Attacker Installs Crypto Mining Malware on Over 170,000 Devices Coinhive was installed on more than 170,000 devices in Brazil last month. … Read More
DEA Agent: More Speculators Than Criminals Are Using Bitcoin Criminals were behind 90 percent of all cryptocurrency transactions five years ago – not anymore according to a DEA agent.… Read More
Researchers Discover Huge Crypto Scam Botnet on Twitter Researchers have uncovered a large botnet that mimics legitimate accounts on Twitter to spread a cryptocurrency “giveaway” scam.… Read More
Arizona Bitcoin Trader Gets Jail Sentence for Money Laundering A former bitcoin trader from Arizona has been sentenced to 41 months in jail for laundering drugs money with crypto.… Read More
Korean Officials Probe Shipwreck ICO for Possible Fraud Korean police are investigating a cryptocurrency startup claiming to be selling treasure from a sunken ship, the Korea Joongang Daily reported.… Read More
Crypto Mining CEO Said to Disappear With $35 Million In Funds Crypto mining firm Sky Mining’s CEO Le Minh Tam has reportedly stolen $35 million from investors and fled to America.… Read More
ICO Platform Promises Full Refund Following $7 Million Hack Initial coin offering support platform KickICO lost $7.7 million in KICK tokens in a hack on Thursday, the company reported. … Read More
Court Sentences Bitcoin Ransomware Creators to Community Service The developers behind the CoinVault and BitCryptor ransomware were sentenced to 240 hours of community service in a Dutch court on Thursday.… Read More
Swiss Markets Authority Investigates Troubled $100 Million ICO Swiss watchdog FINMA announced Thursday that it is investigating Envion AG for potentially breaking financial market rules with its ICO.… Read More
Crypto Stock Exchange Operator Pleads Guilty to Fraud Jon Montroll, who ran the now-defunct bitcoin investment platform BitFunder, has plead guilty to securities fraud and obstruction of justice charges.… Read More