Incidents

Sep 2, 2025

Discord scammers stole $170 000 from a user

The victim lost $170 000 in cryptocurrency and NFTs, and experts note an increase in attacks of this type in Web3 communities

Sep 1, 2025

Indian court sentences government officials to life imprisonment in a bitcoin theft case

The case has become one of the biggest corruption scandals in the country

Aug 29, 2025

South Korea arrests hackers who stole $28 million from the elite

Hackers exploited a vulnerability in the SIM card system to gain access to the accounts of 258 wealthy Koreans, including BTS’s Jungkook

Aug 29, 2025

Solana allocates $500 000 to defend Tornado Cash developers

The Free Roman Storm Fund has raised $5,5 million to defend Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev. Major donations were made by Solana, the Ethereum Foundation, and Paradigm

Aug 28, 2025

Kanye West’s token crash: YZY on Solana collapsed — 73% of investors lost $74,8 million

The launch of the rapper’s cryptocurrency led to losses for tens of thousands of traders and raised suspicions of insider trading

Aug 27, 2025

Crypto exchange MEXC is accused of illegally freezing users’ cryptocurrency and blackmail

This case has heightened concerns in the crypto community about CEX control over customer assets

Aug 25, 2025

Billionaire heiress loses $80 million in cryptocurrency due to psychic’s advice

The victim invested $40 million in the XPRT token, the value of which plummeted in 2021

Aug 22, 2025

Korean actress stole $3,1 million to buy cryptocurrency

The prosecutor’s office has requested a sentence of three years in prison for her

Aug 21, 2025

Scammer pretended to be a police officer and stole $2,8 million worth of bitcoins

At this stage of the investigation, it is believed that the victim’s data may have been compromised as a result of an information leak

Aug 20, 2025

EminiFX founder to pay $228 million in Ponzi scheme case

A US court has ordered EminiFX founder Eddy Alexander to pay $228 million for a fraudulent scheme that defrauded more than 25 000 investors

Aug 19, 2025

South Korea suspends crypto lending on exchanges

The Financial Services Commission has ordered exchanges to temporarily freeze crypto lending due to a lack of regulation

Aug 18, 2025

Crypto blogger convicted of $3,5 million cloud mining scam

From January to August 2021, Parks illegally mined cryptocurrencies worth approximately $1 million using stolen power

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