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Crypto scammers orchestrate massive hack on X but barely made $8K
The scammers breached countless X accounts to shill the memecoin, but they didn’t even make enough to buy…
Inside the Pig Butchering Scam: Real Stories from Victims
The latest Cointelegraph video discusses one of the most dangerous crypto scams, ‘Pig Butchering,’ where victims are lured…
Federal agencies team up to fight surge in ‘pig butchering’ crypto scams
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has joined forces with federal and private organizations to combat the surge…
August sees 215% rise in crypto phishing, $55M lost in single attack
The majority of the stolen funds is accounted for a major phishing incident that cost an unfortunate user…
Hackers compromise McDonald’s Instagram account to conduct $700k rug pull
Fast food chain McDonald’s’ Instagram profile promoted a scam memecoin deployed on Solana (SOL) after being compromised. The…
Ransomware and theft drive over $2 billion in illicit crypto activity in 2024 – Chainalysis
Stolen funds and ransomware amounted to over $2 billion in illicit crypto transactions in 2024, according to Chainalysis.…
Lookonchain oopsie? The $2B of ETH was sold back in 2021 — EmberCN
Lookonchain shared that Plus Token had begun moving nearly $2 billion in ETH but it turns out most…
Lookonchain: Erm, actually the $2B of ETH was sold back in 2021
Lookonchain shared that Plus Token had begun moving nearly $2 billion in ETH but it turns out most…
$31M Neiro project on Ethereum ‘is a honeypot’ — Wazz
It’s unclear at this time whether illicit activity has taken place, but a series of red flags has…
$31M Neiro project on Ethereum ‘is a honeypot’ — Wazz
It’s unclear at this time whether illicit activity has taken place, but a series of red flags has…