Crimes | ForkLog - Part 106

ForkLog 8 08.04.2021

In Italy, authorities foiled a Bitcoin-paid plot to attack a woman

Police in Milan arrested a 40-year-old local resident who commissioned a brutal attack on his former girlfriend for €10,000 in bitcoins.

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ForkLog 9 07.04.2021

Bitcoin extortionists attacked industrial facilities via a VPN-server vulnerability

Experts from Kaspersky ICS CERT conducted an investigation into a series of Cring ransomware attacks. Among the victims were industrial enterprises in European countries, where hackers extorted bitcoins.

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ForkLog 15 07.04.2021

Hackers demand $40 million in cryptocurrency from a U.S. school district

The Broward County Public Schools’ computer systems in Florida were hit by the Conti ransomware. For decrypting the data and to prevent publication of stolen personal information, the attackers demanded a cryptocurrency ransom.

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ForkLog 8 07.04.2021

Sakhalin resident loses 2.5 million rubles in a fake-exchange scam

A local resident of Sakhalin Oblast appealed to the region's Ministry of Internal Affairs after becoming a victim of scammers in an attempt to profit from trading on the exchange.

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ForkLog 10 06.04.2021

American pleads guilty to operating an unlicensed Bitcoin exchange

A New Jersey resident, William Green, pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed Bitcoin exchange.

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ForkLog 8 06.04.2021

Bitcoin extortionists threatened to blow up two business centres in St. Petersburg

The attackers demanded 5 BTC (over 22 million rubles at the exchange rate at the time of writing), threatening to blow up bombs in two business centres in St. Petersburg.

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ForkLog 6 05.04.2021

UK authorities forecast rise in cryptocurrency fraud

The Crown Prosecution Service of the United Kingdom (CPS) expects a surge in cryptocurrency-related scams. The Financial Times reports this.

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ForkLog 18 05.04.2021

DeFi Project Force DAO Attacked After Launch

On Sunday, April 4, the DeFi protocol Force DAO said hackers attacked a few hours after launch. The FORCE token shed 90%.

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ForkLog 18 05.04.2021

Georgian authorities uncover group behind cryptocurrency scam; victims’ losses total €620,000.

Georgian authorities announced the detention of 11 people suspected of misappropriating funds under the pretext of cryptocurrency trading.

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ForkLog 36 05.04.2021

GitHub servers used for cryptocurrency mining

The GitHub service for hosting IT projects is investigating a series of attacks on its cloud infrastructure that allowed unknown actors to use the company's servers to mine cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 7 05.04.2021

UK regulator suspects crypto firm of fraud

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warned investors about alleged fraud involving the Blockchain Recovery Department.

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ForkLog 8 02.04.2021

Warnings of a breach appear on Coinhive-linked domains

The creator of Have I Been Pwned, Troy Hunt, gained the right to post warnings on Coinhive-linked domains that they had been breached.

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