Scams, Hacks & Breaches

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is slamming the cyber thieves behind a fake YouTube account that's attempting to lure viewers into participating in an XRP...

BitMEX is refunding users who were affected by the most recent attacks on the platform. At the peak of market volatility on Friday, BitMEX...

According to DomainTools senior security engineer Tarik Saleh, the number of coronavirus-themed domain registrations increased following reports of the first cases of COVID-19, and...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has filed charges against Dutch national Michael Rahim Mohammad, also known as "Mr. Dark", for operating Dark Scandals, a...

Kenneth Warren Rhule from Bothell, Washington is charged with an eight-count complaint after law enforcement officers allegedly caught him running a Bitcoin money-laundering operation. ...

YouTube is reportedly taking action against a cryptocurrency advertising scam featuring fake endorsements from Elon Musk and Daniel Craig. The false advertisements were discovered...

Authorities in Mexico say a 25-year old YouTuber is the ringleader of a band of kidnappers who extorted $103,000 in Bitcoin in exchange for...

The U.S. Treasury Department is blacklisting 20 Bitcoin (BTC) addresses associated with a pair of Chinese nationals accused of laundering millions of dollars worth...

Earlier this week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settled charges against Hollywood action star Steven Seagal, after he violated the anti-touting provisions...

Former Microsoft software engineer Volodymyr Kvashuk was convicted Tuesday in the United States District Court in Seattle for stealing more than $10 million in...