Hacks

Japan

Japan to Hold First Ever Trial Over Crypto Hacking Losses

An 18-year-old Japanese youth has been sent to prosecutors in the country's first ever trial involving cryptocurrency cyber-theft.

Policy & regulation  ·  15 March 2019
Exchanges

Hacked Exchange Cryptopia Discloses Estimate of Stolen Crypto

New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has given an idea of the losses arising from a hack on its platform last month.

Policy & regulation  ·  27 February 2019
Exchanges

US Government Returns Bitcoins Retrieved Following 2016 Bitfinex Hack

Bitfinex has announced that 27 of the bitcoins stolen in a major 2016 hack have been returned after they were retrieved by the U.S. government.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 February 2019
Europe

IOTA: Almost All Tokens From $11 Million Hack Have Been Found

Almost all of roughly $11 million-worth of iota tokens alleged to have been stolen by a British man have been found.

Policy & regulation  ·  31 January 2019
Crime

Hackers Just Stole Another $180K in Ether From Cryptopia Exchange

Hackers still have control over cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia and have removed more funds, says blockchain data firm Elementus.

Policy & regulation  ·  30 January 2019
Exchanges

Two Groups Responsible for 60% of All Crypto Exchange Hacks: Report

Two groups alone are responsible for a majority of hacks at cryptocurrency exchanges to date, Chainalysis research suggests.

Policy & regulation  ·  29 January 2019
LocalBitcoins

LocalBitcoins Reveals Security Breach With Some Crypto Wallets Affected

Peer-to-peer bitcoin trading site LocalBitcoins says it's suffered a hack via a third-party service that affected a small number of users.

Markets  ·  28 January 2019
Exchanges

New Zealand Police Keeping ‘Open Mind’ on Cryptopia Hack

New Zealand Police says the investigation into the hack of crypto exchange Cryptopia is complex and it's keeping an "open mind" on all possibilities.

Policy & regulation  ·  16 January 2019
Exchanges

New Zealand Crypto Exchange Cryptopia Goes Offline Citing Hack

New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has gone offline claiming "significant" losses arising from a hack.

Policy & regulation  ·  15 January 2019
Exchanges

2018: A Record-Breaking Year for Crypto Exchange Hacks

The CEO of one of the largest crypto security companies recaps his takeaways from the year that was.

Policy & regulation  ·  29 December 2018
Crime

Electrum Wallet Attack May Have Stolen As Much as 245 Bitcoin

A phishing attack on the Electrum wallet network has reportedly managed to steal bitcoin worth over $800,000.

Policy & regulation  ·  28 December 2018
Security

McAfee: Crypto-Mining Malware Grew By Over 4,000 Percent in 2018

Instances of crypto-mining malware increased by a whopping 4,467 percent this year, according to research from McAfee.

Markets  ·  20 December 2018
Wallets

Fake Developer Sneaks Malicious Code into BitPay’s Copay Wallet

The Copay wallet from crypto payments processor BitPay has been compromised by a hacker, the firm warns. An updated version has been released.

Tech  ·  27 November 2018
Bitcoin

Hackers Breach Popular Web Analytics Site to Target Crypto Exchange

Cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io was apparently the target of hackers who compromised a widely used web analytics platform.

Policy & regulation  ·  7 November 2018
Japan

Hackers Behind Zaif Crypto Exchange Theft May Have Been Exposed

Cybersecurity experts from Mitsubishi Group say they may have identified data that could locate the hackers of the Zaif crypto exchange.

Policy & regulation  ·  5 November 2018