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The Lazarus hacker group, which is allegedly sponsored by the North Korean government, has deployed new viruses to steal cryptocurrency.Major cybersecurity firm Kaspersky reported on Jan. 8 that Lazarus has doubled down its efforts to infect both Mac and Windows users’ computers.The group had been using a modified open-source
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A French tech entrepreneur has been nabbed for allegedly stealing over 1 million euros in Bitcoin (BTC) from his former colleagues in what is purported to have been an “act of revenge.”On Dec. 22, the unnamed man was indicted by a judge in Paris on charges of theft, money
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A United Kingdom national, and alleged member of “The Dark Overlord” hacking collective, has been extradited to the United States to face charges. According to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice on Dec. 18, the charges relate to the purported theft of sensitive information from companies in
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A British national has been extradited to the U.S. for his alleged participation in “The Dark Overlord” hacker group that stole data from several Missouri companies and demanded ransom paid in bitcoin. He is an alleged member of the international hacker collective known as “The Dark Overlord.” That group came to
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Earlier today, news of a possible hack on one of South Korea’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange platforms Upbit made the rounds. Reports had it that the exchange’s customers were confused because they noticed quite a few irregularities with their accounts including the inability to transfer funds. In a recent publication, Upbit has
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‘Phineas Fisher,’ an anonymous hacktivist, has released a manifesto addressed to hackers in which he offers a reward of up to $100K in cryptocurrency to anyone who carries out politically motivated attacks.The bounty operation is called “Hacktivist Bug Hunting Program” and the idea is to incentivize hackers to perform cyber-attacks
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A group named “Shadow Kill Hackers” has targeted the largest city of South Africa, Johannesburg, and demanded a ransom of four Bitcoin(BTC)trade or they will publish the stolen city data on the internet.According to a message displayed on the computer of the city’s employees, the deadline to pay the ransom
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The hacker who stole 17 Ethereum domain names during the Ethereum Name Service’s (ENS) auction decided to return them all.The promise of hefty compensationOn Oct. 4, digital-collectibles marketplace OpenSea said that all of the stolen ENS names were returned successfully and that bidding on domain names will restart again
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On Friday, London police arrested a 19-year-old hacker who allegedly targeted artists and their music recording by stealing their unreleased songs from their web archives and sold them for cryptocurrency on the dark web.The Manhattan District Attorney’s office in New York has received several complaints from management companies of recording
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A hacker spent $1,000 in EOS to steal more than $110,000 in cryptocurrency through an exploit of EOS gambling game EOSPlay.Biggest DeFi service EOS REX usedAn alleged bug in EOSPlay allowed the attacker to steal 30,000 EOS via using EOS REX, a major decentralized financial (DeFi) service enabling EOS
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