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UN Says Crime Syndicates Expanding Into Crypto and Blockchain To Power Multibillion-Dollar Operations

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is warning that organized crime syndicates are increasingly leveraging cryptocurrency and…

April 22, 2025

27% of Bybit Hacked Funds Have ‘Gone Dark’ After Flowing Through Mixers and Bridges, According to CEO Ben Zhou

More than 27% of the roughly $1.4 billion worth of crypto stolen from Bybit earlier this year has "gone dark,"…

April 22, 2025

Crypto Rug Pull Losses Have Soared 6,499% This Year Despite Decrease in Frequency, Says DappRadar

The amount of financial losses tied to crypto rug pulls has significantly increased in 2025 despite fewer reported incidents, according…

April 21, 2025

Controversial Exchange eXch To Shutter in May Amid Allegations the Project Laundered Crypto Stolen in Bybit Hack

The controversial exchange eXch plans to close its doors in May after facing allegations that it laundered crypto stolen in…

April 19, 2025

$100,000 Drained From Bank Accounts At Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Other Lenders in One US County, Say Police – Here’s How

Authorities just issued a new warning about a bank scam that's hitting accounts across the US. Police outside Washington, D.C.…

April 19, 2025

100,000 Americans Exposed As Auto Giant Warns Customers’ Names, Contact Details, Credit Card Information, Social Security Numbers Leaked in Data Breach

A car rental giant says sensitive customer data has been exposed in a cybersecurity incident involving one of its vendors.…

April 19, 2025

JPMorgan Chase, BNY Mellon Respond To Major Data Breach As Bank Regulator Abruptly Suffers Security Breakdown

Financial giants are abruptly cutting connections with one of the top bank regulators in the US amid a major security…

April 19, 2025

Braiscompany $190,000,000 Crypto Ponzi Scheme Lands Mastermind 128-Year Jail Sentence: Report

The leaders of a Brazilian crypto Ponzi scheme have reportedly been handed a combined sentence of over 170 years behind…

April 18, 2025

Ethereum Layer-2 ZKsync Suffers Exploit As $5,000,000 in ZK Tokens Drained

Ethereum (ETH) Layer-2 scaling solution ZKsync (ZK) has suffered a significant exploit, resulting in the loss of $5 million worth…

April 15, 2025

Cybercriminals Hijacking Popular Crypto Software To Steal Digital Assets From Wallets: Security Researchers

Security researchers are warning that threat actors are using less noticeable techniques to compromise and steal funds from crypto wallets.…

April 14, 2025