Crime
Dogecoin gaining popularity for illegal activities, Elliptic report says
Elliptic revealed that there have been several instances where the popular meme coin have been used by bad actors for their gain.
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Crime
South Korean prosecutors have banned Terra employees from leaving the country
Terraform Labs employees are banned from leaving South Korea as the prosecutors office explores charging Do Kwon with fraud and other crimes.
Crime
CipherTrace report shows a decline in illicit activity in the crypto ecosystem
CipherTrace reported that crypto crimes has reduced and the crypto ecosystem has grown exponentially in recent years.
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Hacks
ApolloX suffers $2.8M hack after securing latest seed funding round
Hours after ApolloX confirmed that it had completed a new funding round, a hacker exploited a bug on the network to steal 53 million APX tokens, worth $2.8 million.
Scams
Newspaper Twitter account hacked to promote Goblintown phishing scam
The hacker behind the goblintown.wtf scam is also responsible for the attack on the Azuki Beanz NFT project.
Hacks
Attackers drain $5M from Osmosis; FireStake Validator admits to exploiting LP bug
Attackers exploited a bug, initially pointed out in a reddit thread, that allowed users to gain 50% more tokens while adding and withdrawing liquidity on Osmosis.
Crime
US DOJ wants more international collaboration to fight crypto crime
The US Department of Justice believes there is a need for international collaboration to better regulate the crypto industry.
NFTs
Bored Ape Yacht Club Discord server breached causing 200 ETH, 32 NFTs in losses
The BAYC Community Manager has reportedly had his Discord account breached resulting in scam giveaways being posted on the official BAYC Discord.
Scams
New crypto scam targets tech savvy individuals
The FBI has alerted the public to the prevalence of this “pig slaughtering” scam technique saying it received over 4,300 complaints about it in 2021.
