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Crypto Theft
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France reports 77 crypto kidnapping and extortion cases in 2026
France reports 77 crypto-linked kidnapping and extortion cases this year as officials expand security plans and arrest about…
Brothers face 20 years after $8m crypto kidnapping plea
Two Texas brothers pleaded guilty after prosecutors said they held a Minnesota family at gunpoint and forced an…
Garcia brothers admit $8M crypto heist after family kidnapping
Two Texas brothers have pleaded guilty to federal robbery charges after prosecutors said they kidnapped a Minnesota family…
Humanity founder reveals employee laptop breach behind $36M exploit
Humanity Protocol has revealed that a compromised employee laptop enabled attackers to obtain control of bridge administration systems…
China court treats Bitcoin as property in 107 BTC theft case
A Chinese court jailed a man for 10 years and nine months after he memorized a seed phrase,…
China court treats Bitcoin as property in 107 BTC theft case
A Chinese court jailed a man for 10 years and nine months after he memorized a seed phrase,…
DeFi’s old hack vectors are fading – But the new risk can hit six chains at once
Decentralized finance has gotten a lot safer over the past six years, and a new review of protocol…
House Homeland Security Panel Opens Hearing on Crypto Fraud and Digital Extortion by Transnational Criminal Networks
The most urgent crypto scam news on Capitol Hill arrived Tuesday as the House Homeland Security Committee held…
North Korean IT workers operated within DeFi protocols for years, researcher warns
North Korean-linked operators have spent years quietly integrating into crypto firms and DeFi teams, raising fresh concerns about…
X Platform to Auto-Lock Accounts on First Crypto Mention to Kill Phishing Scams
Elon Musk’s X is rolling out a security feature that will automatically lock any account that mentions cryptocurrency…