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The US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) said that the $15.3 million that a Nigerian scammer stole from two Chicago-based firms might not be recovered because the funds were converted to Bitcoin.Alleged Nigerian Scammer Arrested, But He Apparently Doesn’t Reveal Bitcoin KeysNigerian media reported that Olalekan Jacob Ponle, nicknamed Woodberry, organized large-scale business email compromise (BEC) schemes. He targeted employees of two Chicago-based firms and manipulated them to conduct...

Ravencoin is the latest altcoin project to suffer an inflation bug, after discovering an attack that saw rogue actors mint 315 million counterfeit RVN tokens. Ravencoin Suffers Inflation BugThe Ravecoin network announced the news of the attack via a Medium blog post on Thursday (July 2, 2020). According to the post, the CryptoScope team alerted Ravencoin to the incident. Both teams worked together not to release particulars of the vulnerability to prevent copycat attacks.  Rogue actors were...

The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ecosystem has once again come under attack as a decentralized automated market maker exchange suffered losses close to half a million dollars yesterday.Balancer Lost $500k In Pool VulnerabilityDeFi project Balancer has lost about $500,000 worth of multiple tokens to a hacker due to a vulnerability in two of Balancer’s pools. News about the hack emerged on social media on Sunday evening, but Balancer did not issue an official report until this morning.According...

An unknown cybercriminal group from Eastern Europe has stolen nearly $200 million from cryptocurrency exchanges based primarily in the US, Japan, and Israel, a report revealed.Eastern European Hackers Group Steals $200MAccording to the report citing the research compiled by the cybersecurity firm ClearSky, the unknown group – referred to as “CryptoCore” – has frequently been hacking digital asset exchanges since mid-2018 to present day.The research outlined that the continuous rise of digital...

A recent report warned that most malicious Google Chrome extensions have come from a single Internet domain registrar – CommuniGal Communications (GalComm) and have been downloaded nearly 33 million times.Such malicious extensions have proven to be alarmingly dangerous to cryptocurrency investors as popular proponent recently lost all of his Bitcoin savings.Suspicious Google Extensions GrowThe research compiled by a US-based network security company Awake Security, informs that out of 26,079...

After hacking a major New York-based law firm, the cryptocurrency-demanding hacking group called REvil has threatened to auction off sensible documents starting from July 1st of celebrities such as LeBron James, Mariah Carey, and Nicki Minaj.REvil To Sell Stolen Documents?CryptoPotato reported in mid-May that the infamous hackers’ group attacked a law firm called Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks representing numerous celebrities and large companies in the entertainment business. REvil...

Police of New Zealand froze NZD140 Million ($90 Million) worth of assets, property of Alexander Vinnik, owner of Canton Business Corporation, who was also allegedly operated the BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange. The case is part of other investigations of money laundering and cybercrimes.The Largest Restrain Of Funds In New Zealand’s’s Crime HistoryIn a recent report by the police, investigators claim that the operation was among the biggest in the country and that this is the largest restrain...

Bitisis, an Iran-based crypto exchange, allegedly went bust. The organization was highly reported by Chinese media recently, and the suspicions are that the actual masterminds and control probably came from China instead.Gone With The Whole Investment CapitalAccording to a recent report from 8btc, the owners have controlled several overseas exchanges. The organizations had claimed to be able to carry arbitrage to attract additional individual investors. However, it all went off the radar, and...

The host of the Protocol Podcast, Eric Savics, became a Twitter sensation overnight as he posted a video explaining how he lost his 12 BTC. Supposedly, these were his savings that he hoped he’d be able to buy an apartment with and he’s been putting the money aside for the past seven years.Now, however, his Twitter account doesn’t exist.How Eric Savics Lost His BitcoinsOn June 10th this year, the host of the Protocol Podcast, Eric Savics, said he lost all of his bitcoins in a tragic mistake.As...

A popular blockchain security company finally revealed who was the sender of last week’s Ethereum transactions with abnormally high fees.Reportedly, it’s a small South Korean cryptocurrency exchange that pays little to no attention to its security protocols.The BackstoryLast week, CryptoPotato reported on two transactions with abnormally high fees that took place on Ethereum’s network. Both of them were sent out from the same address. The first carried 0.55 ETH and paid a fee of 10,668 ETH,...