Bitcoin

Law enforcement shuts down Cryptomixer in major crypto crime takedown

Authorities seized $29M in Bitcoin after takedown of Cryptomixer, a service used to launder cybercrime proceeds. Europol announced the seizure…

2 months ago

$7.3B crypto laundering: ‘Bitcoin Queen’ sentenced to 11 Years in UK

“Bitcoin Queen” Zhimin Qian gets 11 years in London for laundering $7.3B from a crypto scam that defrauded 128K victims…

3 months ago

UK convicts Chinese national in £5.5B crypto fraud, marks world’s largest Bitcoin seizure

A Chinese national was convicted in the UK for crypto fraud as police seized £5.5B (61,000 Bitcoin), the world’s largest…

4 months ago

Attackers allegedly stole $69 million from cryptocurrency platform Phemex

Crooks stole at least $69 million from Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform Phemex in an alleged cyberattack. Singapore-based crypto platform Phemex paused…

1 year ago

US Bitcoin ATM operator Byte Federal suffered a data breach

US Bitcoin ATM operator Byte Federal suffered a data breach impacting 58,000 customers, attackers gained unauthorized access to a server…

1 year ago

DMM Bitcoin halts operations six months after a $300 million cyber heist

The Japanese cryptocurrency platform DMM Bitcoin is closing its operations just six months after a $300 million cyber heist. DMM…

1 year ago

Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein was sentenced to 5 years in prison

Bitfinex hacker, Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole 1 billion worth of Bitcoins from Bitfinex in 2016, has been sentenced to five…

1 year ago

US DoJ charged two men with stealing and laundering $230 Million worth of cryptocurrency

The US DoJ arrested two people and charged them with stealing and laundering more than $230 million worth of cryptocurrency.…

1 year ago

Threat actors compromised 1,590 CoinStats crypto wallets

Threat actors breached 1,590 cryptocurrency wallets of the cryptocurrency portfolio management and tracking platform CoinStats. The cryptocurrency portfolio management and…

2 years ago

Crooks stole more than $300M worth of Bitcoin from the exchange DMM Bitcoin

Crooks stole approximately 48.2 billion yen ($304 million) worth of Bitcoin from the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin. The Japanese…

2 years ago

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