Crimes | ForkLog - Part 105

ForkLog 40 16.04.2021

Troll factory-linked cryptocurrency addresses hit by U.S. sanctions

The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added a number of cryptocurrency addresses to the sanctions list, linked to individuals and entities believed to have aided Russian intelligence services in meddling in the U.S. elections and disseminating disinformation.

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ForkLog 7 16.04.2021

Celsius Network users targeted by phishing campaign

On April 14, the Celsius Network cryptocurrency-lending service came under a hacking attack. Unknown actors, posing as the company, sent SMS messages and emails to some users demanding confidential information.

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ForkLog 8 15.04.2021

In Ukraine, proposal to include Bitcoin wallet addresses in declarations

The public union "Virtual Assets of Ukraine" proposed to the head of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, Alexander Novikov, changes to the cryptocurrency declaration process.

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ForkLog 7 15.04.2021

Tatarstan police to probe ‘cryptocurrency service’ for signs of a financial pyramid

Seven local residents filed a complaint with the Naberezhnye Chelny police alleging fraud by OXI Corporation. Law enforcement began a preliminary inquiry into possible signs of a financial pyramid, local media report.

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ForkLog 8 15.04.2021

Over 12,000 BTC moved from Bitfinex hack

On Wednesday, April 14, as bitcoin price reached new records, coins stolen in 2016 from the Bitfinex exchange were moved. In total, the hacker moved around 12,200 BTC, according to the Telegram channel Goldfoundinshit.

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ForkLog 9 14.04.2021

Malware in pirate office suites steals data and cryptocurrency

Attackers are using compromised image-editing tools and office software suites to access devices, breach cryptocurrency wallets, and steal information via the Tor network, according to Bitdefender researchers.

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ForkLog 24 13.04.2021

Ex-CIA officer says the scale of illicit Bitcoin operations is exaggerated

Authorities’ perceptions of the scale of Bitcoin’s use in illicit activity are greatly distorted, and blockchain analysis will enable effective crime-fighting.

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ForkLog 8 12.04.2021

A Russian man received a car battery instead of mining equipment.

An Amur region resident said he had fallen victim to scammers when buying cryptocurrency mining equipment.

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ForkLog 10 12.04.2021

Thieves in Irkutsk region steal mining farm worth 600,000 rubles

Police in the Irkutsk region detained three local residents suspected of stealing cryptocurrency mining equipment.

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ForkLog 23 09.04.2021

Database of 500 million LinkedIn users’ data put up for sale online

Researchers at Cyber News uncovered on a hacker forum a database containing data for 500 million LinkedIn users. A spokesperson for the service confirmed the existence of data scraped from the platform, but the company stressed that the information is publicly available, and that the database includes data from a number of sites.

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ForkLog 7 09.04.2021

In Moscow, criminals stole 15.4 million rubles in a fake sale of mining rigs.

The Moscow prosecutor's office has approved an indictment in a criminal case against three suspects, each believed to have committed 37 counts of fraud.

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ForkLog 44 09.04.2021

The Harvest Heist: How Hackers Obfuscated Trails After Harvest Finance Attack

Rapid growth of DeFi attracted the attention of attackers who exploit vulnerabilities in existing projects and create their own fraudulent schemes under the banner of decentralized finance. For ForkLog, the analytical company Crystal Blockchain thoroughly analyzed the Harvest Finance hack, which became the largest incident in the DeFi space in late 2020.

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