Security

Malone Lam, 22, is due in federal court in Washington for a plea agreement hearing related to a scheme in which callers impersonating Google and Gemini staff persuaded an investor to surrender over 4,100 Bitcoin.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has expressed confidence that artificial intelligence will not fundamentally compromise Bitcoin's security, positioning his substantial crypto holdings as an effective bet against pred...

More than a month after the Coldcard exploit, the attacker has moved approximately 97 BTC across multiple laundering routes, with 82% of stolen funds still held in original addresses.

Self-described white-hat hackers have returned 3,400 BTC to the Liquid Network after draining nearly all of its bitcoin reserves, but are keeping approximately 598.5 BTC. The network remains frozen as operators work to r...

Blockstream's Liquid sidechain halted operations following a purported $320 million Bitcoin withdrawal from multisig reserve addresses, with the party claiming white-hat rescue intent. Bitcoin mainnet continued operating...

Researchers have identified a potential cache-key collision in Liquid's transaction-validation software that could have allowed unbacked L-BTC tokens to bypass security checks and be redeemed for real Bitcoin.

Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau says organized crime groups are renting vaults to store cryptocurrency private keys and seed phrases alongside cash and luxury goods as part of money laundering operations.

Approximately 4,000 BTC left Blockstream's Liquid Federation wallet after an unauthorized transaction was processed Sunday. The incident has raised questions about the network's security infrastructure and validation pro...

Winona County experienced two separate ransomware incidents in 2026, with the second attack occurring in April following a January breach that prompted officials to pay approximately $128,000 in ransom.

The attacker behind the third wave of Coldcard hardware wallet thefts has moved 97.09 BTC through THORChain and CoinJoin rounds, representing roughly 45% of that wave's stolen funds. Across all waves of the exploit, 82% ...

The Liquid Network sidechain remains paused following a breach that drained approximately 4,000 BTC from its federation wallet. Blockstream has indicated the attacker can safely return the funds once a bug is patched, bu...

Musician Jonathan Meléndez, his pregnant wife, young daughter, and housemaid were killed in Atizapán, Mexico. Investigators say the attack targeted a hardware wallet containing $1.5 million in bitcoin. Two suspects were ...

The exploiter behind the third wave of the Coldcard wallet hack has moved approximately 45% of their stolen Bitcoin through THORChain and CoinJoin transactions, according to Galaxy Research.

Decentralized finance insurer Cozy Finance suffered an exploit on Optimism, losing approximately $170,000 in a swift attack flagged by blockchain security firm Blockaid.

A whitehat hacker holding roughly $320 million in drained Bitcoin from the Liquid Network says the funds will be returned once developers fix an underlying network flaw.

A Pennsylvania woman faces charges after writing 24 bad checks from her husband's accounts, causing a significant loss to First Commonwealth Bank. The post Pennsylvania Woman Allegedly Writes 24 Bad Checks on Husband’s B...

Approximately 4,000 BTC was withdrawn from the Liquid Federation wallet by parties claiming to be white-hat hackers. The actors say they will return the funds after network bugs are patched and all nodes are updated.

The Liquid Network paused operations and disabled bridge nodes after actors claiming to be white-hat hackers withdrew approximately 4,000 Bitcoin from its federation wallet.

Carlos Érick Vázquez González admitted to laundering $4 million through cryptocurrency on behalf of cartel money brokers, facing up to 20 years in prison. The DOJ prosecution signals intensified enforcement against crypt...

Blockstream's Liquid Network paused operations after approximately 4,000 BTC, valued near $320 million, was withdrawn from the federation wallet backing L-BTC. The attackers claimed white-hat status but faced skepticism ...