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U.S. Seizes Over 50K Bitcoin Worth $3.3 Billion Linked to Silk Road Dark Web

08

Nov

2022

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday said it seized 50,676 Bitcoin in November 2021 that was stolen in the 2012 hack of the now-defunct Silk Road dark web marketplace. The bitcoin, which was obtained in 2012 and valued at $3.36 billion when it was discovered last year, is now worth $1.04 billion. Additionally […]

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Top-5 cryptocurrency heists in history (so far)

25

Oct

2022

Cryptocurrency is an ideal target for cybercriminals: there are many ways to steal it, and it’s very difficult for the victims to ever recover it. And some hackers make an absolute killing from it — getting tens, or sometimes hundreds of millions of dollars from a cryptoexchange attack. This post looks at the Top-5 biggest […]

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Bitcoin scam giveaway on a fake Nvidia website

14

Jul

2022

Online fraudsters are continuing to use the names of famous people and companies to scam cryptocurrency users. This time the scammers are exploiting the brand name Nvidia, the US developer of GPUs that are particularly popular among crypto enthusiasts. Many devices for cryptocurrency mining were created on the basis of their GPUs. Next year Nvidia […]

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