Russia seizes $10M in Bitcoin from ex-official in bribery case
The Bitcoin seized from former ICRF employee Marat Tambiev will be turned into Russian state revenue from a hardware crypto wallet.
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The Bitcoin seized from former ICRF employee Marat Tambiev will be turned into Russian state revenue from a hardware crypto wallet.
According to the security firm, hacks accounted for more than 70% of crypto losses due to illicit activities in 2024, compared to 30% for scams.
According to Cyvers, the 40% yearly increase was mainly driven by growing access control vulnerabilities amid centralized exchanges and cryptocurrency custodians.
Initially owing creditors $4.2 million, Cryptopia’s liquidator Grant Thornton distributed at least $225 million in crypto to hack victims in December.
It’s crucial to securely back up and store your seed phrase in multiple safe places, ensuring that you’re the only one who can access it […]
Ilya Lichtenstein urged his social media followers not to blame his wife — also implicated in money laundering — for the 2016 Bitfinex hack.
A federal judge has given Eric Council Jr., who pleaded not guilty to compromising the SEC’s X account, permission to travel to North Carolina between […]
Hardware wallet provider Ledger has linked a recent loss of funds by one of its users to a phishing attack in February 2022.
Byte Federal, the operator of 1,300 Bitcoin ATMs in the US, has urged its customers to reset login credentials following a massive data breach.
Cryptocurrency hackers continue damaging the industry’s reputation as the yearly value stolen through cyberattacks nears $1.5 billion.
