Crypto tourist nightmare in London: fake Uber driver allegedly drugs American and steals $123K in Bitcoin and XRPAn American tourist in London says a fake Uber driver drugged and robbed him of $123,000 in crypto. Jacob Irwin Cline, 30, claims he lost B...
24 May, 2025, 09.46 AM IST
FBI says North Korea was responsible for $1.5 billion ByBit hackThe FBI said it is expected the assets will be further laundered and eventually converted to fiat currency. ByBit said on Friday an attacke...
27 Feb, 2025, 08.32 AM IST
Crypto exchange Bybit’s $1.5 billion breach: All you need to knowAnalysts believe the attack is connected to North Korea's Lazarus Group, a state-sponsored hacking collective infamous for stealing billion...
22 Feb, 2025, 01.36 PM IST
Japan, US blame North Koreans for $300 million crypto theftA North Korean hacking group stole cryptocurrency worth over $300 million from the Japan-based exchange DMM Bitcoin, according to Japanese ...
24 Dec, 2024, 07.53 AM IST
Crypto ransom attack payments hit record $1 billion in 2023: reportScammers targeting institutions such as hospitals, schools and government offices for ransom pocketed $1.1 billion last year, compared with...
07 Feb, 2024, 08.06 PM IST
Crypto Users Beware: Hamas stole Rs 4 crore from Delhi user's wallet to fund Israel attack, claims MossadDelhi Police's Special Cell is investigating a case of cryptocurrency theft where a west Delhi businessman had approximately Rs 4 crore sto...
11 Oct, 2023, 01.11 PM IST
New York couple plead guilty to bitcoin launderingIn total, the couple admitted to laundering conspiracies arising from the theft of approximately 120,000 bitcoin from Bitfinex, a global cr...
04 Aug, 2023, 11.11 AM IST
US justice department seizes $3.6 billion in Bitcoin and arrests married coupleThe couple, Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and Heather Morgan, 31, were accused in a criminal complaint of conspiring to launder 119,754 bitcoins t...
09 Feb, 2022, 02.56 PM IST
Bengaluru lecturer loses bitcoins worth Rs 10 lakh to fraudster who offered help on appA 38-year-old lecturer who was new to the cryptocurrency world lost bitcoins worth Rs 10 lakh to a fraudster who had promised to handle his...
17 Mar, 2021, 02.27 PM IST
Sleuths scour for frozen Quadriga coins in crypto dramaThe virtually unregulated world of digital currencies has been a breeding ground for hacks and thefts since the Bitcoin was invented more t...
07 Feb, 2019, 10.30 AM IST
Lens on chief security officer of bitcoin firm after theftA team led by additional DCP (Cyber Cell) K P Malhotra has started going through the servers of the company to determine the extent of the ...
14 Apr, 2018, 10.49 AM IST
Coinsecure announces 2 crore reward to recover lost bitcoins; Promises refund in 15 daysIt is still unclear why the private key -- password that is kept by the company and stored offline — were leaked online, leading to the hac...
14 Apr, 2018, 08.47 AM IST
Bitcoins worth Rs 20 crore stolen from exchange in India's biggest crypto theftCoinsecure, the Delhi-based cryptocurrency exchange, has filed an FIR accusing its CSO, Amitabh Saxena, of siphoning off the money from the...
13 Apr, 2018, 10.14 AM IST
Bitcoins worth Rs 41 lakh stolen from woman’s e-wallet accountShe first lost around 6.5 Bitcoins worth Rs 6.5 lakh to hackers and lost another Rs 35 lakh to cheats who claimed to help her retrieve the ...
20 Mar, 2018, 10.44 AM IST
Bitcoin falls on $31 million hack of cryptocurrency peer TetherBitcoin dropped 5.4%, the most since Nov. 13. It was last trading 1.6% weaker at $8,117.
21 Nov, 2017, 03.35 PM IST
Are you bitcoin savvy? Things you should know about the digital currencyIn the news recently for the risks it poses to users, the e-payment system, Bitcoin, can no longer be ignored. Here is all that you need to...
28 Apr, 2014, 09.24 AM IST
Bitcoin gang gets 67 new e-currencies; value grows to $13 billionBitcoin is a virtual currency that can be generated through complex computer software systems with solutions shared on a network.
30 Dec, 2013, 01.20 AM IST