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2020 Twitter account hijacking. At least 130 accounts affected. The bitcoin addresses involved received about US$ 110,000 in bitcoin transactions. On July 15, 2020, between 20:00 and 22:00 UTC, 130 high-profile Twitter accounts were reportedly compromised by outside parties to promote a bitcoin scam. [ 1][ 2] Twitter and other media sources ...
2016 Bitfinex hack. The Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange was hacked in August 2016. [ 1] 119,756 bitcoin, worth about US$72 million at the time, was stolen. [ 1] In February 2022, the US government recovered and seized a portion of the stolen bitcoin, then worth US$3.6 billion, [ 2] by decrypting a file owned by Ilya Lichtenstein that contained ...
WannaCry ransomware attack. The WannaCry ransomware attack was a worldwide cyberattack in May 2017 by the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm, which targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. [ 4] It was propagated by using EternalBlue, an exploit ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday the FBI is investigating the hack of the agency’s social media account that rocked the bitcoin world earlier this week ahead of the ...
The hack On Jan. 9, crypto industry onlookers monitored SEC accounts for any notice of the agency's decision on Bitcoin ETFs, a financial vehicle that would allow investors to trade the popular ...
Security researchers have cracked a password to recover over $3 million of bitcoin that had been stuck in a crypto wallet for 11 years.. Electrical engineer Joe Grand, who goes by the handle ...
The hack worsened an already ongoing cryptocurrency selloff by an additional $42 billion. On July 9, 2018, the exchange Bancor, whose code and fundraising had been subjects of controversy, had $23.5 million in cryptocurrency stolen. Zaif US$60 million in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Monacoin was stolen in September 2018
After a prolonged sting investigation, Secret Service agents swoop down on organizers and prominent members of BBSs in 14 U.S. cities including the Legion of Doom, conducting early-morning raids and arrests. The arrests involve and are aimed at cracking down on credit-card theft and telephone and wire fraud.