🚨 JUST IN: Notorious Fraudster "John Lick" has Been Arrested

John “Lick” was previously linked to the theft of over $46M in crypto from U.S. government seizure wallets, reportedly connected to a contractor company run by his father that worked with the U.S. Marshals Service.

According to the FBI, he was taken into custody yesterday on the island of Saint Martin by French law enforcement. During the operation, authorities reportedly confiscated three Trezor hardware wallets along with several hard drives linked to the theft.

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⚠️ UPDATE: John Lick Potentially Faces up to 15-30 Years of Prison if Pled Guilty

He is reportedly facing several serious federal charges, including wire fraud, theft of government property, money laundering, and conspiracy.

Wire fraud alone carries a potential 30-year sentence, while money laundering can add up to 20 years. Under current sentencing guidelines, a guilty plea could bring the sentence down to around 15–30 years.

If convicted at trial, the combined charges could carry a potential sentence of up to 50 years in prison.

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⚡️ Transactions on TON Blockchain Will Become Instant!

One of the leading developers of TON reported the successful testing of the upcoming "Sub Second" update.

After its implementation, transactions will take place almost instantly, within just a few milliseconds.

💬 Do you think TON should've introduced this earlier?

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⚠️ UPDATE: Telegram Has Unbanned the Username @Dash!

Just now, Telegram has lifted the ban and restored access to the username.

The exact reason for the ban was never officially explained, but it now appears that it was most likely a mistake.

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💵 Another Record for Anonymous Numbers!

The number +888 8 777 has just been sold for 651,358 TON (~$882,200), setting a new record for the most expensive number sold on Fragment again!

Just yesterday, the owner of this number put it up for auction on getgems.io for 777,777 TON, but didn’t receive any bids.

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🚨 Trust Wallet Introduces Automatic Address Poisoning Protection

Trust Wallet has launched a new security feature to protect users from address poisoning scams.

• According to an announcement, the new Address Poisoning Protection will automatically scan user transactions to detect incorrect addresses and alert users before they mistakenly send funds.

• This comes as total losses from address poisoning attacks in 2026 have reached approximately $38.9 million.

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🇫🇷JUST IN: A French Couple Robbed of $1 Million in Bitcoin by Fake Police

A French couple in their 50s was forced to transfer €900,000 (~$1M) in Bitcoin during a fake police home invasion.

The incident occurred on Monday in Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, west of Paris. Three suspects posing as police officers entered the home, threatened the couple with a knife, and forced the husband to transfer the cryptocurrency.

The attackers injured both victims, and fled the scene in a white van. Police said they are currently investigating the case.

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🚨 Europol Takes Down SocksEscort Proxy Network

Europol and international law enforcement agencies took down the SocksEscort proxy network in Operation Lightning, seizing 34 domains, 23 servers across seven countries, and $3.5 million in cryptocurrency.

The SocksEscort proxy network reportedly operated from 2017 to 2026, allegedly compromising more than 369,000 routers worldwide and providing proxy access to around 35,000 customers.

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🚀 Pump.Fun Surpasses $1 Billion in Lifetime Revenue

Pump.fun has officially crossed $1 billion in lifetime revenue since it's launch in 2024, becoming the first platform in the Solana ecosystem to reach this milestone.

The platform primarily generates revenue through fees on memecoin launches and trading, supplemented by its integrated decentralized exchange, PumpSwap.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Starbucks Discloses a Data Breach

Starbucks has disclosed a data breach affecting hundreds employees after threat actors gained access to their Starbucks Partner Central accounts.

The personal information exposed in the incident includes employees' names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, financial accounts and routing numbers.

The company added that it has since secured the systems involved and is currently investigating the incident while working to notify and support impacted employees.

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👀 New Ledger X Lamborghini Trailer!

A new trailer has been released for the collaboration between Lamborghini and Ledger. In the video, a presenter demonstrates how it looks and functions.

The hardware wallet is currently priced at $429.

💬 Do you think it's worth the price?

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⚠️ UPDATE: The .as Version of BreachForums Has Officially Shut Down

The .as domain of BreachForums is now offline. A message left on the site says the administrator is stepping away due to personal matters and a new venture.

This comes shortly after the CCITIC Team announced on March 15 that they had identified and taken down the breachforums.[as] servers.

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🎉 Solana Celebrates it's 6th Birthday!

The Solana blockchain's mainnet beta officially launched on March 16, 2020, making it's 6th birthday today.

The official Solana team thanked and congratulated the entire community for their unwavering support throughout the years.

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⚠️ UPDATE: Bitrefill Confirms Lazarus Group Behind March 1 Incident

Bitrefill has released a detailed report on the security incident that occurred on March 1, confirming that the attack was carried out by North Korea’s Lazarus Group (also known as Bluenoroff).

The attackers initially compromised an employee’s laptop, obtained legacy credentials, and escalated privileges to access production systems, including portions of the database and hot wallets.

ℹ️ Data impact:
• Approximately 18,500 purchase records were accessed (containing emails, cryptocurrency addresses, and IP addresses).
• Around 1,000 of these records included encrypted names; the affected users have been directly notified.

Bitrefill covered all losses and confirmed operations are now fully back to normal.

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🇻🇳 Vietnam Bans Telegram Over Illegal Activity Concerns

Vietnam has moved to ban Telegram due to concerns over widespread illegal activity on the platform.

Authorities claim that nearly 70% of Telegram channels in Vietnam are linked to unlawful operations, including drug trafficking.

💬 Which country is next? 🧐

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⚠️ Teen Arrested for Using Telegram Stars

A 17-year-old from Kuzbass (city in Russia) has been placed under house arrest after using Telegram Stars reactions on posts linked to a banned terrorist organization.

Authorities consider the paid Stars as “financial support of terrorism.” He now faces criminal charges, with a possible sentence of 8–15 years in prison.

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🤯 JUST IN: Two Rare 7-Digit Numbers Sold for $1,216,000!

Two rare 7-digit anonymous numbers, +888 8 666 and +888 8 899, have just been sold for 461,538 TON ($608,400 USD) each, totaling ~$1,216,000.

The numbers were reportedly acquired by the same Chinese whale @jing, who owns multiple 7-digit anonymous numbers.

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🚨 Meta Shutting Down The Metaverse After Investing Over $80 Billion

After years of hype, Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds on Quest VR headsets after June 15, 2026. The VR app will be completely removed, shifting the entire project to a mobile-only app.

• The Metaverse was Zuckerberg’s vision of a persistent 3D virtual world where people socialize, play, work, and attend events using avatars, the internet as immersive 3D space instead of flat screens.

• Reportedly, Meta invested over $80 billion into the Metaverse while generating only around $2 billion in revenue.

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🚨 Authorities Take Down Major IoT Botnet Powering Record DDoS Attacks

The U.S. Department of Justice has carried out a court-approved operation targeting the command-and-control systems linked to several major IoT botnets, including Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid, and Mossad.

• The botnets infected over 3 million devices worldwide, including hundreds of thousands in the U.S., and were reportedly used to launch more than 316,000 DDoS attacks.

• Some of the attacks reached extreme levels, peaking at around 30 Tbps, making them them some of the largest ever recorded.

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