Incidents

Jul 27, 2022

US Treasury Department suspects Kraken crypto exchange of violating sanctions

The agency initiated an investigation to find out if the platform allowed users from Iran to buy and sell cryptocurrency

Jul 26, 2022

SonicWall's report: frequency of ransomware attacks declines as bitcoin falls

According to experts, other factors that influenced the reduction of the indicator included the improvement of companies' security standards and the efforts of law enforcement

Jul 26, 2022

There is a new way to scam liquidity mining on the Web

The FBI revealed that a scheme using sites with fake dashboard information about returns resulted in $70 million in losses

Jul 26, 2022

SEC launches investigation into Coinbase crypto exchange

The regulator suspects the platform of trading unregistered securities

Jul 26, 2022

Binance CEO sues Bloomberg for defamation

Changpeng Zhao demanded that all defamatory materials be removed and that an official apology is made

Jul 25, 2022

Film producer pleads guilty to $2,5 million crypto fraud

Ryan Felton organized two schemes during which he deceived investors and used their funds for personal purposes

Jul 25, 2022

South Korean official stole budget funds to invest in bitcoin

An employee of the Mokpo Sports Council had been transferring money to her husband’s account and then spending it on buying digital assets and gambling

Jul 25, 2022

Hackers withdrew $6 million from decentralized platform Audius

In this, amid the fall of the crypto market, the attackers managed to sell the stolen digital assets for only $1,1 million

Jul 23, 2022

Creator of fake cryptocurrency My Big Coin found guilty of $6 million fraud

Prosecutors said that Randall Crater defrauded investors between 2014 and 2017 by claiming the asset was backed by $300 million in gold

Jul 22, 2022

User loses $150 000 over domain name joke

He placed a bid to buy his own address, forgetting to cancel it after selling it to another user at a lower price

Jul 22, 2022

First cryptocurrency insider trading case launched in the US

A court has charged a former product manager at cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase

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