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⚠️ JUST IN: A LockBit member has been sentenced to 6 years for hacking U.S. companies and carrying out crypto ransom attacks.

Authorities say he was involved in extorting over $24M from victims after breaching companies, deploying ransomware, and demanding payments.

The attacker agreed to pay ~$9.1M in restitution, which contributed to a reduced sentence.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Irish authorities have accessed a Bitcoin wallet holding 500 BTC (~$35M) nearly 10 years after it was seized

The wallet was previously believed to be permanently lost due to an incorrect seed phrase. Europol and Irish police have now successfully recovered access and moved the 500 BTC.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Footage of Russian police arresting the admin of cybercrime forum LeakBase a few hours ago.

LeakBase was one of the biggest cybercrime forums on the internet and was shut down weeks ago by the FBI and Europol.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Washington has filed a lawsuit against prediction market Kalshi over disguised gambling.

The lawsuit claims the platform has allowed users to bet on anything by simply calling it a prediction market rather than gambling.

Notably, Nevada has already secured a restraining order against the site, suggesting the case could reach the Supreme Court.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Malicious crypto drainer compromises Steakhouse Financial app & website

A wallet drainer has been injected, meaning any interaction could result in funds being drained.

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⚠️ JUST IN: FBI arrests threat actor behind $51M theft from a crypto exchange in 2021

The attacker exploited a crypto exchange, stealing ~$51M before laundering the funds through tornado cash and spending a majority of it on Pokémon cards.

He is now facing up to 10 years for fraud and up to 20 years for money laundering.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Cryptocurrency exchange compromised via social engineering, resulting in ~$8.8M stolen

Threat actors targeted an employee with access to the exchange’s private keys, ultimately gaining control over reserve funds.

Shortly after the compromise, over $8M was stolen, including ~15 BTC.

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⚠️ JUST IN: ZachXBT releases “USDC Files” after ~$420M was stolen since 2022

Per ZachXBT, the USDC contract has a freeze and blacklist function, yet funds tied to exploits and hacks have not been frozen over the past 4 years.

Over $400M+ in USDC has been successfully laundered as a result of this lack of action.

Even in the recent $280M Drift Protocol exploit, the attacker moved funds for 6 straight hours, including through Circle’s native bridge, without any USDC being frozen.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Threat actors lose 59+ BTC (~$4M+) after attempting to launder all of it at once

Threat actors attempting to launder stolen funds were impacted by withdrawal limits, with the platform only allowing ~$50K per transaction.

As a result, over $4M+ remains effectively locked on the exchange.

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⚠️ JUST IN: FBI confirms Americans lost a record ~$11.36B to crypto-related fraud in 2025

Per the FBI, social engineering and customer support impersonation were among the most effective methods used for theft, with $2B+ in crypto stolen throughout the year

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⚠️ JUST IN: Victim lost ~$385K after copying the wrong wallet address

A crypto whale was exchanging ~$749K and sent the first portion (~$380K) successfully.

Shortly after, the wallet was targeted with an address poisoning attack, causing the victim to copy a lookalike address and send the remaining ~$385K to the attacker.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Elon Musk and Pavel Durov says WhatsApp's end to end encryption is compromised and fake.

Both CEOs state that WhatsApp misleads users about its end-to-end encryption, even going as far as to read users’ messages and share data with third-party companies.

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⚠️ JUST IN: The FBI has allegedly taken control of John Lick’s account following his arrest

Earlier today, the username was detached from the account, suggesting federal authorities may be accessing and exporting DMs linked to past activity.

If you previously worked or associated with John Lick, it’s advised to clear any conversations.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Crypto exploits and phishing caused ~$482M in losses across 44 incidents in Q1 2026.

Over the past three months, 44 major incidents led to ~$482M in crypto losses, with $306M stemming from social engineering and phishing attacks targeting users.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Two victims kidnapped in France for €400K crypto

The victims, linked to a wealthy crypto investor, were abducted and held for ransom in Bitcoin.

Authorities confirmed the victims were safely freed, with 7 individuals arrested.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Rhea Finance exploited for $7M+

$3.4M was recovered after the attacker left USDT in the wallet for ~10 hours, allowing USDT to freeze the dirty funds.

However over $4M was stolen and laundered into Ethereum.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Threat actors are sending fake Ledger hardware wallets to victims

Threat actors are now mailing fake Ledger hardware wallets to selected victims, along with a download link to a fake 1:1 Ledger Live app designed to appear legitimate.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Vercel has been exploited in major data breach

A threat actor gained insider-level access to Vercel systems, leading to unauthorized access to customer databases.

Customers are already impacted, with Vercel confirming the incident.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Six individuals were arrested tied to a $2M robbery targeting a streamer in France

Per ZachXBT, a family member of the streamer was kidnapped, forcing them to pay a $2M ransom in Bitcoin for their release.

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