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Police in Malaysia have shut down a bitcoin mining operation and seized 1,720 bitcoin mining machines in a major electricity theft crackdown following public complaints. “Police inspected 75 premises around the district and 30 of them were found to be carrying out illegal bitcoin mining activities and stealing electricity.” Malaysian Authorities
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After opening a link that referred her to a WhatsApp chat, the scammer asked her to deposit money in her Chivo wallet to recover the funds. Vieytez put in $100, and was asked for more. She put in another $100 and, again, was asked for more. When the account had
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This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in the regulatory landscape, and enterprise blockchain integrations. Bad news for EvergrandeEven after all the regulatory crackdowns, China isn’t letting 2021 slip away without a few more
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A teenager has been arrested in Canada after committing what law enforcement officials in Ontario have described as the largest crypto theft by a single person. The Canadian is accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars through a SIM swap targeting a crypto holder in the U.S. Teen Arrested
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Joseph O’Connor, known in some corners of the internet as PlugWalkJoe, was indicted on an array of charges relating to a May 2019 cryptocurrency exchange hack. During the attack, he is alleged to have absconded with digital assets valued at approximately $784,000.In the criminal scheme, authorities believe O'Connor utilized SIM
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Bike manufacturer Colnago plans to use blockchain technology to counter theft and counterfeiting.The Italian company will be the first bicycle manufacturer to link its products to a distributed ledger, according to an announcement Thursday.Blockchain technology will be used to provide customers with proof of validity and ownership to combat theft
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An AT&T customer filed a lawsuit against the company last week accusing it of failing to provide “reasonable and appropriate security to prevent unauthorized access to its customer wireless accounts.” This has led to the theft of cryptocurrency from the plaintiff’s crypto exchange account. AT&T Sued by Crypto Investor An AT&T customer,
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These transfers have occurred across the three wallets associated with the Poly Network hacker across the Ethereum (ETH), Binance Smart Chain, and Polygon networks. Poly Network confirmed receipt of the returned funds via a tweet issued on Tuesday.Details from Etherscan show $2 million worth of Shiba Inu (SHIB) and $616,000
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Bitcoin marketplace KeepChange says it has managed to limit the ramifications of a security breach on Sunday.According to a blog post on Monday, the exchange said several bitcoin withdrawal requests had been initiated from customer accounts to an address belonging to the attackers. However, one of the platform’s control subsystems
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