Binance Freezes Assets Linked to BtcTurk’s Hacker Attack
Binance is allegedly aiding in the investigation of a malicious attack on Turkey’s BtcTurk exchange, which resulted in over $5 million in stolen funds being frozen.
Binance is allegedly aiding in the investigation of a malicious attack on Turkey’s BtcTurk exchange, which resulted in over $5 million in stolen funds being frozen.
A recent report from blockchain security firm Immunefi revealed a 12% decrease in losses from fraud and hacks in the crypto industry compared to the previous year.
According to Bitfinex’s Chief Technology Officer Paolo Ardoino, claims spread on social media that the exchange was targeted in a large-scale data breach by the hacking group FSOCIETY on April 26 are not true.
Despite sanctions against Tornado Cash, North Korea’s Lazarus Group has returned to using the crypto mixer to launder stolen funds from hacks.
On February 28, two wallets linked to the coins seized in the Bitfinex hack case were found to have made multiple transfers to unidentified addresses.
On Monday morning in Asia, it was reported by Spreek on X, a pseudonymous individual in the crypto world, that MicroStrategy’s X account was potentially hacked and phishing messages were posted.
According to cybersecurity firm PeckShield and reported by Crypto Alerts, an unidentified individual made $31 million worth of PLA tokens through a hack on the PlayDapp gaming blockchain platform.
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