FBI Uncovers Akira Ransomware Group behind Over 250 Business Breaches
The group began its activities in March 2023, and has since infiltrated over 250 business entities, making away as much as $42 million in ransomware proceeds.
Another Police Department decides to pay a Bitcoin ransom to regain access to its server, infected by a malware program.
The group began its activities in March 2023, and has since infiltrated over 250 business entities, making away as much as $42 million in ransomware proceeds.
The FBI used a subpoena to obtain details of developers at the Bitcoin CoreDev meeting of 2022, to investigate $3.6 million in stolen BTC.
To combat fraud, Telefónica and Chainlink plan to leverage Chainlink Functions, a Web3 developer solution, to connect Telefónica’s OpenGateway APIs with the GSMA Open Gateway.
While Binance continues to work to put a stop to romance scammers, it’s also offering advice for lonely hearts on how to avoid becoming their next victim.
Karl Sebastian Greenwood pleaded guilty on December 16, 2022, to operating a multi-billion cryptocurrency pyramid scheme dubbed OneCoin.
The North Korean government is said to sponsor hackers to steal digital assets and fund its military operations, with on-chain analysis suggesting they have siphoned over $2 billion since 2018.
Salame has not yet made an official plea, and is expected to enter a plea deal with prosecutors, which could improve their case against FTX.
Crypto scammers are trapping gullible investors by creating replica websites and social media accounts of real-life projects. Later they ask the users to connect their wallets, and siphon off the funds.
According to a Guardian report, the defunct exchange FTX has already recovered $7.3bn of customer funds
The indictments present a broader pattern of North Korean users leveraging virtual private networks (VPNs) as well as virtual digital assets to redirect revenues to North Korea.