Crimes | ForkLog - Part 129

ForkLog 16 28.10.2020

Court to hear case of former FSB investigators accused of extortion of 65 million rubles in bitcoins

The case of former FSB investigators Alexey Kolbov and Sergey Belousov, accused of extorting 65 million rubles in bitcoins, has progressed to the final stage and will be heard on its merits by the 2nd Western District Military Court, Kommersant reports.

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ForkLog 16 28.10.2020

Harvest Finance explains hacker attack as an ‘engineering error’

The developers of the Harvest Finance DeFi protocol have taken responsibility for an 'engineering error' that allowed the hacker to carry out the recent attack and steal $19.8 million.

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ForkLog 8 28.10.2020

Hackers hacked Trump’s website and demanded Monero

The campaign site of the incumbent U.S. president, Donald Trump, was hacked. The hackers claimed to have gained access to secret information and demanded a cryptocurrency ransom.

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ForkLog 12 27.10.2020

Mining botnet targets WordPress-powered sites

The KashmirBlack botnet operators hacked hundreds of thousands of sites running WordPress, Joomla, Magento and Drupal, according to Imperva specialists.

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ForkLog 9 26.10.2020

Hackers stole 300,000 USDT from investors who stored private keys in Evernote

U.S. authorities have seized more than 300,000 USDT in connection with a cryptocurrency wallet hack. Hackers gained access through the Evernote cloud service.

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ForkLog 22 26.10.2020

Hacker drains $19.8m from Harvest Finance as FARM price falls more than 50%

An unknown attacker used $24 million in stablecoins from Harvest Finance DeFi protocol pools to withdraw $19.8 million in renBTC. The project\'s native token FARM fell by more than 50%.

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ForkLog 11 26.10.2020

Hackers demanded €450,000 in BTC from psychotherapy centre for clients’ personal data

The Vastaamo psychotherapy centre in Finland was hacked. Hackers exploited vulnerabilities in the system to gain access to the centre's database of thousands of clients and demanded a ransom of €450,000 in BTC, according to Foreigner.fi.

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ForkLog 21 26.10.2020

Ledger users report mass phishing attack

Ledger hardware wallet users reported receiving phishing emails offering an urgent update.

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ForkLog 11 24.10.2020

Extortionists Demanded 5 Million XRP from Ripple Labs in Exchange for Withholding Compromising Materials

In 2017, during the unprecedented hype around cryptocurrencies, unknown extortionists tried to obtain 5 million XRP from Ripple Labs by threatening to publish video footage that would portray the company in a negative light.

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ForkLog 23 23.10.2020

KuCoin hacker sent $5 million in Ethereum to Tornado Cash mixer

The KuCoin hacker used the Ethereum mixer Tornado Cash to obfuscate traces. The Block analyst Larry Cermak found that the attacker sent 11,520 ETH (~$4.8 million) to the service and, in batches of 100 ETH, mixed 2,800 ETH worth about $1.16 million.

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ForkLog 18 23.10.2020

Spanish police arrest CEO of Arbistar cryptocurrency project Arbistar 2.0

Spanish police have arrested the head of the Arbistar 2.0 cryptocurrency project, Santi Fuentes. He is suspected of fraud and money laundering, according to CoinDesk.

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ForkLog 6 23.10.2020

Conman posing as lawyer dupes Russian man into funding Bitcoin wallet

A 62-year-old resident of Ust-Ilimsk was twice a victim of scammers in an attempt to earn money and recover stolen funds, according to the local police.

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