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ForkLog 21 01.07.2022

FBI puts OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova on the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list

The FBI has placed the founder of the OneCoin pyramid, Ruja Ignatova, on the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, according to the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

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ForkLog 23 30.06.2022

Elliptic: Lazarus hackers may be behind Horizon attack

Experts at Elliptic said that the Horizon cross-chain bridge attack may have been carried out by Lazarus, a North Korea–linked hacker group.

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ForkLog 8 29.06.2022

Santander reports 61% rise in celebrity-endorsed crypto scams

The number of celebrity-endorsed crypto scams in January–March rose 61% from Q4 2021, according to Santander analysts cited by Bloomberg.

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ForkLog 14 29.06.2022

Reuters reports North Korea losses from crypto-market downturn

North Korea has lost “millions of dollars” stolen by hackers due to the downturn in the cryptocurrency market. This threatens funding for its weapons programmes, Reuters reports, citing sources.

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ForkLog 14 29.06.2022

FBI: Scammers use deepfakes in online job interviews

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warned of a rising number of cases involving stolen personal information and deepfakes in hiring for remote IT roles.

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ForkLog 36 29.06.2022

Ronin sidechain relaunch: what happened?

Why did Axie Infinity’s developers build the Ronin sidechain? Why did it need relaunching? What comes next? We explain the project’s chequered history.

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ForkLog 19 27.06.2022

Harmony offers $1 million bounty for return of $100 million stolen from Horizon bridge

The Harmony protocol team offered a $1 million bounty for the return of Horizon cross-chain bridge crypto assets worth $100 million or information leading to the attackers.

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ForkLog 18 27.06.2022

Impostors posing as Anonymous hackers pledge to ‘do everything’ to hold Do Kwon, Terraform Labs chief, to account.

Unknown actors claiming to represent the Anonymous hackers promised to do everything to have Terraform Labs chief Do Kwon held to account as soon as possible. However, the hacker group's Twitter account refuted the statement.

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ForkLog 26 24.06.2022

Hackers attacked the DNS servers of DeFi projects that used Namecheap’s services

Since June 23, a number of DeFi projects, including Convex Finance, Allbridge, Ribbon Finance and DeFi Saver, faced DNS server attacks. All of them used Namecheap's domain registrar services.

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ForkLog 24 24.06.2022

Hacker hijacked Convex Finance DNS server

An attacker hijacked the DNS server of the DeFi protocol Convex Finance to prompt users to approve malicious smart contracts. The project team is assessing the potential damage.

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ForkLog 30 24.06.2022

Hacker steals about $100 million in Harmony’s Horizon cross-chain bridge attack

The Harmony team said a cross-chain Horizon bridge attack resulted in losses of about $100 million.

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ForkLog 8 22.06.2022

Chainalysis launches hotline for victims of cryptocurrency crimes

Analytics firm Chainalysis launched a 24/7 hotline to support organisations affected by ransomware and crypto-related cyberattacks.

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