Cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has disclosed a recent cyberattack on some of its employees, using spear-phishing emails to steal data. Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the ...
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Coinbase discloses recent cyberattack targeting employees
Coinbase employees were targeted in a cybersecurity attack on Feb. 5 involving SMS scams and the impersonations of IT staff, according to a recent report from the company’s engineering team. No custom...
Cyberattack Against Coinbase Exploiting Employees Info Countered
Leading US crypto exchange Coinbase recently reported witnessing a cyberattack. Not fatal in monetary terms or compromising users data, though the attack was enough to spread trembles within the compa...
CEO Blames Bot Cyberattack For Website Crash In Congressional Testimony
Topline Live Nation President Joe Berchtold told members of Congress that “industrial scalpers” and a “cyberattack” caused the Taylor Swift ticket sales meltdown last year in testimony before a Senate...
NFT influencer falls victim to cyberattack, loses $300K+ CryptoPunks
Nonfungible token (NFT) influencer CryptoNovo announced on Jan. 4 that he fell victim to a cyberattack and lost two CryptoPunks. He wrote on Twitter, “I just got hacked!!! Are you kidding me!?!” and i...
Bitcoin Mining Pool BTC.com Faces Cyberattack and $3 Million Loss of Funds
BIT Mining has reported this incident to authorities in Shenzhen, China, who are investigating the incident and collecting more evidence. BTC.com, one of the largest crypto mining pools, suffered a ma...
Bitcoin Mining Pool Btc.com Suffers $3 Million Cyberattack – Mining Bitcoin News
A major cryptocurrency mining pool has been hit by hackers earlier this month, the company who owns the pool revealed in an announcement. The incident resulted in the theft of digital assets belonging...
A subsidiary of BIT Mining Limited encounters a cyberattack
BTC.com, which happens to be a subsidiary of BIT Mining Limited, encountered one of the biggest fear factors of any company, a cyberattack. This occurrence took place on the 3rd of December, 2022. In ...
Bitcoin mining pool BTC.com reports $3M cyberattack
Major cryptocurrency mining pool BTC.com has suffered a cyberattack resulting in a significant loss of funds by the company and its customers. BTC.com experienced a cyberattack on Dec. 3, with attacke...
BIT Mining subsidiary loses $3M to cyberattack
Crypto mining firm BIT Mining said its subsidiary BTC.com lost $3 million worth of digital assets to a cyberattack on Dec. 3, according to a Dec. 26 statement. BIT Mining wrote that $700,000 of the st...
Japan-based Crypto Businesses Warned of Possible Cyberattack Threat
Lazarus is most likely targeting Japanese crypto operators through cyberattacks, authorities say Crypto businesses urged to caution against phishing attacks and social engineering North Korean hacking...
Uber suffers cyberattack as hacker gains ‘full access’ to internal systems
In this day and age, hacking attacks on major companies are nothing new, with the most recent victim being Uber Technologies, the mobility as a service (MaaS) provider that allows users to hitch a rid...
FBI Cautions Investors About Risks of Cyberattack Against DeFi Platforms FBI Cautions Investors about Risks of Cyberattack against Defi Platforms
In a public announcement on Monday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned investors about security vulnerabilities in DeFi platforms. It also asked those who suspect that their investments ...
Infamous Lazarus Group Attempted Cyber-Attack
The suspicious emails consisted of a malicious file The files would collect information from the infected machine and send it to the attacker deBridge Finance managed to thwart the phishing attack The...
Notorious Lazarus Group Attempted Cyber-Attack, Alleges deBridge Co-Founder
The “Lazarus Group,” a notorious North Korea-backed hacking syndicate, has been identified as the culprit of an attempted cyber-attack on deBridge Finance. The co-founder of the cross-chain protocol a...
Debridge Finance Accuses North Korean Hackers Lazarus Group Of Cyberattack
In 2022, the crypto industry witnessed several attacks against DeFi protocols such as cross-chain bridges. Majority of these hackers remain unknown. However, a North Korean hacking collective, L...
Debridge team fails potential Lazarus Group Cyberattack
Lazarus Group of North Korea is under suspicion. The cyberattack on Debridge has been prevented. BlueNorff is also targeting the cyber space. Lazarus group, a cybercrime group run in the North Korean ...
Hackers From North Korea Seen As Culprits In DeBridge Finance Cyberattack
Hackers from North Korea has reportedly found a new victim in DeBridge Finance, a cross-chain interoperability and liquidity transfer protocol, multiple sources disclose, Saturday. Based on DeBridge’s...
DeFi Protocol Subjected to Cyberattack by North Korea, Co-Founder Says
Alex Dovbnya North Korean hackers have allegedly attacked deBridge, a cross-chain interoperability and liquidity transfer protocol deBridge, a cross-chain interoperability, and liquidity transfer prot...
DeBridge Team Foils Possible Lazarus Group Cyberattack
Key Takeaways DeBridge Finance fended off a cyberattack yesterday, according to co-founder Alex Smirnov. The modus operandi suggests the entity behind the attempted attack may be North Korean hacking ...
‘Nobody is holding them back’ — North Korean cyber-attack threat rises
North Korea-backed cyberattacks on crypto and tech firms will only become more sophisticated over time as the country battles prolonged economic sanctions and resource shortages. Former CIA analyst S...
America’s small businesses aren’t ready for a cyberattack
Some of the highest profile cyberattacks on the U.S. in recent years are alleged to have originated in Russia, including the 2021 attack on the Colonial Pipeline — the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S...
Currency.com reveals ‘failed’ Russian cyberattack after leaving Russia last week
Currency.com has revealed that the cryptocurrency trading platform was the target of a large hacking effort after the suspension of its activities in Russia last week. It was announced on April 17 tha...
Currency.com Confirms ‘Failed’ Russian Cyberattack Attempt
Currency.com confirmed that the crypto trading platform suffered a massive cyberattack attempt after it suspended its operations in Russia last week. The platform suffered a failed distributed “denial...
Microsoft Affected by a Cyberattack After Nvidia and Samsung
Microsoft (MSFT) – Get Microsoft Corporation Report confirmed that it has become the latest victim of the data extortion group Lapsus$, which claimed it had obtained source code for the Bing se...
Crypto.com Reportedly Lost $15 Million in a Cyberattack
Crypto.com has become the latest target of a cyberattack as around $15 million worth of cryptocurrencies have been stolen, according to security and data analytics firm PeckShield. At least 4,600 Ethe...
Ukraine Hit By ‘Massive Cyber Attack’ As Russia Mobilizes Troops Near Border
Topline A “massive cyber attack” has taken multiple Ukrainian government websites offline and left messages warning the public to “prepare for the worst,” a foreign ministry spokesperson a...