Security

US authorities are set to return $7 million to victims of a crypto scam that used social engineering to lure people into fraudulent investment platforms.

The California DFPI and DOJ identified a surge in crypto and AI-related scams in 2024.

Ethereum's Pectra upgrade faced a setback on the Sepolia testnet because of an exploit that resulted in empty block mining.

The US sanctioned Iranian darknet marketplace operator Behrouz Parsarad, and seized his cryptocurrency assets linked to illicit activities on the now-defunct Nemesis platform.

Lazarus, a hacker group allegedly linked to North Korea, is behind the hack of the Bybit cryptocurrency exchange. The hack led to serious consequences for the exchange itself and the industry as a whole

THORChain is facing internal turmoil after a developer resigned over a controversial vote to block transactions linked to North Korean hackers.

North Korean hackers linked to the Lazarus Group are suspected of using over 11,000 cryptocurrency wallets to launder the stolen funds.

The recent $1.4 billion Bybit hack was linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, which is now trying to launder the stolen funds through mixers, decentralized exchanges, and cross-chain bridges.

Australian police recently dismantled a major crime syndicate that is responsible for stealing crypto ATMs and rare collector cards.