Cyber-hacking victims ‘paid out record $1.1bn in ransoms last year‘ Ransomware gangs targeted hospitals, schools and bodies such as BA and the BBC, Chainalysis finds The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2024
Crypto Security On The Rise: 27.78% Year-On-Year Decline In Hacks, Scams November stood out as the month with the highest reported losses last year, totaling $363,367,327 from 45 incidents. International Business Times · Jan 30, 2024
Britain Crypto Renaissance: How will UK market evolve and grow in 2024 With the New FCA Rules? The new FCA rules coming into full effect on January 8 will create a more civilised and stable environment in the UK for crypto firms and traders. International Business Times UK · Jan 30, 2024
Hackers stole billions of dollars of crypto in 2023 Crypto thefts are still less than what was stolen in 2022, or in 2021. TechRadar · Dec 27, 2023
The crypto use case of 2023: Law enforcement Respondents to a TRM Labs survey estimated that 40% of offenses investigated by their agencies involved crypto. Fortune · Dec 20, 2023
Attorney-Eyes-Only Disclosure of Heuristics Used by Government in Analyzing Blockchain Transactions From Thursday's decision by Judge Randolph Moss (D.D.C.) in U.S. v. Sterlingov, which holds that defendant Roman Sterlingov should be barred from "personally reviewing" "the sensitive, supplemental heuristic information that was created by the government's expert (for the benefit of the defense) and provided to the defense in September 2023,"… Reason · Dec 13, 2023
The Wall Street Journal and Liz Warren double down on the Hamas crypto canard Warren's failure to acknowledge a mistake is understandable. The Journal's is less so. Fortune · Oct 26, 2023
Why have Bitcoin prices doubled since the start of the year? A combination of economic and regulatory factors are thought to be behind a lift in investor confidence Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2023
Is cryptocurrency helping Hamas fund terrorism? The US and Israel have stepped up their efforts to limit cryptocurrency transfers to Hamas since the group’s brutal October 7 attacks on Israel. Bitcoin, Dogecoin and Ethereum are increasingly blamed as conduits of funding for Islamist groups, but to what extent is this justified? France 24 · Oct 22, 2023
Asia is a crypto bright spot amid global slump, report finds Chainalysis released its annual adoption index on Tuesday. Fortune · Sep 12, 2023
Ransomware payments set to hit a new high in 2023 - here's how to stay safe Big game hunting is back on the menu, as hackers get more successful. TechRadar · Jul 13, 2023
Inside Israel’s historic seizure of Hezbollah and Quds-linked crypto accounts How Israel’s counterterrorism unit worked with Binance and Chainalysis to seize $1.7 million of crypto financing. Fortune · Jun 29, 2023
Crypto thefts totalled $3.8bn in 2022 Thieves stole a record $3.8 billion worth of cryptocurrency in 2022 as sanctions on North Korea drove a surge in suspected hacking by the isolated country. Bangkok Post · Feb 1, 2023
Crypto hacks hit new record as government plans to ramp up regulation As much as $3.8 billion was stolen over the course of 2022, with huge spikes in March and October Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 27, 2023 U.S. infiltrates big ransomware gang: ‘We hacked the hackers’ U.S. officials and foreign partners said the targeted syndicate, known as Hive, is among the world’s top five ransomware networks and has heavily targeted health care.
Evening Standard · Jan 12, 2023 Illegal crypto activity hit all-time high of $20 billion in 2022 some crypto crooks may be shifting their focus to more vulnerable targets amid a Bitcoin bear market
Fortune · Jan 9, 2023 The future of U.S. crypto sanctions A new Chainalysis report highlights how the Office of Foreign Assets Control has been targeting bad actors in the crypto sector.
Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022 Overshadowed by failures, crypto hacking exacts higher price The cryptocurrency industry is circling the wagons in defense as hackers siphon more money from the sector each year.
Roll Call · Dec 6, 2022 Overshadowed by failures, crypto hacking exacts higher price - Roll Call The cryptocurrency business is losing more money to hackers, losses that have been overshadowed by the high-profile failures in the sector.
The Conversation · Nov 30, 2022 North Korea's nuclear program is funded by stolen cryptocurrency. Could it collapse now that FTX has? Since the world’s second-largest crypto exchange, FTX, declared bankruptcy earlier this month, the flow-on effects have been felt far and wide.
Financial Times · Nov 14, 2022 How North Korea became a mastermind of crypto cyber crime Cryptocurrency theft has become one of the regime’s main sources of revenue and underlines the lack of regulation of digital assets
Reuters · Nov 4, 2022 Exclusive-Crypto exchange Binance helped Iranian firms trade $8 billion despite sanctions Crypto giant Binance has processed Iranian transactions with a value of $8 billion since 2018 despite U.S. sanctions intended to cut Iran off from the global financial system, blockchain data show.
Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2022 City traders retreat to Bitcoin as ‘safe haven’ after sterling crash The UK is the only major Western European country that grew its cryptocurrency market over the past year
The Times of India · Oct 13, 2022 In charts: October biggest month ever for crypto hackers;$3 billion stolen in 2022 already NEW DELHI: October emerged as the biggest month ever for crypto hacking activities as over $718 million has been stolen from decentralized finance protocols so far this month, according to data analysed by blockchain specialist Chainalaysis.