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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) said it has arrested one politician, Ambassador Wilfred Bonse, concerning the theft of over $246,153 (200 million naira) from Patricia Technologies’ crypto wallet.The disclosure was made by ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, in a statement issued on Friday. It was reported that
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The hackers behind cryptocurrency casino Stake’s $41 million hack have shifted another $328,000 million worth of Polygon (MATIC) and Binance Coin (BNB) tokens — its latest moves following the Sept. 4 exploit, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.The most recent transfer involved 300 BNB tokens worth about $61,500 to an externally
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Despite looting $41 million in cryptos, Stake co-founder Ed Craven said the hackers did not compromise private user info or access customer funds during the attack. Edward Craven, co-founder of crypto casino Stake, published preliminary findings from a Sept. 4 incident that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says was masterminded
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According to the website Realms, there’s about $89 million in the Mango DAO treasury, but most of that is denominated in MNGO tokens, and the market for those might not be liquid enough to sell them quickly and easily. Project insiders say that the main source of funding would likely
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The original attacker for the $61 million Curve, Metronome, and Alchemix exploit began returning funds that were drained in the attack. The Alchemix Finance developer wallet received approximately 4,821 Ether ($8,891,578) in a series of three transactions from the attacker.Curve Finance was exploited via a reentrancy bug on July 30.
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Norwegian authorities, in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), have allegedly seized about $6 million that was stolen in last year’s Axie Infinity heist. “It is the biggest crypto seizure Norwegian police have ever made,” said Norway’s Økokrim. Norway and FBI Recoup
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In a civil suit filed Monday in Federal district court, the South Dakota-based company pointed the finger squarely at Gemini for a hack that’s left dozens of retirement savers in disarray. Some of its clients previously told CoinDesk they had picked IRA Financial largely because of its association with the
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Bitcoin scams have been rampant since the market started gaining popularity. Since its over a decade-long existence, there has been an uncountable number of scams. Some of these scams have become well-known that most people do not fall for them again. But others have evolved to be harder to spot.
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A $5 million online heist in Brazil targeting Spanish multinational financial institution, Banco Santander was thwarted after the funds were seized with local over-the-counter (OTC) crypto exchanges.The perpetrators immediately moved to convert the stolen funds into Bitcoin (BTC), however, the cash triggered many of the bank accounts of the exchanges
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The crypto community was brought down to its knees in late 2017 when a massive crypto heist was performed on a then-presumed unhackable crypto exchange platform, EtherDelta.Thankfully, two suspects were captured in relation to the case. The suspects, Anthony Tyler Nashatka and Elliot Gunton, allegedly carried out the crypto heist
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