2025-6-28 14:00 |
Hackers posing as IT staff exploited NFT projects, stealing nearly $1 million. North Korean-linked groups are behind 70% of the crypto thefts in 2025, including the $1. 5 billion Bybit hack. origin »
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Lazarus Group, hackers from North Korea, created a new campaign, targeting crypto developers through NPM repositories. They introduced 6 repositories, that would appeal to crypto developers, and added malware, to create backdoors, infiltrate projects, and steal credentials.
2025-3-14 03:29 | |
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Last week, CoinDesk's Sam Kessler reported that developers and IT workers employed by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea – i.e. North Korea – had managed to get themselves hired by a number of crypto projects, giving them two different ways of raising funds for the national regime.
2024-10-9 07:00 | |
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Onchain sleuth ZachXBT claims to have found a network of North Korean developers who have been working on dozens of crypto projects.
2024-8-16 04:49 | |
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Crypto investigator ZachXBT has unveiled a sophisticated operation involving North Korean IT workers who infiltrated a project’s development team and stole $1. 3 million from its treasury. The theft occurred after the developers, hired under fake identities, pushed malicious code that facilitated the transfer of funds.
2024-8-16 20:48 | |
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Suspected North Korean operatives are allegedly using fake job applications to infiltrate web3 projects, siphoning off millions and raising security concerns. In the last few years, blockchain and web3 have been at the forefront of technological innovation. However, to paraphrase…
2024-7-31 00:07 | |
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The North Korean hacker group stole the funds over the last six years, which was likely used to fund the country's projects, the report said.
2023-12-2 19:15 | |
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The global metaverse market share is set to increase by $107.06 billion from 2023 to 2027, according to a report by leading global research firm Technavio Research. The report, which draws its analysis from five regions including North America, Europe, APAC, South America, and the Middle East and Africa further projects the market’s Year-Over-Year growth rate to hit 20.59% during the forecast period. […]
2022-11-16 15:20 | |
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Earlier this month, the United States Treasury sanctioned privacy-tool Tornado Cash on allegations it helped the notorious North Korean state-sponsored hacking group, Lazarus, to launder billions in crypto stolen from multiple cryptocurrency projects.
2022-8-24 15:11 | |
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In many cases, these workers say they are U.S.-based and/or non North Korean teleworkers, and they often take on virtual currency projects, the agencies said.
2022-5-17 22:04 | |
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RockTree Capital, a merchant bank in Beijing and Shanghai that invests into and advises blockchain projects across North America and Greater China, announced today investment into and China market partnership with decentralized exchange ‘dYdX’....
2021-1-27 14:49 | |
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Virgil Griffith, the head of Ethereum’s special projects division who was arrested on federal charges of conspiracy with North Korea, has been denied bail. According to the Inner City Press, the U.
2019-12-27 14:53 | |
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Virgil Griffith, the head of Ethereum’s special projects division, will be released from jail after his bond is posted, his legal representative said. Griffith was arrested last week for participating in a conference in North Korea, where he allegedly taught the audience how to leverage blockchain technology to evade sanctions.
2019-12-4 20:38 | |
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Bitcoin has an enormous long-term value, believes US Congressman Patrick McHenry. The North Carolina representative said decentralized cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are “very real, very important projects” that are still in the early stage of innovation.
2019-10-23 16:00 | |
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A recent report by the United Nations has revealed that North Korea has amassed billions of dollars for its weapons programs. The loot has been pilfered from cyber-attacks and cryptocurrency exchange hacks according to the confidential dossier.
2019-8-6 14:00 | |
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Coinchase offers 30% discount for public sale. 'Break and Return' insurance with a minimum profit of 30%. Total supply : 10,000,000,000 CCH Softcap: 400ETH Hardcap: 41900ETH Minimum purchase amount: 0.
2018-11-15 14:34 | |
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The School of Computer Science at the University of Guelph has partnered with an award-winning startup to revolutionize connectivity across Northern Canada. The Maple Ridge-based tech company Left has teamed up with the University of Guelph to launch a $2.
2018-11-9 23:04 | |
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US government agencies are actively cracking down on illicit offerings pertaining to cryptocurrencies. This week, another three projects were shut down through cease & desist letters. All of these projects are active in North Dakota, where the local Securities Department is keeping a close eye on these proceedings.
2018-10-17 16:00 | |
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North Dakota's securities watchdog is again taking action against ICO projects it alleges are operating illegally in the state.
2018-10-13 22:00 | |
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A New Global Arena Initially a hub for blockchain, cryptocurrency, and blockchain-related projects for North America, this year’s second edition of Consensus is taking place in Singapore. Whilst attracting more than 8,000 attendees, with more than 50% of those being from outside of the United States, Consensus Singapore 2018 aims to become an answer to the growing global demand for specialized content and enhanced networking opportunities to satisfy the evergrowing appetite for development of the Read More The post Breaking Crypto-Summit Stereotypes — Consensus: Singapore 2018 appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.
2018-9-20 03:00 | |
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Since the ICO fervor of 2017, regulators worldwide have increased scrutiny on emerging cryptocurrency projects and investment schemes. On Aug. 28, U. S. regulators released an update on their coordinated cryptocurrency crackdown.
2018-8-29 14:00 | |
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Imagine a new digital economy, one that allows everyday people to take full control of their personal data. Complete with a public chain for data transactions and application development, this system would foster a trustworthy, domain-wide data exchange that capitalizes on the torrent of advancements taking place through blockchain technology.
2018-8-1 20:41 | |
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The advent of smart contracts has long drawn interest for its potential to revolutionize business agreements. There’s just one problem, and it’s one that has affected many spheres of the cryptocurrency space: a knowledge gap.
2018-7-13 19:12 | |
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Shopin — a universal shopper profile that delivers personal shopping experiences through retailers’ apps, websites and stores — says one of its token distributors has been hacked and roughly $10 million in a variety of cryptocurrencies has been stolen.
2018-6-11 01:22 | |
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The memecoin era just crossed a line no one expected this early. Dogecoin now has its own U. S. spot ETF. Grayscale has officially launched $GDOG, the first-ever spot Dogecoin ETF in the United States.
The decentralized prediction market sector just witnessed one of its biggest moments to date. @Rain__Protocol’s native token exploded more than 120% today after a public biotech company confirmed a massive nine-figure deployment into the ecosystem.
Key Takeaways: Monad Mainnet is now live, enabling real transactions, EVM-compatible app deployment, and early access to multiple consumer and DeFi apps. The launch introduces a high-throughput Layer-1 architecture using The post Monad Mainnet Goes Live as High-Speed L1 Opens With Full EVM Support and Day-One Apps appeared first on CryptoNinjas.
Key Takeaways: El Salvador acquired an additional 1,090.19 BTC worth about $101 million, its largest single purchase in months. The government’s accumulation goes beyond its ongoing 1 BTC per day The post El Salvador Adds $101M in Bitcoin as Government Buys 1,098 BTC During Market Dip appeared first on CryptoNinjas.
Port3 suffered a critical exploit today. A single validation flaw inside Nexa Network’s cross-chain CATERC20 token standard opened the door to unauthorized minting and a rapid price collapse. What followed was a full-scale breakdown of the token’s security model, a multi-address exploit, and now a complete token migration to stabilize the ecosystem. The incident is [...]
Hyperliquid is entering a critical moment. The project’s first major cliff unlock since its Token Generation Event (TGE) in November 2024 is scheduled for November 29, and the market is already reacting.
Cardano faced a rare and serious network disruption this week after a malformed ADA delegation transaction triggered a long-standing code flaw and caused the blockchain to split into parallel chains.