations, and India may approve offshore crypto firms.
The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center on Monday issued a report revealing victims filed more than 69,000 public complaints related to cryptocurrency fraud and $5.6 billion in financial losses in 2023, while investment scams made up the bulk of losses throughout the year.
This week, pig-butchering scams and bitcoin ATM scams increased, an update in the FTX case, stolen WazirX funds were laundered, settlements in the SEC-Galois and CFTC-Uniswap cases, Scotland seized crypto in a robbery, North Korea targeted Web3 staff, and the Mt. Gox CEO launched a new crypto firm.
This week, the SEC sent OpenSea a Wells notice, WazirX sought protection from creditors, Ryan Salame reconsidered his guilty plea, objections to the FTX bankruptcy reorganization plan were filed, U.S. police recovered pig-butchering scam funds, and Colombia accused Worldcoin of privacy violations.
This week, Binance, ASX and Google sued; Solana users targeted; McDonalds' X account hacked; Mango Markets and SEC settled; China updated AML law; sentencing in the HTSB case; arrest in the BitConnect case; Australia shuttered 615 scams; Malaysia adopted Worldcoin, arrested crypto thieves.
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