9+ hour, 42+ min ago   (422+ words) A spoofed government email passed all standard authentication protocols, tricking the fintech giant into handing over identity documents, transaction histories, and Bitcoin activity records. Revolut, the British fintech company eyeing a $200 billion valuation and a banking license, just gave away…...

16+ hour, 31+ min ago   (395+ words) Authorities seized 300 GPUs and satellite equipment from a clandestine mining operation in Puebla, marking the fourth such bust in the region since early 2025. Tucked into the remote mountains of Tlaola, Puebla, a crypto mining operation was running on stolen electricity,…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (370+ words) A single-day operation targeting a Telegram-based Chinese-language marketplace froze tens of millions in dirty crypto and dismantled scam compounds across Madagascar The DOJ’s Scam Center Strike Force had a busy Tuesday. On September 9, 2026, the task force restrained approximately $52 million in…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (474+ words) The 22-year-old Singaporean faces up to 20 years in prison after admitting to a RICO conspiracy involving the theft of over 4,100 BTC through social engineering schemes Malone Lam, a 22-year-old Singaporean national living in Miami, pleaded guilty to participating in a…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (436+ words) The largest DeFi exploit at the time ended with a plot twist: the attacker gave the money back and claimed it was all about exposing a bug. On August 10, 2021, someone drained roughly $610 million from Poly Network, a cross-chain interoperability protocol…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (455+ words) Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau reveals organized crime groups are using rented security boxes to hide the off-chain keys needed to access on-chain wealth. Organized crime in Ireland has found an analog solution to a digital problem. Instead of trying to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (436+ words) The US financial crimes watchdog says pig butchering operations are growing 18% monthly and spreading well beyond Southeast Asia The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has put a staggering number on the damage done by so-called pig butchering scams: roughly $12.7B in suspected…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (418+ words) The Swiss non-custodial Bitcoin service says unauthorized access to its support system compromised personal data for 5,411 customers, though no funds were at risk. Pocket Bitcoin, a regulated non-custodial Bitcoin purchasing service based in Switzerland, disclosed that a security breach in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (356+ words) A multinational operation took down the Sality botnet, which quietly hijacked clipboard data to redirect Bitcoin and Ethereum transactions to attacker-controlled wallets. A coordinated strike by CrowdStrike, the DOJ, the FBI, and European law enforcement has dismantled a peer-to-peer botnet…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (297+ words) The DOJ and FBI seized over $560,000 in digital assets and took down internet infrastructure used by Hamas's military wing to solicit crypto donations. The US Department of Justice has spent years chasing terrorist money through the blockchain, and the latest…...