Bitfinex Hacker Gets 5 Years for $10 Billion Bitcoin Heist
1 month, 1 week ago

Bitfinex Hacker Gets 5 Years for $10 Billion Bitcoin Heist

Wired  

In perhaps the most adorable hacker story of the year, a trio of technologists in India found an innovative way to circumvent Apple’s location restrictions on AirPod Pro 2s so they could enable the earbuds’ hearing aid feature for their grandmas. In a new legal strategy for those attempting to hold commercial spyware vendors responsible, lawyer Andreu Van den Eynde, who was allegedly hacked with NSO Group spyware, is directly accusing two of the company’s founders, Omri Lavie and Shalev Hulio, and one of its executives, Yuval Somekh, of hacking crimes in a lawsuit. Van den Eynde was reportedly a victim of a hacking campaign that used NSO’s notorious Pegasus spyware against at least 65 Catalans. Van den Eynde and Iridia originally sued NSO Group in a Barcelona court in 2022 along with affiliates Osy Technologies and Q Cyber Technologies. “The people responsible for NSO Group have to explain their concrete activities,” a legal representative for Iridia and Van den Eynde wrote in the complaint, which was written in Catalan and translated by TechCrunch.

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North Korea hackers behind 2019 $42 mln Ethereum heist, South Korea police say
1 month ago

North Korea hackers behind 2019 $42 mln Ethereum heist, South Korea police say

Hindustan Times  

SEOUL, - South Korean police said on Thursday an investigation confirmed that hackers linked to North Korea's military intelligence agency were responsible for an Ethereum cryptocurrency heist in 2019, worth 58 billion won at the time. North Korea hackers behind 2019 $42 mln Ethereum heist, South Korea police say More than half of the stolen assets were laundered through three …

'Bitcoin’s biggest heist': How did Ilya Lichtenstein pull off the $10 billion cyber theft?
1 month, 1 week ago

'Bitcoin’s biggest heist': How did Ilya Lichtenstein pull off the $10 billion cyber theft?

Firstpost  

Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan, executed one of the ‘largest Bitcoin thefts’ in history, draining 120,000 bitcoins from Bitfinex in 2016. Lichtenstein’s wife, Heather Morgan, also known by her rap alias “Razzlekhan,” initially unaware of the hack, later became a crucial accomplice. Prosecutors noted, “Over half a decade, the defendant engaged in what IRS agents described as the …

Meet ZachXBT, the Masked Vigilante Tracking Down Billions in Crypto Scams and Thefts
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Meet ZachXBT, the Masked Vigilante Tracking Down Billions in Crypto Scams and Thefts

Wired  

On August 19, a twentysomething man who goes by the online handle ZachXBT was walking into an airport to board a flight home—which airport, his real name, where home is, he’d rather not say—when he saw an alert on his phone. A sum of bitcoins had just been transferred to a small cryptocurrency exchange, one of many whose transactions he …

WazirX Hack: Over $230 Million in stolen Crypto converted to Ether
3 months, 2 weeks ago

WazirX Hack: Over $230 Million in stolen Crypto converted to Ether

The Hindu  

A major part of the more than $230 million in assets stolen from Indian crypto exchange WazirX last month has been converted to Ether, the second biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, according to the crypto tracker Lookonchain. Crypto outlet Coin Desk also reported that a cryptocurrency “mixer” known as Tornado Cash was used to carry out currency transport. In response …

Hackers have stolen $1.3 billion from crypto platforms, report says
2 years, 7 months ago

Hackers have stolen $1.3 billion from crypto platforms, report says

The Hindu  

Decentralised finance exchanges are becoming breeding ground for digital thieves. In the first three months of this year, hackers have stolen $1.3 billion from exchanges, platforms, and private entities combined, according to a report by blockchain data platform Chainalysis. A DeFi protocol uses computer code called smart contracts that run on the blockchain network. The majority of hacking attacks happen …

Security News This Week: North Korea’s Lazarus Group Was Behind $540 Million Ronin Theft
2 years, 8 months ago

Security News This Week: North Korea’s Lazarus Group Was Behind $540 Million Ronin Theft

Wired  

Early this week, the Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team and Slovakian cybersecurity firm ESET warned that Russia's notorious GRU Sandworm hackers had targeted high-voltage electrical substations in Ukraine using a variation of their blackout-inducing Industroyer malware, also known as Crash Override. Days later, the US Department of Energy, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the NSA, and the FBI jointly …

Crypto’s biggest hacks and heists
2 years, 8 months ago

Crypto’s biggest hacks and heists

The Hindu  

Hackers have stolen cryptocurrency worth almost $615 million from a blockchain project linked to the popular online game Axie Infinity, in the latest cyberheist to hit the digital asset sector. Ronin, a network that allows the transfer of crypto coins across different blockchains, said on Tuesday that hackers stole on March 23 some 173,600 ether tokens and 25.5 million USD …

Hackers steal over $600 million in one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists
2 years, 8 months ago

Hackers steal over $600 million in one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists

Firstpost  

The haul was valued at $545 million when it was stolen on 23 March, but was worth about $615 million based on prices Tuesday, making it one of largest thefts ever in the crypto world. San Francisco: Hackers stole cryptocurrency worth over $600 million from a digital ledger used by players of the popular online game Axie Infinity, in a …

North Korean hackers stole $550m worth of cryptocurrency in 2021, report says
2 years, 11 months ago

North Korean hackers stole $550m worth of cryptocurrency in 2021, report says

ABC  

North Korea launched at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms in 2021, extracting nearly $US400 million worth of digital assets, one of its most successful years on record, blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis says in a new report. Key points: Chainalysis did not identify all the targets of the hacks North Korea has not responded to the report yet The United …

North Korean hackers stole $400 million in cryptocurrency in 2021
2 years, 11 months ago

North Korean hackers stole $400 million in cryptocurrency in 2021

The Hindu  

North Korea launched at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms that extracted nearly $400 million worth of digital assets last year, one of its most successful years on record, blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis said in a new report. Last year, the United States charged three North Korean computer programmers working for the country's intelligence service with a massive, years-long hacking …

North Korean hackers stole $400m in crypto last year: report
2 years, 11 months ago

North Korean hackers stole $400m in crypto last year: report

Al Jazeera  

Analysis firm says North Korean-linked hacks jumped from four in 2020 to seven in 2021. North Korea launched at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms that extracted nearly $400m worth of digital assets last year, one of its most successful years on record, blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis said in a new report. “From 2020 to 2021, the number of North …

North Korean Hackers Stole Nearly $400 Million in Crypto Last Year
2 years, 11 months ago

North Korean Hackers Stole Nearly $400 Million in Crypto Last Year

Wired  

The past year saw a breathtaking rise in the value of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, with Bitcoin gaining 60 percent in value in 2021 and Ethereum spiking 80 percent. North Korean hackers stole a total of $395 million worth of crypto coins last year across seven intrusions into cryptocurrency exchanges and investment firms, according to blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. …

Hackers steal $600 million in major cryptocurrency heist
3 years, 4 months ago

Hackers steal $600 million in major cryptocurrency heist

Live Mint  

A firm specializing in transferring cryptocurrency said Tuesday that hackers cracked its security, making off with a record-setting haul potentially worth $600 million. Poly Network put out a plea for the stolen Ethereum, BinanceChain and OxPolygon tokens to be shunned by traders running "wallets" for storing cryptocurrency. "The amount of money you hacked is the biggest one in the defi …

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