Compromised Streaming Account Pushes Crypto Wallet Malware
A verified social media profile belonging to a major television streaming service was recently compromised to distribute malware aimed at extracting…
By Ashley Bennett · Sep 18, 2026
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By Ashley Bennett · Sep 18, 2026DOJ Charges Engineers With Crypto Listing Insider Trading
The United States Department of Justice for the Southern District of New York has officially indicted two former software engineers on charges of…
By Ashley Bennett · Sep 17, 2026
Eighteen Face Trial Over Massive $240 Million Crypto Heist
Federal prosecutors have advanced a criminal case against 18 individuals accused of orchestrating a $240 million digital asset theft. The sweeping…
By Ashley Bennett · Sep 17, 2026
Bot Intercepts $7.8 Million From Multisig Wallet Exploit
Early Tuesday, an attacker orchestrated a theft of approximately $7.8 million in cryptocurrency from a multisignature wallet, only to lose the entire…
By Kristjan Tamm · Sep 16, 2026
Non-Custodial Bitcoin Processor Halted After Data Breach
A Neuchâtel, Switzerland-based non-custodial digital asset payment processor was forced to take its servers offline on Monday after detecting a security…
By Ashley Bennett · Sep 15, 2026
Mastermind Pleads Guilty In $245M Crypto Theft Ring
Malone Lam, a 22-year-old Singaporean citizen and recent resident of Miami, has formally pleaded guilty to his involvement in a massive digital asset…
By Richi Sun · Sep 14, 2026
Bitcoin Bridge Exploits Leave Liquidity Providers Unpaid
Two major platforms offering cross-chain Bitcoin services have recently suffered exploits involving the unauthorized creation of tokens, leaving liquidity…
By Ashley Bennett · Sep 14, 2026
Sidechain Operator Refuses $46M Hacker Ransom Demand
An infrastructure provider is refusing to pay a nearly $46 million ransom following a massive sidechain exploit, rejecting the attackers' claim to a…
By Ashley Bennett · Sep 12, 2026
US seizes $52M in crypto from global scam marketplace
On September 9, 2026, United States authorities announced widespread enforcement actions against a massive Chinese-language illicit marketplace known as…
By Ashley Bennett · Sep 11, 2026
Chain Rolls Back Two Hours to Erase $74 Million Exploit
On August 30, 2026, the Cronos blockchain network took the drastic step of halting operations and rewinding nearly two hours of transaction history to…
By Kristjan Tamm · Sep 10, 2026
FBI uses blockchain analysis in darknet opioid case
Federal prosecutors charged two Florida brothers with operating a darknet narcotics operation after investigators combined blockchain tracing with…
By Ashley Bennett · Sep 9, 2026
Bitcoin Sidechain Drained of $320M in Code Exploit
A software flaw in Blockstream's Liquid Network allowed attackers to drain roughly 4,000 BTC, worth approximately $320 million, on September 6, making it…
By Ashley Bennett · Sep 9, 2026
US Seizes Over $560,000 in Hamas-Linked Crypto Funds
The U.S. Department of Justice announced it has seized more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency donations destined for Hamas and disrupted the designated…
By Kristjan Tamm · Sep 8, 2026
Hardware Wallet Breach Expands By 67,000 Users
A prominent hardware wallet manufacturer has disclosed that an ongoing data exposure incident involving its external shipping partner is more extensive…
By Ashley Bennett · Sep 7, 2026
Global Task Force Targets $12.7B Crypto Fraud Operations
U.S. financial regulators have identified approximately $12.7 billion in suspicious activity linked to digital asset investment fraud, as international…
By Kristjan Tamm · Sep 4, 2026
Trader Alleges $5M Loss In Coordinated Market Squeeze
A major cryptocurrency platform is facing public scrutiny after an X user named "xunlu" alleged losing more than 5 million USDT due to extreme price…
By Ashley Bennett · Sep 4, 2026
Police Dismantle $1M Monthly Crypto Drainer Syndicate
Authorities in Ukraine have shut down a sprawling network of fraudulent digital asset investment platforms that generated up to $1 million in monthly…
By Kristjan Tamm · Sep 3, 2026
Crypto Exploits Surge in August While Dollar Losses Drop
In August 2026, the digital asset sector experienced a divergence in security metrics, with the frequency of breaches rising sharply while the total…
By Ashley Bennett · Sep 1, 2026
Sanctioned Hackers Move $30M As Platform Eyes US Market
Wallets tied to North Korea’s state-sponsored Lazarus Group have liquidated more than $30 million in Bitcoin on decentralized derivatives venue…
By Kristjan Tamm · Sep 1, 2026
Police Dismantle Global Crypto-Funded Cyber Syndicate
Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Australia have disrupted a vast international cybercrime network that allegedly used digital assets to…
By Ashley Bennett · Aug 31, 2026
FBI Arrests Contractor Over $46M Government Crypto Theft
In a joint international operation, federal authorities have apprehended a United States government contractor accused of siphoning millions in digital…
By Ashley Bennett · Aug 27, 2026
$49B Phantom Token Mint Exposes Cross-Chain Infrastructure
The cross-chain architecture of metaverse platform The Sandbox recently fell victim to a staggering bridge exploit. An attacker manipulated smart contract…
By Kristjan Tamm · Aug 24, 2026
Phishing Sites Disguised as Security Tools Drain Wallets
Scammers are launching fake anti-money laundering (AML) detection websites to trick cryptocurrency users into authorizing malicious transactions. The…
By Ashley Bennett · Aug 21, 2026
Alleged $165M Ponzi Mastermind Extradited From Fiji
A 59-year-old Georgia man accused of orchestrating a massive cryptocurrency investment fraud is back in the United States after spending more than a year…
By Kristjan Tamm · Aug 20, 2026