Phishing

Scammers Are Sending Ledger Users Fake Hardware Wallets

The fake wallets are an escalation in phishing attempts following a 2020 data breach that exposed 272,000 customer addresses.

Tech  ·  17 June 2021

Celsius Suffers Third-Party Data Breach, Customers Report Phishing Texts, Emails

The crypto lender's data leak comes almost a year to the date after a similar data leak hit BlockFi.

News  ·  15 April 2021
Exchanges

Binance Gives $200K to Investigators Who Helped Identify Actors Behind 2018 Attack

The exchange has awarded a bounty of $200,000 to private investigators who helped now-indicted bad actors who attacked the exchange in 2018.

News  ·  11 November 2020
Wallets

‘Convincing’ Phishing Attack Targets Ledger Hardware Wallet Users

Ledger confirmed that for the last week some customers have been the target of a phishing attack.

Tech  ·  27 October 2020
Twitter Hack 2020

Twitter Hack May Have Involved Another Teenager: Report

According to a recent report, a 16-year-old was served with a search warrant by federal agents at his home on Tuesday.

News  ·  2 September 2020
Exchanges

Binance Helped UK Police Investigate Criminal Involved in $50 Million Fraud

The exchange said it helped British police bust a cybercriminal who sold phishing tools that resulted in the theft of millions of pounds.

Policy & regulation  ·  27 September 2019
Fraud

Canadians Charged for $220,000 Bitcoin Scam on Twitter

Two Canadian nationals posed as HitBTC customer service representatives in order to steal a user's login credentials.

Markets  ·  23 August 2019
ConsenSys

Google Yanked MetaMask From the Chrome Store, Left a Phishing Scam Up

Scams are an epidemic in the crypto space, and clumsy actions by big tech companies can open up the opportunities, as MetaMask learned recently.

Policy & regulation  ·  26 July 2018
Security

How ICOs Can Protect Buyers from Phishing Attacks

The excitement surrounding ICOs has left investors vulnerable to phishing attacks, diminishing the reputation of the new investment mechanism.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 February 2018
Crime

Bee Token ICO Stung by $1 Million Phishing Scam

Due to a phishing scam, investors in the Bee Token ICO have actually sent nearly $1 million to malicious actors instead.

Policy & regulation  ·  1 February 2018
Hacking

Blockstack Counterattacked a Phishing Attempt on Its ICO

When phishing sites tried to con investors during its recent ICO, Blockstack used its tech expertise to turn the tables on the tricksters.

Policy & regulation  ·  30 November 2017
Hacking

Police Confirm North Korean Connection in Bitcoin Exchange Phishing

Law enforcement officials have confirmed that hackers from North Korea sought to steal bitcoins from exchanges in South Korea.

Policy & regulation  ·  2 October 2017
Regulation

Bitcoin Phishing Scheme Perpetrator Pleads Guilty in Connecticut Court

A Connecticut resident has pleaded guilty to charges that he stole more than $300,000 in bitcoin as part of a phishing scheme.

Policy & regulation  ·  29 June 2017
Exchanges

Federal Court Dismisses Bitcoin Startup BitPay’s Phishing Lawsuit

A legal fight between bitcoin payment processor BitPay and a major insurance company has ended, court documents reveal.

Business  ·  24 May 2016
Exchanges

Bitcoin Foundation Issues Fraud Alert Over Cloned Websites

The Bitcoin Foundation has warned that two unaffiliated fake websites are trying to con users out of their funds.

Policy & regulation  ·  2 December 2014