Scams
How this crypto founder escaped a “social engineering” hack
The crypto founder was sent an NFT that would have made it possible for the scammers to steal his Ethereum holdings.
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Hacks
Build Finance DAO hostile takeover, treasury drained
The Treasury of the Build Finance DAO appears to have been completely drained after a hostile takeover of the DAO governance by an attacker voting himself into power.
Crime
Report: Crypto ransomware payments in 2021 was over $600 million
Ransomware attackers have a preference for receiving their payments in Bitcoin and privacy-focused digital asset, Monero.
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Crime
US Department of Justice nabs couple for allegedly trying to launder $3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin
The couple has been accused of allegedly trying to embezzle $3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin that had previously been stolen from the Bitfinex crypto exchange in 2016.
Crime
Report: North Korea funded missile program using stolen crypto
A UN report has stated that cybercriminals from North Korea have made almost $2 billion to fund the country’s nuclear program.
NFTs
The dark side of the NFT market
According to a recent report, NFTs are becoming increasingly used for money laundering, while wash trading continues to plague the emerging market.
Hacks
Breakdown: How the hacker stole 80k ETH from the Solana Wormhole bridge
On Wednesday, a hacker managed to steal 80,000 ether (ETH) out of Solana through the Solana-Ethereum bridge Wormhole. Here’s how the hacker pulled it off.
Regulation
EU seeks to develop a government DNS resolver, block “illegal content”
The European Commission has published a proposal outlining a European DNS service that could, in the worst case, deny EU citizens from using crypto services. The proposal proposes to protect the privacy of end-users and filter malicious content.
Analysis
Money laundering 0.05% of all crypto transactions in 2021: Chainalysis report
Of all cryptocurrency transactions in 2021, a mere 0.05% can be associated with money laundering. Almost half of all illicit funds are funneled through just a few centralized services, but DeFi is on the rise.
