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Elon Musk Confirms Russian Bitcoin Ransomware Attack Targeting Tesla, FBI to the Rescue
Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla was recently targeted in a ransomware attack set to extort $1 million in Bitcoin from the car manufacturing giant.
dYdX Utilizes $9M Insurance Fund Following Alleged Targeted Attack on YFI
dYdX deployed $9 million from v3 insurance fund to cover YFI market liquidations, suspecting targeted attack and market manipulation. No user funds affected, insurance fund remains at $13.5 million.
Binance Contributes to Recovery and Return of $10,000 of Stolen Crypto To a Targeted Investor
Binance affiliate crypto security expert Harry Denley helped a victim recover $10, 000 worth of lost cryptocurrency recently.
Twitter Massive Hack Attack Traced Back to Crypto Wallet Using BitPay and Coinbase
In the massive Bitcoin scheme that happened earlier this week, reputed coin exchanges such as Binance, Gemini, and Coinbase were targeted by crypto scammers, and officials have been hard at work investigating the digital trail that may lead back to the crypto scammers.
Jack Daniel’s Parent Company Brown-Forman Targeted for Ransomware by Notorious REvil
Brown-Forman, Jack Daniel’s parent company and a giant powerhouse in the alcoholic industry, recently suffered a ransomware data breach originating from REvil.
Darknet Empire Offline for Days Has Users Fearing DDoS Attack and Looming Scam
A popular darknet marketplace, Empire Market, has been reported to be offline for over 48 hours, making website users fretful as to the cause behind it.
US Treasury Department Believed to be Hacked by Russians, Bitcoin Bulls Respond “BTC Never Gets Hacked”
The US Treasury Department has been on the receiving line of a huge security breach that saw their internal servers targeted.
Follow up: Almost 300,000 Addresses Hit in Binance Dusting Attack Launched Against Litecoin
Cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance alleged that a dusting attack had been launched on Litecoin (LTC). Being the fourth-largest altcoin, this had gained substantial attention amongst cryptocurrency proponents.
Ransomware Attack Directed Towards University of California Generated 118 Bitcoin
The University of California, San Francisco’s plans to further COVID-19 vaccine research were disrupted by a ransomware attack on the school’s servers.
Ethereum Calls On Hackers to Attack Ethereum 2.0 in Exchange for Bug Bounty
With Ethereum's plans to launch its 2.0 protocol network, the open-source platform has also decided to tweak its blockchain project to perfection by calling all hackers and challenging them to break into two Ethereum 2.0 attack networks.
DeFi's Yearn.Finance Protocol Suffers $2.8 Million Flash Loan Attack
Yearn.Finance decentralized finance protocol suffered a $2.8 million loss after a flash loan attack, a scheme frequently seen in the fast-rising DeFi sector.
WallStreetBets and Telegram Group Plan Coordinated Buying Attack on Ripple's XRP For February
WallStreetBets (WSB) along with a Telegram group are apparently planning a new coordinated attack on XRP which is set to be executed around 8:20EST.
Bitcoin Subreddit Surges as Hedge Funds Short BTC, A Coordinated Crypto Buying Attack?
Will Bitcoin be the next target of a coordinated buying attack as new data reveals Bitcoin subreddit's astronomical growth as well as institutional shorts on the cryptocurrency?