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2. What to do when your crypto’s been stolen

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3. 2016 Bitfinex hack - Wikipedia

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   The Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange was hacked in August 2016. [1] 119,756 bitcoins, worth about US$72 million at the time, was stolen.[1]In February 2022, the US government recovered and seized a portion of the stolen bitcoin, then worth US$3.6 billion, [2] by decrypting a file owned by Ilya Lichtenstein (born 1989) that contained addresses and private keys associated with the stolen funds. [3]

4. Pig butchering scam - Wikipedia

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   A pig butchering scam (in Chinese sha zhu pan [2] or shazhupan, [3] (Chinese: 杀猪盘), translated as killing pig game) [1] is a type of long-term scam and investment fraud in which the victim is gradually lured into making increasing contributions, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, to a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme.

5. FBI warns of fake lawyers claiming to find cryptocurrency ...

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   The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning the public about a scam where fake attorneys prey on cryptocurrency fraud victims by claiming they can get the victims’ money back. A public ...

6. Cryptocurrency and crime - Wikipedia

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   Onecoin is one of the more notable examples of cryptocurrency-ponzi schemes: Founded in 2014 by Ruja Ignatova, OneCoin is estimated to have generated US$4 billion in income. [83] While at least in China some of the investors' funds have been recovered and several members of the organisation arrested in the U.S., Ignatova herself is still at ...

7. Crypto scams stole $5.6B from Americans last year, mostly ...

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   People in the U.S. reported losing $5.6 billion to cryptocurrency scams in 2023, with older people hit the hardest, according to the FBI. The FBI’s first annual Cryptocurrency Fraud Report ...

8. Dusting attack - Wikipedia

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   A dusting attack or dust attack is an attack on a cryptocurrency wallet that sends tiny amounts of cryptocurrency (known as "dust") to that wallet in order to uncover the identity of the wallet's owner. [1] Information can then be used to obstruct receiving legitimate payments [2] or phishing scams. [1]

9. Exclusive-North Korean hackers sent stolen crypto to wallet ...

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   The crypto was sent to Huione Pay from an anonymous digital wallet that, according to two blockchain analysts, was used by Lazarus hackers to deposit funds stolen from three crypto companies in ...