Key takeaways: On Aug. 19, Liquid exchange announced it had suffered a hack on its Twitter account. The exchange reported several addresses linked to the hack and is investigating the funds’ movements. The hacker is depositing the funds on several crypto platforms. Liquid exchange hacked: what happened? On August 19, »
Key takeaways: Poly Network suffered a hack that is said to be the largest one in DeFi history. After establishing communication with the hacker, Poly Network started to receive some of the stolen funds back. In such cases, blockchain analytics tools are very useful to track and monitor the coins. »
Key takeaways: Israel issued a seizure order on 84 addresses linked to the Hamas terrorist group. The wallets hold various cryptocurrencies such as BTC, ETH, LTC, XRP, etc… In July, the Israeli government issued an Administrative Seizure Order to seize 84 cryptocurrency addresses it says belong to the terrorist group »
Key takeaways: On May 8, Colonial Pipeline was hit by ransomware. A month later, the US DOJ announced that it had seized the coins from Darkside’s wallet. Monitoring ransomware funds is vital to mitigate ML/TF risks and ensure a safe crypto market. The use of ransomware has intensified in the »
Unable to recover from the attack of last December, Livecoin announced its closure earlier this month and will accept refund claims in the next 2 months. Key takeaways: In late Dec, the attacker controlled Livecoin servers to increase the platform’s exchange rates and cashed out the funds. Livecoin announced its »
Last Friday the Singapore based crypto-exchange, Kucoin, was hacked with an estimated loss of around $150 million, including BTC along with BSV, LTC, XLM, Omni and EOS based tether (USDT), ether and ERC20 tokens, and XRP. During the early morning of last Sunday, the hacker started to launder a part »
