Scams, Hacks & Breaches

Phishing scams are bubbling up on the Ethereum (ETH) block explorer Etherscan, according to the cybersecurity firm Scam Sniffer. The firm says Etherscan aggregates...

An elderly woman who lost millions of dollars to scammers is hitting Bank of America (BofA) with a lawsuit over allegations of negligence, breach...

A top executive of the fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme OneCoin will spend years behind bars for her role in the multi-level marketing (MLM) scam that...

Tech giant Google is reportedly launching a lawsuit against crypto scammers who allegedly employed fake Android apps to reel in their victims. According to...

The founder and former CEO of the now-collapsed FTX crypto exchange is speaking out from behind bars. Last week, a US judge sentenced disgraced FTX founder...

Crypto assets are increasingly being used to pay for pirated online streaming content, according to the blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. Nordic Content Protection (NCP),...

Bad actors have exploited decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Prisma Finance and stole 3,257.69 Ethereum (ETH) worth $11.6 million, according to PeckShield. The blockchain security...

A US judge has sentenced disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison after the former crypto tycoon was convicted of fraud...

A crypto game built on the layer-2 blockchain Blast lost over 60% of the total value of assets on its platform following a massive...

South Korean police have detained two individuals for allegedly running a fraudulent crypto-based scam. According to the South Korean news outlet Chosun, a young duo...