Hubspot, which is a third-party vendor for BlockFi, stored user data such as names, emails, and phone numbers, which has historically been used to conduct phishing attacks.
The ACCC specifically mentioned unauthorized or supported "scam" advertisements involving notable Australian people such as entrepreneur Dick Smith, TV host David Koch, and former NSW premier Mike Baird.
A brother and sister team will be charged with wire fraud, securities fraud, and conspiracy in connection with the Ormeus Coin ICO.
BitConnect's creator has been accused of unlawfully acquiring funds and scamming over $2 billion from American investors.
To securely return the treasured assets, the NFT marketplace has initiated contact with a minimum of one of the accused victims.
Three people were arrested in association with suspected tax-dodging using dummy companies and fake identities, as per the tax authority.
"The department once again showed how it can and will follow the money," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said.
StockX is a $3.8 billion online retailer, and the NFT sneakers in concern are still available for sale.
On Latoken's Twitter account, allegations of fraud and staff exploitation began to circulate.
Over the week, Multichain users suffered more than $3 million because of a security issue in six tokens. However, a white-hat hacker returned 322 ETH; over 527 ETH is still being abused.
A hot wallet security violation at the sports NFT minting platform resulted in the loss of $18 million in native LMT tokens over various project wallets.
Terra, a public blockchain network, confirmed a scam attack on Mirror, a synthetic asset protocol it is using, by means of an official governance poll.
Tokens worth around $60 million were transferred through the Ethereum blockchain on AscendEX exchange platform.
Here are points which can help you from getting crypto scammed.
Turkish media states that authorities are investigating an alleged Dogecoin mining scam that left the investors helpless after amassing $119 million worth of deposits. During Aug. 23rd report from local channel TV100 broke the news, with police recognizing an online character known under a pseudonym as ‘Turgut. V” as the scheme’s suspected operator.
This week several supercomputers across Europe were attacked by hackers who broke in with the intention of mining crypto. The computers had to be shut down for investigation.
According to Chinese reports, another crypto scam has taken place this week, which is similar to the Plustoken platform. Over 700,000 users have been scammed by Dubbed WOTOKEN, and it has stolen a crypto worth over $1 billion.
A great number of scam cases have been noted in the cryptocurrency space. For example, the fraudsters try to extort money from the cryptocurrency buyers by citing an influential person. In the case like that, the image of a public figure is used unlawfully, of course. Some time ago, a popular Slovak cyclist, Peter Sagan, fell victim to such an incident.
As the latest research shows, North Korean hackers have developed a clever way of stealing BTC and other cryptocurrencies through a popular messaging application, Telegram.
According to a great number of analysts, cryptocurrencies will be getting more and more recognition in the coming years because of the fact that this branch of industry will become increasingly common in all sectors of the industry. What about the security?
Having extorted as much as USD 4.4 billion from users, the financial pyramid was able to function up to last week. Today, the website is already closed.
Growing cryptographic crime has led organizations to join forces in order to counter fraudsters together. Do they have a chance to win against hackers?
On Friday, a 25-year-old man was accused of operating a cryptocurrency exchange without the required license in Los Angeles. The Westwood resident pleaded guilty.
Mike Tyson is battling Fight to Fame. All news that has recently broken out in the media about his alleged cooperation with this startup was false!
The Singaporean authorities are calling for caution. There are more and more Internet sources that through the image of public figures try to promote SCAM. Here they are!
Many people criticize cryptocurrencies arguing that they are a tool used to launder money. However, they are just a drop in the ocean of frauds being; cryptocurrencies are just a fraction of criminality.
Tesco's Twitter account was hacked - the hackers tried to exploit a scam which extorts Bitcoins from the customers.
ESET, a pioneer when it comes to cybersecurity, has detected an atypical malware that can infect MacOS and Windows.
Cryptocurrency frauds are increasing all the time, and now hackers have found another way to steal Bitcoins - a virus appearing on Youtube.
