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Peter Schiff Twitter Apparently Hacked, Shills Gold Crypto, Son Spencer Warns

[Jun 3, 2023 6:30 AM] The Twitter account of Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff was found advertising a gold-branded token as a result of an apparent hacking. His son, crypto enthusiast Spencer Schiff, warned users in a tweet not to follow the link posted by the unknown…

BitGo patches critical vulnerability first discovered by Fireblocks

[Mar 17, 2023 7:34 AM] BitGo has patched a vulnerability that threatened to expose the private keys of retail and institutional users.

Russian Court Sends 3 Crypto Robbers to Strict-Regime Prison

[Mar 7, 2023 2:30 AM] Three Russians are going to spend time in high-security prison for stealing over a million U.S. dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency from another man. In addition, the court has also ordered them to fully compensate the victim for the damages…

Court to Try 2 Russians for Stealing 86 Bitcoins From Crypto Miner

[Feb 16, 2023 4:30 AM] Two residents of the Russian city of Tomsk will be tried for “large-scale robbery” involving the theft of cryptocurrency worth millions of rubles from a local miner. The digital coins were stolen from the owner at gunpoint…

Ransomware Revenue Drops as Victims Pay Less Often, Chainalysis Reports

[Jan 20, 2023 11:30 PM] While the number of ransomware hits may not have decreased significantly, the revenue from such attacks has fallen sharply last year, according to Chainalysis. The blockchain forensics firm believes that to a large extent the trend can be…

Why DeFi should expect more hacks this year: Blockchain security execs

[Jan 8, 2023 7:30 PM] One reason is that “hackers have gotten smarter, gained more experience, and learned how to look for bugs,” according to the founder of a crypto auditing firm.