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ForkLog 14 17.08.2021

Putin orders proposals to verify cryptocurrency holdings

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the anti-corruption plan for 2021-2024. He ordered the preparation of proposals aimed at verifying information on cryptocurrency holdings by November 15 of this year.

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ForkLog 26 13.08.2021

Rammstein frontman and the Hermitage at odds over NFT

Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann has put up for sale a collection of NFTs based on video footage shot inside the interiors of the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. The museum said the arrangement violated the agreement.

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ForkLog 24 13.08.2021

Russia ranks fourth globally in total losses from hacker attacks

In 2020 Russians lost $15.2 billion due to cybercrime attacks. This is the fourth-highest figure worldwide in terms of losses after the United States — $28 billion, Brazil — $26 billion and the United Kingdom — $17.4 billion.

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ForkLog 18 13.08.2021

Russia deploys AI to monitor ‘death groups’ on social networks

In Saint Petersburg, an AI-powered program to protect children online was developed.

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ForkLog 14 12.08.2021

Fox Group, BitRiver founder, funds LDPR’s pre-election campaign

Part of the funds for the LDPR's participation in the upcoming State Duma elections in the Russian Federation were transferred by the Fox Group, the founder of the BitRiver data-centers operator for cryptocurrency mining.

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ForkLog 11 12.08.2021

In Adygea, criminals extorted 5.2 million rubles from a victim under the pretext of cryptocurrency investments

A local resident in the Takhtamukaysky district contacted the police after becoming the victim of criminals who extorted more than 5 million rubles on the pretext of cryptocurrency investments.

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ForkLog 29 11.08.2021

Co-founders of Finiko, the financial pyramid, have left Russia; authorities issue a wanted notice

The Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Tatarstan has issued a search for the Finiko co-founders — Edward and Marat Sabirov, and Zygmunt Zygmuntovich.

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ForkLog 10 11.08.2021

In Moscow, police detained a suspect over a 6.7-million-ruble mining-equipment scam.

Moscow police detained a suspect in fraud and deception of a local resident for 6.7 million rubles. The information was reported by MVD Media.

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ForkLog 9 09.08.2021

Kamchatka region government foils Monero mining attempt

In the Kamchatka region, several civil servants installed software for cryptocurrency mining on the computers of the regional government.

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ForkLog 11 06.08.2021

Customers of hacked exchange bithub.im have received 2.1 million rubles

In the night of June 4–5, unknown hackers hacked the cryptocurrency exchange bithub.im and stole about 5 million rubles. To date, about half of the losses has been reimbursed to the victims.

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ForkLog 8 05.08.2021

Cryptocurrency scammers stole 3.6 million rubles from residents of Volgograd region

The Volgograd region police warned of an uptick in scammers offering citizens a way to profit from cryptocurrency investments.

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ForkLog 15 05.08.2021

Kemerovo resident loses more than 700,000 rubles in attempt to buy mining equipment

A resident of Kemerovo reported to the police that an unknown person had stolen 700,000 rubles from him, with whom the victim had arranged to purchase cryptocurrency mining equipment. The incident was reported on the Ministry of Internal Affairs site.

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