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ForkLog 12 04.02.2022

CZ warns Binance clients about a large-scale phishing SMS campaign

Unknown actors organized a phishing SMS campaign targeting Binance clients.

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ForkLog 29 03.02.2022

Hackers drain more than $319 million from Wormhole cross-chain bridge pool

On the night of February 3, the Solana-based Wormhole cross-chain protocol was hacked. Attackers exploited a vulnerability and withdrew 120,000 WETH (over $319 million at the time).

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ForkLog 16 02.02.2022

Shooting near Kyiv bitcoin exchange injures two people

On 2 February, in the centre of Kyiv near a cryptocurrency exchange on Vladimirskaya Street, unknown assailants opened fire with an automatic weapon.

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ForkLog 16 02.02.2022

Hackers steal NFTs worth about $2.7 million from collector Larry Loulit

The collector Larry Loulit had 13 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) stolen, with a total value of about $2.7 million.

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ForkLog 57 01.02.2022

Lawsuit filed against Alfa-Bank and BTC-e-linked company for 1.8 billion rubles

On 28 January, the owner of Mayzus Financial Services (MFS), Sergey Mayzus, filed a lawsuit in the Moscow Arbitration Court seeking 1.8 billion rubles from Alfa-Bank and XP Solutions Limited.

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ForkLog 17 01.02.2022

Over 90,000 BTC moved from Bitfinex hack

On Tuesday, 1 February, the coins stolen in 2016 from the Bitfinex exchange were moved. The Whale Alert service recorded more than 20 transactions.

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ForkLog 33 28.01.2022

Hackers drain $80 million from DeFi platform Qubit Finance pool

The Qubit Finance lending platform on Binance Smart Chain (BSC) was hacked. PeckShield estimates that the attackers drained about $80 million worth of the project's digital assets from its pool.

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ForkLog 17 27.01.2022

CERT-UA finds potential link between attack on Ukrainian sites and ‘miner from the WEX exchange’

Analysts at CERT-UA say there may be a link between the organiser of January's attacks on Ukrainian government sites and the 'miner' acting on behalf of the client of the collapsed WEX exchange.

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ForkLog 22 27.01.2022

Chainalysis: In 2021, cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion in cryptocurrency

Last year, cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion in cryptocurrency — a figure 30% higher than in 2020, according to data from analytics firm Chainalysіs.

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ForkLog 7 25.01.2022

Former Coinbase chief says rules on cryptocurrencies would render even fiat illegal

Many studies show that only a small share of cryptocurrencies is related to illicit transactions. This was stated by the former Coinbase chief and current Figure president Asiff Hirji.

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ForkLog 27 25.01.2022

Unknown attacker steals three NFTs from Animoca Brands co-founder’s son

An unknown attacker used a phishing link to steal three non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The victim was the underage son of Animoca Brands' co-founder and chairman, Yat Siu.

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ForkLog 28 24.01.2022

LAToken accuses ‘disgruntled employee’ of hacking Twitter account

In the LAToken cryptocurrency exchange's Twitter account, there were claims that the project is a fraud. Representatives of the platform said that the account was compromised by a disgruntled employee.

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