The 7-digit anonymous number +888 8 899 has just been purchased on Marketapp for 423,900 TON (~$1,010,400) by Chinese user @dusheng.
This short number was originally purchased by another Chinese investor for ~$71,700 in December 2022.
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ZachXBT has released a new investigation into threat actor Dritan Kapllani, accusing him of stealing over $19 million through social engineering attacks.
ZachXBT accused Dritan of involvement in a 185 BTC social engineering theft that occurred in March 2026, stating that he directly received $5.3 million from the theft and was a co-conspirator in the attack.
The victim of the 185 BTC theft filed a criminal complaint yesterday, and Dritanβs friend, Trenton Johnson is now facing up to 40 years in federal prison, while Dritan himself hasn't been formally charged yet.
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Recently, an exploit on GetGems.io allowed scammers to send offers using fake USDT due to a bug on the platform. As a result, scammers were able to steal NFT's worth over $800,000.
A Chinese investor @fugui, who lost a rare NFT, says GetGems clearly stated that it would not provide compensation and only offered some βsupport.β According to him, GetGems also shifted the blame onto @fugui, claiming he failed to verify the authenticity of the offers before accepting them.
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ZachXBT has reported that THORChain was exploited across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BSC, with losses exceeding $10 million. The protocol quickly paused trading and executed a global emergency halt across the network.
The stolen assets include over $7 million in Ethereum and approximately $3 million in Bitcoin. The official THORChain team has not yet commented on the incident.
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On May 14, Tether unblacklisted 497 addresses across Tron and Ethereum in a single day, releasing a total of $71.2M and making it the largest unfreeze event by both address count and value ever reported.
β’ Based on multiple reports, Tether had likely unfrozen the addresses after reviewing a batch of false or overly broad blacklist actions issued during an automated compliance sweep.
Several known crypto services also had wallets unfrozen during this wave, including BingX, Nobitex, CCPayment, Exnovin, and others.
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One of Telegramβs biggest gift marketplaces, @Portals, has just added a new Gift Staking feature to its platform.
Users can now deposit and stake their gifts on Portals, though the APR (annual percentage rate) appears to vary significantly between users.
β’ The starting limit is currently 50 TON. To increase it, users are required to complete tasks.
β’ The minimum amount required for staking is currently set at 10 TON.
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In Moscow, a Russian man lost 2 million rubles (~$27,500) while attempting to exchange cash for cryptocurrency.
The victim had reportedly arranged a meeting with an exchanger in a building parking lot when three men approached him. One of the suspects threatened him with a pistol held to his head, while another grabbed the bag containing the money and all three robbers fled the scene.
β’ Later that day, police identified and detained all three suspects, two of whom were aged 22 and 43. They are now reportedly facing up to 15 years in prison.
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GitHub has disclosed an internal security breach after attackers reportedly compromised an employeeβs machine through a malicious VS Code extension containing malware.
According to reports, the breach led to more than 3,800 internal repositories being stolen, including sensitive API keys and internal development data. The attack has been linked to the hacking group TeamPCP, the stolen information is now being offered for sale on cybercrime forums for over $50,000.
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Telegram has introduced @TIDABot, a new service designed to help users in the United States report non-consensual intimate images and videos shared on the platform.
The bot allows victims, or people acting on their behalf, to submit requests for the removal of private intimate content that was posted without their consent.
β’ At the moment, the service is only available to U.S. residents and is specifically focused on handling requests tied to non-consensual intimate media.
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French and Dutch authorities have seized βFirst VPN,β a VPN service reportedly used in many ransomware attacks, data theft, and other cybercrime operations.
Authorities have located and shut down 33 First VPN servers across 27 countries and arrested a suspected administrator in Ukraine.
The VPN service was advertised on various cybercrime forums as a privacy-focused VPN that claimed not to log user data and ignored law enforcement requests for user information.
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U.S. and Canadian authorities arrested and charged a Canadian man with operating the KimWolf DDoS botnet, which infected nearly two million devices worldwide, and launched attacks reaching 30 terabits per second, the largest publicly disclosed DDoS attack at the time.
23-year-old Jacob Butler (also known as "Dort") was arrested by Canadian authorities in Ottawa on Wednesday pursuant to an extradition warrant.
The administrator now faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
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A Telegram user (ID: 6264236882) has permanently lost 3 Plush Pepe gifts worth over $30,000 in total after his account was banned. The gifts were not stored on-chain, meaning they cannot be recovered or returned.
The account held the following gifts:
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The reason for the ban remains unclear at this time.
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Yesterday, more than 107 BTC worth over $8.2 million was burned after someone sent 5 transactions to the Bitcoin burn address 1111111111111111111114oLvT2.
The address 1111111111111111111114oLvT2 is a well-known Bitcoin burn address with no known private key, meaning any coins sent there are permanently lost and can never be recovered or spent.
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The previously banned Telegram account belonging to @monferno, which held 3 Plush Pepe gifts worth ~$30,000, has been restored after being banned for 2 days.
@monferno later posted a message in his channel, saying:
βThanks everyone for the kind messages.β
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Ukrainian authorities arrested four suspects accused of organizing an armed gang that targeted crypto entrepreneurs.
Investigators say two police colonels led the group, which kidnapped victims, held them illegally, threatened them with firearms, and extorted millions of dollars. The suspects allegedly stole over $2.2 million.
β’ One of the victims in Kyiv was reportedly abducted at gunpoint and forced to sign a fictitious $5 million βdebt.β
The suspects now face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
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In the next update, Telegram plans to add full Markdown formatting support for messages and posts.
Users will be able to use:
β’ headings
β’ tables
β’ formulas
β’ code blocks, and other formatting elements.
This feature is currently being tested in the beta version.
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Telegram Premium and Stars can now be purchased on Fragment.com using USDC across Ethereum, Polygon, and Base.
Fragment also expanded USDT payment support by adding USDT on Ethereum and Polygon networks. Previously, only USDT on TON was supported.
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FBI Director Kash Patel revealed that the FBI has arrested Zachary Sweeney, a 30-year-old man from Tennessee, for his involvement in a 764-linked Nihilistic Violent Extremist network.
According to the FBI, Sweeney is accused of coercing multiple minors, drugging victims, and live-streaming assaults between 2022 and 2025. One of the victims reportedly died of a drug overdose.
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On May 29, 2026, a 53-year-old Chinese businessman named Yang Weixin was kidnapped for a cryptocurrency ransom. The kidnappers used Yangβs phone to contact his wife and demand $2 million in cryptocurrency. The ransom was reportedly not paid.
Yang was later tortured and stabbed, resulting in his death. Authorities discovered his body inside a white Toyota Prius a day later, on May 30.
Cambodian police are actively searching for the three suspects seen on surveillance footage.
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Pavel Durov announced that TONβs native currency is being renamed to GRAM β the tokenβs original name from the first TON white paper.
Alongside the launch of Gram.org, Pavel Durov said the rebranding represents step 4 of 7 in the MTONGA roadmap.
The transition is expected to take around three weeks, with TON remaining the name of the blockchain.
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