Tag: Hacker
Bitfinex Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein Should Serve 5 Years in Prison, DOJ Says
Prosecutors have asked the judge to go harder on Lichtenstein, however, who they argue spent months devising a scheme to gain access to Bitfinex’s sys [...]
Hacker of Indian Crypto Exchange WazirX Is Almost Done Laundering $230M Stolen Funds
Tornado Cash allows crypto users to exchange tokens while masking wallet addresses on various blockchains. The service, by itself, is not nefarious bu [...]
WazirX Hacker Moves $32M Stolen ETH in Four Days to Tornado Cash as Binance Denies Founder’s Claims
“The WazirX team and Nischal Shetty continue to mislead WazirX customers and the market regarding the relationship between WazirX and Binance,” it wro [...]
WazirX Hacker Starts to Move Stolen Ether Using Tornado Cash
The Indian crypto exchange was hacked for over $230 million in July, and a restructuring process is underway in Singapore.
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Julian Assange’s Polarizing Legacy: From Hacker to Hunted Figure
The co-founder of WikiLeaks was a heroic crusader for truth to many people for publishing government secrets. To others, he was a reckless leaker enda [...]
Crypto Exchange Kraken Says Hackers Used Bug Bounty Program for ‘Extortion’ After $3M Exploit
Nick Percoco, Kraken's chief security officer, said in a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) that the firm received a "bug bounty progr [...]
Gala Games Hacker Returns $23M in ETH; Founder Proposes ‘Buy and Burn’
The change of fortunes leaves Gala with an unexpected $23 million windfall in ETH tokens. "We will probably buy and burn on galaswap," said the projec [...]
Poloniex Hacker Sends $3.3M Worth of Ether to Tornado Cash
A hacker that stole $125 million from Poloniex's hot wallets has sent 1,100 ether {{ETH}} to sanctioned coin mixer Tornado Cash, according to blockcha [...]
Crypto Hacker Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Stealing Over $12M From Solana-Based Exchanges
"No matter how novel or sophisticated the hack, this Office and our law enforcement partners are committed to following the money and bringing hackers [...]
Hackers Reportedly Steal Bitcoin (BTC) From Call of Duty Game Cheaters
Call of Duty developer Activision Blizzard (ATVI) is reportedly working with the cheat code providers to help the affected players. The current estima [...]
U.S. Government Crypto Wallets Transfer Nearly $1B of Bitcoin Seized From Bitfinex Hacker
The bitcoin moved during a volatile day of trading in the cryptocurrency, with its price hitting $60,000 for the first time since November 2021, then [...]
Solana’s (SOL) Most-Notorious Hacker House Is Bigger Than Ever
So said Barrett, the host of Solana's largest community-run coworking meetup, after surveying his fast-filling WeWork in Salt Lake City on Monday. His [...]
SEC Shut Off Extra Security on X For 7 Months, Letting Hacker Breeze In
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirmed that a hacker took over its X account through a "SIM swap" attack that seized control of a [...]
Hacker Selling Access to Binance’s Law Enforcement Request Panel for $10K
InfoStealers, a publication covering the Darknet and data breaches, reported that three computers belonging to law enforcement officers from Taiwan, U [...]
Platypus hacker walks free with $8.5M after claiming to be ‘ethical hacker’
Two brothers, responsible for the theft of $8.5 million from decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Platypus, were allowed to walk free with no repercu [...]