Theft

Crime

Australian Woman Jailed for Theft of More Than 100,000 XRP

Sebastian SinclairAug 11, 2020

The 25-year-old received a sentence of more than two years for the 2018 theft of XRP worth around $300,000 at the time.

Bitcoin Mining

Malaysian Thieves Drill Through Wall to Steal 85 Crypto Machines

William FoxleyNov 7, 2019

Authorities arrested five suspected in the theft of almost 100 bitcoin machines.

DeFi

What Yearn Finance’s ‘Blue Kirby’ Incident Means for Pseudonymity

William FoxleyOct 13, 2020

DeFi investors are reeling from another case of pseudonymous treachery as Yearn.Finance community leader Blue Kirby allegedly absconded with ill-gotten gains.

Theft

Fusion Network Loses Millions in Private Wallet Hack

William FoxleySep 30, 2019

A private wallet operated by the Fusion Foundation was drained of its funds, accounting for roughly 25 percent of the total FSN token supply.

Theft

US Sanctions Three Alleged Crypto Hacking Groups From North Korea

Richard MeyerSep 16, 2019

The U.S. Treasury mentioned cryptocurrency thefts as one of the reasons for the action against the Lazarus Group, Bluenoroff and Andariel.

Theft

Crime

Bitmain Sues Alleged Bitcoin Thief in US Federal Court

Nikhilesh De

Bitmain has filed a lawsuit against an anonymous thief in a US federal court, who allegedly stoled 617 bitcoin from the crypto mining giant.

Iceland

Iceland’s ‘Big Bitcoin Heist’ Suspect Has Been Arrested

Nikhilesh De

Iceland's alleged bitcoin mining computer thief Sindri Thor Stefansson, who escaped from prison last week, was arrested in Amsterdam Monday.

Iceland

Alleged Bitcoin Miner Thief Says Police Held Him ‘Without Evidence’

Nikhilesh De

Sindri Thor Stefansson, the alleged thief behind the "Big Bitcoin Heist," says he was free when he escaped from prison and flew to Sweden.

Crime

Bitcoin Mining Hardware Thief Escapes from Prison

Nikhilesh De

Sindri Thor Stefansson, the alleged culprit behind the theft of 600 cryptomining computers, escaped from prison earlier this week.

Crime

Icelandic Police Are Hunting for Hundreds of Bitcoin Miners

Nikhilesh De

Roughly 600 cryptomining computers were stolen from four Icelandic data centers, police report.

Crime

Crypto Regulation? Not Anytime Soon, Says White House Official

Annaliese Milano

The White House cybersecurity coordinator said crypto regulation is still far from becoming a reality.

Crime

NEM Foundation: Stolen Coincheck Funds Not Sent to Exchanges

Nikhilesh De

The 58 billion yen worth of XEM tokens are on the move, according to the NEM Foundation, but no attempt to sell them on exchanges has been made.

Crime

UK Crypto Trader Forced to Hand Over Bitcoin at Gunpoint

Sujha Sundararajan

A British man who runs a cryptocurrency trading firm was yesterday forced at gunpoint to hand over an unknown quantity of bitcoin.

Crime

Numbers or Not, Coincheck Isn’t Mt. Gox

Nikhilesh De

Though the Coincheck theft may superficially resemble 2014's Mt. Gox hack, the impact on cryptocurrencies is not nearly as significant.

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