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Malone Lam Pleads Guilty in $245 Million Bitcoin Racketeering Case

Prosecutors are applying racketeering law to social‑engineering crypto thefts to strengthen efforts to recover victims’ funds.

Global Operation Disrupts Sality Botnet After 23 Years

Maya Protocol Halted After $1.7 Million Multi‑Bug Exploit

Unauthorized Mint Floods Harmony With Billions of ONE, Protocol Patch Issued

Coinsbuy Loses $8 Million in Coordinated Ethereum and TRON Drain

Brazil’s Central Bank Sets October License Deadline for Crypto Firms

Violent 'Wrench' Attacks on Crypto Holders Surge, Tens of Millions Stolen in Early 2026

FBI Supervisory Agent Arrested and Charged in Nearly $1 Million Crypto Theft

Triple-A Hot Wallets Lose More Than $9.7 Million in Suspected Multi-Chain Drain

North Korea-Linked Hackers Took Two-Thirds of Global Crypto Theft in H1 2026, TRM Says

June Crypto Hacks Total $75.9M as Humanity Protocol Suffers Largest Breach

JaredFromSubway MEV Bot Drained in Approval Trap

House Bill Would Create DOJ Task Force to Coordinate Cryptocurrency Theft Response

Bipartisan Bill Would Create Federal Cryptocurrency Theft Task Force

Kelp DAO Hacker Launders Nearly All Accessible $220M, Leaving $71M Frozen

Third-Party SquidRouterModule Exploit Drains 86 Gnosis Safes for About $3.2 Million

StablR Stablecoins Depeg After Multisig Key Compromise

Bankr Locks Down After AI-Layer Breach Drains 14 Wallets on Base

Transit Finance Hit by $1.8 Million DeFi Exploit, Funds Traced to One Ethereum Address

New Report Finds North Korea Drove 60% of 2025 Crypto Theft, Taking About $2 Billion