Scams, Hacks & Breaches

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) says that crypto scams were one of the riskiest types of scams in 2021. The nonprofit organization that seeks...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office is successfully recovering more than $500,000 worth of Bitcoin (BTC) that fraudsters stole from an elderly resident of Asheville, North...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is seizing more than $28 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) from a hacker accused of participating in a...

A brother and sister who traveled the world as part of a lavish crypto lifestyle are now facing a reckoning at the hands of...

Ukraine is announcing the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces after canceling plans for a crypto airdrop. Yesterday, Ukraine said they...

A federal grand jury in San Diego just indicted the founder of the BitConnect crypto scheme that allegedly defrauded thousands of investors in the...

Leading US crypto exchange Coinbase is awarding a white hat hacker hundreds of thousands of dollars for finding and exposing a security vulnerability. Last...

Top non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea says a phishing attack is likely behind the exploit that left a small number of users unable to...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is launching a new unit devoted to fighting the criminal misuse of cryptocurrency. According to a press...

New data from market intelligence firm Chainalysis reveals how most criminal crypto whales amassed their illicit riches. In a new report, the market analytics...