Notorious Bitcoin Hacker Released Years Early, Credits Trump
Ilya Lichtenstein, the man at the center of the 2016 Bitfinex theft, has been released from federal custody after serving roughly 14 months of a five-year sentence, according to reports. He had been sentenced in November 2024 for a money-laundering conspiracy tied to the theft of about 120,000 bitcoin, one of the largest crypto thefts […]
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Two days after the notorious Poly Network hack, the hacker continues to send funds back to the project. On August 12, the Poly Network hacker so far has returned millions worth of ether, thousands of uni tokens, 1,032 wrapped bitcoins, and 96 million in stablecoins. The day prior, after returning $260 million in tokens, the hacker explained that the Poly Network has “well enough assets to start the recovery phase.” Poly Network Hacker Returns a Number of Defi Tokens On August 10, Bitcoin.com News reported on the massive decentralized finance (defi) hack that plagued the Poly....
[Update: CCDEK CEO Ronny Boesing asked us to stress that his legal team, his company policy and local Danish law prevent him from handing over the information. Even if Boesing believed ambiorx is guilty, he would be unable to hand over the information to anyone but law enforcement. He also wanted to clarify that he never meant to imply that he thinks ambiorx isn't guilty, only that he isn't in a posistion to judge and that he feels the information he has presented is helpful.] Exco.in believes one of their competitors may know the identity of the hacker who attacked them. The alleged....
A Welsh teenager has been found guilty of computer misuse offences relating to the theft of virtual currency from a RuneScape account. Nineteen year old Kieron Belmont of no fixed abode was staying on a friend's sofa at the time of the offence. The two fell out and after his host had gone to bed Belmont logged onto her computer and got into her partner's RuneScape account. He then traded away the credits which had taken six years to accumulate. He left early the next morning, taking two bottles of booze with him. Defence solicitor Stuart John told Swansea Magistrates' Court: "He saw an....
Arbitrum, a popular Layer 2 solution for Ethereum, got involved with a white hat hacker on September 19. According to a source, the hacker discovered a potential vulnerability in Arbitrum’s code. As a result, the network used 400 ETHs, worth about $560,000, as a pay-off. Over the years, many hacks and exploits have hit the […]
An unknown malicious hacker has successfully breached a Sharjah, UAE-based bank of its customer statements and records. Over the past few days, the hacker has released the confidential data via social media after the bank refused to give in to the hacker's extortion. A cybercriminal who goes by the alias 'Hacker Buba' (yes, really) has - for the past week - held a bank in Sharjah, UAE to ransom. The hacker blackmailed the bank to pay a ransom in Bitcoin and the failure to do so will lead to the public leak of the bank's customers' account statements. Customers include government entities,....