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Hacker Pleads Guilty To SEC's Fake Bitcoin ETF Post On X That Triggered Financial Wipeout Worth Millions
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 1:26am | 441An Alabama resident on Monday confessed to hacking the SEC’s X account and posting a fake Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded fund approval message, causing millions of dollars in market losses. What Happened: Eric Council pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated identity...
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EA Reacts To Apex Legends Hacks: Security Updates Launched After Pro Player Breach
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 5:50pm | 391Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) has responded to security concerns surrounding Apex Legends by implementing the first in a series of security updates. This action follows a disturbing incident during the Apex Legends Global Series where professional players were hacked mid-match, prompting the...
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Ledger Hack: Phishing Attack On Former Employee Leads To $484,000 Crypto Heist
Thursday, December 14, 2023 - 3:00pm | 463Crypto hardware wallet provider Ledger was the target of a sophisticated hacking incident, which led to the theft of approximately $484,000 in assets. It was linked to a former Ledger employee who fell victim to a phishing attack. The incident unfolded when the former employee's NPMJS...
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KyberSwap's Desperate Gamble: $5M Bounty For Hacker's Return
Friday, November 24, 2023 - 11:51am | 392Decentralized exchange KyberSwap publicly offered a 10% bounty to an unidentified hacker responsible for a cyber heist, in which funds worth over $50 million were siphoned off. The offer was communicated through a message from a contract deployer wallet associated with KyberSwap. The message...
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Hackers Promote Fraudulent Crypto Project On Robinhood's Twitter Account: How Much Did They Get?
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - 6:35pm | 273The official Twitter account of Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD) was compromised by hackers on Wednesday who used it to promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency project. The hackers announced the launch of a new token called $RBH, claiming it was available for purchase on the Binance Smart...
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Riot Games Refuses To Give In To Blackmailers After League of Legends Source Code Hack
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 - 6:17pm | 588Riot Games, the video game developer, publisher and esports tournament company owned by Tencent Holdings ADR (OTC: TCEHY), announced the source code for its game League of Legends had been stolen. Last week, Riot revealed it had been a victim of a cyber attack, but assured that no...
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Australia Says Russian Hackers Stole Over 10M Citizens' Details: 'We Know Who You Are'
Friday, November 11, 2022 - 7:05am | 284Russian hackers were behind the cyberattack on one of the largest Australian private health insurance providers, compromising the details of nearly 10 million current and former customers. What Happened: Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw on Friday said intelligence showed that a...
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London Police Arrested 17-year-old HACKER Suspected of GTA 6 And Uber Leak
Friday, September 23, 2022 - 4:35pm | 399A 17-year-old teen is arrested today and a journalist suggests that the teen is suspected for the GTA 6 leak which happened last week along with the Uber leak that happened this month with the connection of hacking group Lapsus$. The City of London Police posted on Twitter that on the evening of...
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Coinbase Trading Vulnerability Exposed By White-Hat Hacker; Service Now Restored
Saturday, February 12, 2022 - 11:32am | 649On Friday, an anonymous white-hat hacker named @Tree_of_Alpha managed to suspend trading on cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN) by hacking its advanced trading platform. The white-hat hacker tweeted that they found a “potentially market-nuking”...
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DeFi Hacker Steals $12.7M In Bitcoin From Binance Smart Chain-Based pNetwork
Monday, September 20, 2021 - 11:28am | 520Another DeFi hack has resulted in the loss of $12.7 million worth of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) from a cross-chain DeFi protocol. What Happened: Earlier today, pNetwork (CRYPTO: PNT) reported that a hacker exploited a bug in the protocol’s codebase and made off with 277 pBTC (tokenized Bitcoin)...
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Hacker Group Lulz Security Announces Disbandment; Are Your Stock Holdings Still Protected?
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 6:33am | 430Activist hacker group Lulz Security announced its supposed disbandment on a file-sharing website this weekend, ending its 50-day cyber attack campaign. Throwing "a shout-out to all of our battlefleet members and supporters across the globe," the statement noted: "Thank you for sailing with us. The...
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Can't Catch a Break: Sony Shuts Down Websites After Another Data Breach
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 6:39am | 313Already reeling from hacking attacks on its online PlayStation network, Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) shut down more Internet services in Canada, Indonesia and Thailand Wednesday after another data breach. According to a Bloomberg report, "Intruders stole the names and e-mail addresses of about 2,...