cyber heist

Pierluigi Paganini August 19, 2021
Threat actors stole $97 million from Liquid cryptocurency exchange

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid was hit by a cyber attack, threat actors stole $97 Million worth of crypto-currency assets from the company. Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Liquid was hit by a cyber attack that resulted in the theft of $97 Million worth of crypto-currency assets from its warm wallets. Liquid confirmed that crooks stole various crypto-currency […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2017
South Korea cryptocurrency exchange Youbit shuts down after second hack in 2017

The South Korea Cryptocurrency Exchange Youbit has gone bankrupt after suffering a major cyber attack for the second time this year. The South Korea Cryptocurrency Exchange Youbit shuts down after suffering a major cyber attack for the second time this year. The company announced bankrupt on Tuesday after being hacked for the second time in the last eight months, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2017
The NIC Asia Bank is the last victim of the SWIFT hackers

The NIC Asia Bank requested the support of the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police to track down the crooks who hacked the SWIFT server. Once again hackers targeted SWIFT systems to steal money from a financial institution. The victim is the NIC Asia Bank that once discovered illegal fund transfer with its SWIFT server requested support from the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2017
Enigma platform hacked, hackers stole over $470,000 worth of Ethereum

Enigma platform hacked – Another cyber heist made the headlines, this time an unknown hacker has stolen more than $471,000 worth of Ethereum cryptocurrency. The hacker has stolen it from the cryptocurrency investment platform, Enigma. According to an announcement made on Enigma website, an “unknown entity” has hacked their website, slack accounts and email newsletter accounts. “WARNING: ENIGMA SLACK […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2017
Veritaseum – Hacker Steals $8.4 Million in Ethereum, for the second time during the ICO

Veritaseum – An unknown hacker has stolen nearly $8.4 Million worth of Ethereum cryptocurrency, for the second time during the ICO. A clamorous cyber heist makes the headlines, an unknown hacker has stolen nearly $8.4 Million worth of Ethereum cryptocurrency, the hack hit Veritaseum Initial Coin Offering (ICO). This is the fourth Ethereum cyber heist this […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2017
Hacker steals $7 Million in Ethereum from CoinDash in just 3 minutes

Hacker steals $7 Million in Ethereum from CoinDash in just 3 minutes after the ICO launch. Attacker tricked investors into sending ETH to the wrong address. Cybercrime could be a profitable business, crooks stole $7 Million worth of Ethereum in just 3 minutes. The cyber heist was possible due to a ‘a simple trick.‘ Hackers have stolen the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2017
Crooks took control over operations of a Brazilian bank for 5 hours

Cyber criminals launched a sophisticated cyber heist that compromised the entire DNS infrastructure of a major Brazilian Bank. A cyber criminal organization took over online service of a major Brazilian bank for five hours. The hackers compromised the bank DNS system and intercepted all the connections to the financial institution. According to Kaspersky Lab who […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2016
Tesco Bank suspended all online transactions due to a cyber heist

Tesco Bank halted all online transactions after a cyber heist affected thousands of its customers. An investigation is ongoing. Tesco Bank is going to adopt a strong measure in response to a cyber attack, the financial institution will freeze customers’ online transactions. The measure was announced by the chief executive Benny Higgins, the bank has admitted […]