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A Russian-speaking crypto ransomware gang LockBit has attacked ICBCFS arm in the U.S. Cryptocurrency ransomware gang LockBit has attacked the U.S. arm of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services (ICBCFS). Currently, it prevents the bank from settling Treasury trades, the Financial Times (FT) reports, citing market participants. Although details
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It’s not clear for what purposes Hanafin and his company used crypto. The wallet designated by OFAC received a bunch of large transactions since Feb. 2022, one for as much as 1,132,000 USDT. Most of the money sent to the wallet came from centralized exchanges like Binance, Huobi, OKX and
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That figure accounts for years of sanctions and compliance efforts against Russian bad actors. In other words, it is not specific to the war in Ukraine. Coinbase said it has not seen a surge in illicit activity following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Grewal said. Source
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