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France
$133 million stolen from French bank via exploited service provider

Attackers siphoned an estimated $133 million from Crédit Mutuel Arkéa by using the bank’s own account to wire money to other banks, from where it was possibly converted into …

Binance
Fake job interview opened the door to $6.34 billion Binance heist

A tampered software installer and a fake job interview gave attackers the access they needed to steal about $6.34 billion in digital assets from Binance. “It was not a single …

Trezor
Trezor warns some of its wallets may hide a seed-stealing implant

A Trezor Safe 5 sold by CryptoBilis, the reseller linked to the recent Ledger wallet drains, may contain a hidden implant that steals the owner’s recovery phrase, Trezor has …

Binance
FBI pins $6.3 billion Binance crypto heist on North Korea while scammers circle anxious users

North Korea was behind the theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, the FBI has confirmed. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing …

Binance
Binance hit by $6.3 billion theft in what could be the biggest crypto heist on record

About $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency was stolen from Binance in what might be the biggest crypto hack in history. “Binance’s initial investigation suggests that the security …

Ledger
Hidden implant in Ledger hardware wallets linked to $93M theft

Three days after customers in Southeast Asia began reporting drained wallets, Ledger says the damage is limited. In its 72-hour update on X on October 11, the Paris-based …

North Korea
North Korea’s job interview scam runs both ways

Attackers are targeting members of the Rust Project and maintainers of widely used crates (Rust code libraries), dangling attractive opportunities to compromise their devices …

crypto scams
$245 million in stolen crypto funded racketeering crew’s lavish lifestyle

A 22-year-old man built his fortune by breaking into strangers’ digital wallets, then spent it on nightclub tabs, private jets, and a fleet of cars worth millions. …

Trezor
Trezor customers hit with phishing calls and letters after shipping-partner breach

Roughly 67,000 more customers of SatoshiLabs, the maker of hardware crypto-wallet Trezor, are at heightened risk of phishing attacks after their names, email addresses, phone …

data breach
SafePal breach affects 39,798 customers, data allegedly for sale

Cryptocurrency wallet maker SafePal disclosed a data breach that exposed order information for 39,798 customers, including names, email addresses, shipping addresses, phone …

scammers
Ukrainian police raid 94 fraudulent call centers, seize $2 million

Ukrainian police have disrupted 94 fraudulent call centers during a nationwide operation that involved more than 400 searches and the seizure of thousands of computers, …

crypto scams
Ready-made $500 kit puts a crypto scam within anyone’s reach

A seller on a cybercrime forum is offering a ready-made scam kit for $500, complete with an admin panel that tracks victims, checks their crypto wallets for value, and …

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