Security

Bangkok immigration officers detained Mr. Xu and Ms. Ni on Chinese warrants tied to an alleged crypto investment pyramid scheme with losses exceeding 3.2 billion baht, or about $92 million.

While Microsoft, AI platforms, and cryptocurrency exchanges have suffered major disruptions and breaches in recent months, Bitcoin's decentralized network has continued operating without interruption since 2009.

South Korean exchange Coinone says an attacker breached systems at outsourced support provider MetaM, potentially exposing customer support records and prompting warnings about phishing and identity theft.

Coinone said an attacker accessed servers at outsourced support provider MetaM, potentially exposing customer records, and urged customers who shared passwords to change them while warning of impersonation scams.

Binance's October 29 security breach exposed a critical gap in emergency response: suspending withdrawals could not revoke permissions attackers had already established on Ethereum's blockchain.

Telegram has blocked ordinary bots from sending HTML widgets, interactive in-message apps that were introduced on November 9. The restriction follows researcher reports of potential vulnerabilities in older app versions....

Police say a man in his 70s sent USDT and ETH to scammer wallets over three months, one of more than 40 similar cases reported in a single week.

The FBI has dismantled infrastructure used by North Korean hackers in a social engineering campaign called FaceDealer that targeted over 900 crypto and Web3 professionals, resulting in more than $400 million in losses ov...

Blockchain security researchers identified counterfeit stablecoins that display authentic dollar balances in wallets but cannot be sold on the markets pricing them, a scheme enabled by restricted trading pools.

Indian exchange Unocoin disclosed November 14 that attackers stole approximately $200,000 from three hot wallets and potentially exposed customer data, contradicting earlier assurances that no funds were lost.

Edward W. Miller, 71, of Lawrence, New York, was sentenced in Hartford for wire fraud after diverting trust funds for roughly six years and later misleading the heirs about remaining assets.

Binance announced it has fully replaced customer assets lost in a security incident and reopened withdrawals on 87 networks, though some customers face continued delays as the exchange works to restore remaining networks...

Jafaar September Nyangoro pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud after a hijacked nonprofit email account redirected more than $1.5 million from Fresno County.

Kava is investigating unusual on-chain activity involving KAVA tokens bridged to BNB Smart Chain and sold, while Upbit and Coinone paused deposits and withdrawals. KAVA fell more than 40% in the first hour after the anno...

Roughly 48.3 million KAVA crossed a bridge to Binance Smart Chain and was sold for BNB on a decentralized exchange. Kava says the incident was confined to its Kava Lend protocol and ruled out a minting exploit, while Upb...

A Chrome browser extension that tracks Bitcoin prices and has 50,000 installed users is being sold for $55,650, including its source code and transition assistance. The sale raises questions about extension ownership cha...

Federal prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture complaint targeting $65,028 in USDC traced to a scheme that drained nearly $200,000 from an Eastlake resident's retirement savings between December 2025 and March 2026.

A Mississippi sales executive says fraudsters have used his photos for more than eight years to build fake profiles and defraud victims, including one who lost $75,000.

Indian crypto exchange Unocoin suspended operations after detecting unauthorized wallet transfers signed outside its BitGo freeze, with the exchange investigating how backup key access was exploited.

US authorities can seize or restrain more than $1.2 billion tied to the October Binance theft, but forfeiture completion and repayment timing remain unresolved.