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SEC Says ‘SIM Swap’ Attack Enabled Takeover of X Account 
SEC Says ‘SIM Swap’ Attack Enabled Takeover of X Account 
January 22, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

The Jan. 9 hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) account on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) was apparently the result of...

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Crypto Wallet Firm Ledger Reports Security Breach 
Crypto Wallet Firm Ledger Reports Security Breach 
December 14, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto wallet firm Ledger experienced a security breach on Thursday (Dec. 14) in which hackers managed to steal $484,000.  The hackers did so by inserting malicious code...

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Crypto Market Exactly Protocol Targeted in $12 Million Hack
Crypto Market Exactly Protocol Targeted in $12 Million Hack
August 18, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto lender Exactly Protocol has suffered a hack, reportedly resulting in the loss of as much as $12 million. The decentralized credit market, which operates on the...

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Couple Plead Guilty to Money Laundering After Bitfinex Hack
Couple Plead Guilty to Money Laundering After Bitfinex Hack
August 03, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

A married couple from New York City have pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy charges stemming from the hack and theft of 120,000 bitcoin...

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Web3 Infrastructure Provider Ankr Vows to Restore Hacked $5M
Web3 Infrastructure Provider Ankr Vows to Restore Hacked $5M
December 02, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

Ankr has become the latest cryptocurrency-related firm to be hacked. The Web3 infrastructure provider tweeted Thursday (Dec. 1): “Our aBNB token has been exploited, and...

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Today in Crypto: Lawmaker Says US Needs CBDC to Remain in ‘the game’; BitKeep Wallet to Reimburse Users in $1M Hack
Today in Crypto: Lawmaker Says US Needs CBDC to Remain in ‘the game’; BitKeep Wallet...
October 18, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto wallet BitKeep has been hacked for more than $1 billion in BNB Chain and Polygon-based tokens on Tuesday (Oct. 18), a Coindesk report said....

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Today in Crypto: MobileCoin Debuts Data-Protecting Stablecoin; Blockchain Hackers ‘Could Have Gotten More,’ Binance Exec Says
Today in Crypto: MobileCoin Debuts Data-Protecting Stablecoin; Blockchain Hackers ‘Could Have Gotten More,’ Binance Exec...
October 10, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency and payment firm MobileCoin has teamed up with stablecoin platform Reserve to make a new stablecoin called Electronic Dollars (eUSD), which will focus on...

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What Are Cross-Chain Transactions and Why Are They Being Hacked?
What Are Cross-Chain Transactions and Why Are They Being Hacked?
October 07, 2022  |  Blockchain

With the cross-chain payments bridge of top global exchange Binance’s BNB Chain blockchain the victim of a $570 million cryptocurrency hack — the latest in...

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FTC Probes $200M Bitmark Crypto Hack
FTC Probes $200M Bitmark Crypto Hack
August 11, 2022  |  Regulation

In what is its first investigation into cryptocurrency markets, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking into the Bitmark currency exchange over the December 2021...

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