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The BitForex website has gone dark. (Kris/Pixabay)
BitForex Website Goes Dark Amid Reported $57M Outflow
The exchange's CEO stepped down in January.
The BitForex website has gone dark. (Kris/Pixabay)

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MicroStrategy’s X Account Hacked, Leads to $440K Crypto Being Stolen: Blockchain Sleuth ZachXBT
The phishing attempt has already led to $440,000 worth of crypto being stolen.
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Running With Crypto: 5 Questions With TRM Labs' Ari Redbord
Running With Crypto: 5 Questions With TRM Labs' Ari Redbord
TRM Labs Head of Legal and Government Affairs Ari Redbord answers five rapid fire questions from CoinDesk including the major concern in the crypto sector in 2024, his crypto...
Running With Crypto: 5 Questions With TRM Labs' Ari Redbord

Hacks Involving North Korea Are 'Even Greater Problem': Legal Experts
Hacks Involving North Korea Are 'Even Greater Problem': Legal Experts
Ari Redbord, Head of Legal and Government Affairs at TRM Labs, joins "First Mover" to discuss the emerging hacks and exploits in the crypto industry in 2024. Plus, insights on...
Hacks Involving North Korea Are 'Even Greater Problem': Legal Experts

Breaking Down the State of Hacking in 2024
Breaking Down the State of Hacking in 2024
Exploits and hacks are on the rise as the crypto industry approaches the end of the first quarter in 2024. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie breaks down an Immunefi report on the st...
Breaking Down the State of Hacking in 2024

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried exiting a federal courthouse in New York last year. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
FTX Hack Mystery Possibly Solved: U.S. Charges Trio With Theft, Including Infamous Attack on Crypto Exchange
The federal indictment doesn't identify Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX as the pilfered company, but Bloomberg reported that's who it was.
FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried exiting a federal courthouse in New York last year. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Saga phone (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Fan Club for Solana's Saga Phone Loses 750 SOL
Saga DAO's founder had moved the funds to a wallet whose multisig protections never came online.
Saga phone (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Chair Gary Gensler's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed its bitcoin ETF hack was a "SIM swap." (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
SEC Shut Off Extra Security on X For About 6 Months, Letting Hacker Breeze In
The U.S. regulator confirmed it didn't take its own security advice through much of 2023, leaving it open for a costly social-media hack that's still under investigation.
Chair Gary Gensler's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed its bitcoin ETF hack was a "SIM swap." (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Man typing on a keyboard. (Shutterstock)
Socket, Bungee Restart Operations After Apparent $3.3M Exploit
The platform experienced a security incident late Tuesday that affected wallets with infinite approvals to Socket contracts, developers said.
Man typing on a keyboard. (Shutterstock)

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In Failed Bitfinex Exploit Attempt, Billions in XRP Moved
The failed token transfers spooked some market watchers as they amounted to nearly half of XRP’s $30 billion market capitalization.
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