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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

AI Turbocharging $2,600,000,000 ‘Imposter Scams’ by Cloning Children’s Voices and Calling With Fake Emergencies: Report

Artificial intelligence is now turbocharging a multibillion-dollar global criminal scheme known as the "imposter scam". The initial version of the…

July 5, 2023

Hacker With $42,000,000,000 in Wallet Exploits Interoperability Platform Poly Network

The decentralized finance (DeFi) cross-chain protocol Poly Network has suffered another major hack involving dozens of crypto assets. Poly Network…

July 4, 2023

$656,000,000 in Crypto Lost in Hacks, Scams and Rug Pulls In First Half of 2023: Blockchain Security Firm

A new report from blockchain security firm Beosin reveals that the crypto market recorded losses of over half a trillion…

July 2, 2023

JPMorgan Chase Is Hiding Bombshell Emails on Bank’s Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein, Alleges Former Banking Big Wig

A former big wig banker is accusing JPMorgan Chase of hiding a cluster of bombshell emails about the financial giant's…

June 28, 2023

Atomic Wallet Faces Backlash After ‘Updating Security Infrastructure’ Without Revealing Cause of $100,000,000 Hack

Atomic Wallet is facing pushback online after releasing a statement last week that avoided specifics regarding the massive theft of…

June 28, 2023

Ohio Man Ordered To Pay $54,000,000 in Penalties After CFTC Lays Charges for Alleged Crypto Scam

A federal court is ordering an Ohio man to pay $54 million in restitution and penalties after allegedly running a…

June 28, 2023

UK Citizen Sentenced to Multiple Years in Prison for Stealing $794,000 in Crypto During 2020 Twitter Hack

A UK citizen was recently sentenced to five years in prison in the US for committing a slew of cybercrimes,…

June 27, 2023

Disgraced Terra (LUNA) Founder Do Kwon Sentenced to Four Months in Prison by Montenegro Court

On Monday, a Montenegro court sentenced the disgraced Terra (LUNA) founder Do Kwon to four months in prison for attempting…

June 20, 2023

Bahamas Supreme Court Allows FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried To Contest Post-Extradition Charges

The Bahamas Supreme Court says Sam Bankman-Fried has the right to be heard before the island nation consents to some…

June 15, 2023

‘Cryptoqueen’ Accomplice Goes Missing While Under House Arrest Just Before Legal Proceedings: Report

The former advisor of ‘Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova has reportedly disappeared just before his extradition to the US to face trial…

June 12, 2023