Leading Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid has been hit by hackers, with almost $100m (£73m) estimated to have been stolen. The company announced that some of its digital currency wallets have been “compromised.” It is the […]
“Follow the money” – for generations it’s been the mantra of investigators looking for criminals. In the cyber-realm, this battle between criminals and the authorities has been raging for years. Despite the anonymous nature of […]
A hacker who stole just over $600m (£433m) worth of cryptocurrency has now returned most of the stolen assets. On Thursday, Poly Network confirmed on Twitter that $268m worth of Ether tokens had now been recovered. Over […]
A computer key that can unlock the files of hundreds of companies which were hacked in a large-scale cyber-attack has been obtained. US IT firm Kaseya – which was the first to be targeted earlier […]
Spanish police have arrested a 22-year-old UK citizen in connection with the hacking of 130 high-profile Twitter accounts, including those of Elon Musk, Barack Obama and Kanye West. The hacked accounts tweeted followers, encouraging them […]
The UK, US and EU have accused China of carrying out a major cyber-attack earlier this year. The attack targeted Microsoft Exchange servers, affecting at least 30,000 organisations globally. The UK said Chinese state-backed actors […]
Websites for a Russian-linked ransomware gang blamed for attacks on hundreds of businesses worldwide have gone offline. Monitors say a payment website and a blog run by the REvil group became suddenly unreachable on Tuesday. […]
A former US contractor and military veteran who was jailed for leaking classified documents to the media has been released from prison. Reality Winner was the first person during the Trump era to face criminal […]
The US has recovered most of the $4.4m (£3.1m) ransom paid to a cyber-criminal gang responsible for taking the Colonial Pipeline offline last month. DarkSide – which US authorities said operates from eastern Europe and […]
Three North Koreans have been charged in the US over a scheme to steal and extort more than $1.3bn (£940m) from banks and businesses around the world. The three, who are not in custody, are […]
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