Security

A Texas resident had more than $14,000 drained from her USAA account after scammers posing as bank representatives convinced her to hand her debit card to an Uber driver.

A 78-year-old Pennsylvania woman lost $683,000 in gold bars to scammers posing as bank officials who exploited fears of identity theft.

The cryptocurrency sector recorded 50 major hacks in August 2026, up 67% from July, though losses fell to $136.3 million. Security experts point to single private keys as a critical vulnerability, prompting new threshold...

The G7 cybersecurity working group has called for immediate transition to post-quantum cryptography, a shift with significant implications for blockchain networks and cryptocurrency exchanges facing costly infrastructure...

The United States and United Kingdom have established a first-of-its-kind enforcement alliance to combat overseas cryptocurrency scam operations that cost Americans nearly $10 billion annually, combining parallel investi...

The U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has identified $12.7 billion in financial activity tied to digital asset investment scams operated by transnational organized crime groups, based on reports filed ...

Hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor revealed that 67,000 additional U.S. customers were affected by a data breach, bringing the total exposure far beyond the company's initial August announcement.

Trezor disclosed that 67,000 additional US customers were affected by a breach at shipping provider ShipMonk, bringing the total impacted to over 80,000. The breach exposed personal information from orders placed between...

Research from on-chain investigations shows Tornado Cash appeared in more than five times as many money laundering cases as the next-most-used privacy protocol, though experts note the data measures frequency of use rath...

Hardware wallet maker Trezor disclosed that an additional 67,000 U.S. customers were exposed in a breach at shipping provider ShipMonk, affecting orders placed between November 2019 and August 2021.

Hardware wallet provider Trezor disclosed that an additional 67,000 US customers were affected by a data breach at its shipping provider ShipMonk, exposing personal information and creating phishing attack risks.

The Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network analyzed over 33,000 suspicious activity reports and tied $12.7 billion to investment frauds originating from compounds in Cambodia, Laos, and Burma.

The United States and United Kingdom have formed a law enforcement alliance to target scam centers involved in crypto and cyber-enabled investment fraud, with plans for coordinated disruption operations.

The address linked to the Tectonic hack transferred approximately 2,658.9 ETH to Tornado Cash on September 3, representing funds that escaped a chain rollback on Cronos.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network identified approximately $12.7 billion in financial activity tied to suspected digital asset investment scams operated by transnational criminal organizations, primarily based in ...

Thousands of bitcoins have been permanently lost due to discarded hard drives, forgotten passwords, and user errors. These incidents underscore the risks of self-custody and the irreversible nature of blockchain transact...

A dark web service called Nexus claims to be selling over 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver's license scans, prompting the FBI to launch an inquiry and reigniting criticism of Know Your Customer regulations within the...

Recovery firms help users regain access to lost cryptocurrency through password cracking and seed phrase reconstruction, but face challenges from scams and the fundamental limits of self-custody.

Ukraine's National Police and Security Service shut down a fake investment platform ring that targeted victims across more than 20 countries. Investigators identified 62 victims and seized equipment from 34 locations in ...

A hacker connected to the third wave of Coldcard wallet thefts has started swapping stolen Bitcoin for Ether via THORChain, moving approximately 10% of the stolen assets while the majority remains untouched.