Ripple warns that bad actors are stealing YouTube accounts and using them to impersonate the firm to shill their scams, including fake “XRP giveaways.”
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The pastor claimed that “God told” him to shill INDXcoin, which caused financial losses to at least 300 investors.
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Veer Chetal, a 19-year-old hacker, used social engineering to steal $243 million in Bitcoin, then exposed his identity during a livestream and reoffended while out on bail.
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A fake hardware wallet bought via TikTok led to a $6.9-million crypto theft; hackers are now targeting devices meant to keep funds safe.
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Former rugby player Shane Donovan Moore was sentenced to 2.5 years in US federal prison for running a $900,000 crypto mining Ponzi scheme.
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Iurii Gugnin allegedly used fake documents to bypass sanctions and launder $530 million for Russian clients. In the process, he deceived US banks.
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BigONE crypto exchange has confirmed a $27 million loss after a third-party attack on its hot wallet infrastructure.
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The town of Grosse Pointe Farms has no crypto ATMs, but has regulated them anyway, requiring registration, warnings and limits on kiosks.
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Arcadia Finance’s Rebalancer contract was exploited for $3.5 million in USDC and USDS on the Base blockchain, with stolen assets swapped to WETH.
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Discover how AI bots exploit vulnerabilities, why traditional security measures are no longer enough, and what steps can keep your crypto safe.
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Retired DEA agent Bill Callahan tells Cointelegraph that bad actors can make plenty of mistakes and still “make a handsome profit.”
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Looking for love lost $36.9 million to crypto scammers: A story of how Axis Digital turned sweet words into stolen coins and laundered it all to Cambodia.
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The Vatican Bank has denied any link to a suspicious crypto project offering fake memberships and token sales through a fraudulent “Vatican Chamber of Trade.”
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Nicholas Truglia was initially sentenced to 18 months behind bars for carrying out SIM-swapping attacks against crypto investors.
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Social engineering scams, from the Meeten campaign to fake crypto support scams, have become a troubling occurrence in crypto.
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