🚨 “CRYPTO GODFATHER” GETS 15 YEARS OVER KIDNAPPING LINKED TO $245M BITCOIN HEIST

Self-styled crypto “Godfather” Adam Iza has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for helping organise the kidnapping of the parents of Veer Chetal, one of the men behind the $245 million Bitcoin theft involving Malone Lam.

The couple were rammed in their Lamborghini, dragged into a van, bound with duct tape and assaulted as the kidnappers tried to get access to some of the stolen Bitcoin. Iza helped coordinate and fund the operation through encrypted communications.

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🚨 HACKER MINTS 368.9 BILLION SYNTHETIC BTC TOKENS

Cross-chain protocol Symbiosis was exploited after eight bridge transactions created roughly 368.9 billion syBTC, a synthetic Bitcoin token, across Ethereum and BNB Chain.

The attacker then dumped the Ethereum-side tokens and cashed out about $582,000, while roughly 184.5 billion syBTC still remains on BNB Chain.

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🚨 HACKER LOSES $7.8M TO A BOT MID-EXPLOIT

A hacker found a flaw that could let them drain around $7.8 million from a large crypto holder’s wallet.

Before the attack could go through, an automated MEV bot called “Yoink” spotted the pending transaction, copied the exploit and got its own transaction processed first, taking the $7.8 million instead.

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🚨 REVOLUT HACKERS DEMAND $3M RANSOM

Hackers are demanding $3 million within 24 hours after obtaining sensitive data on around 680 Revolut customers allegedly targeted for their large crypto holdings, threatening to sell the data if Revolut refuses to pay.

Reported victims include former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès, Gamdom CEO Felix Römer, professional athletes and several other high-profile figures.

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🚨 CARDANO YOUTUBE HIJACKED TO PUSH CRYPTO SCAM

The developer behind Cardano says its official YouTube channel was hijacked and used to livestream a fake video of Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson promoting a crypto giveaway.

The stream promised viewers it would “double your wealth” and displayed a QR code directing them to send funds.

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🚨 16 ARRESTED IN FAKE FBI EXTORTION SCAM

Police busted a call centre accused of targeting Americans by posing as tech support, remotely accessing their computers and falsely claiming they contained evidence of serious crimes.

Scammers then posed as FBI and US Treasury officials, threatened victims with arrest and demanded crypto, gift cards or bank transfers.

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🚨 FAMILY TIED UP FOR 3 HOURS IN €40K CRYPTO HOME INVASION

Four masked men broke into the home of a crypto-sector worker in France and tied up him, his partner and their 8- and 12-year-old children for more than three hours.

The father was assaulted and forced to hand over access codes, allowing the attackers to steal around €40,000 in crypto.

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🚨 U.S. PROSECUTORS INVESTIGATE BINANCE OVER IRAN SANCTIONS

Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Binance knowingly allowed Iran-linked trading on its platform, potentially violating U.S. sanctions.

The probe is reportedly being handled by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office and DOJ Criminal Division. Binance says it has zero tolerance for sanctions violations and cooperates with law enforcement.

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🚨 FBI INVESTIGATING SHINYHUNTERS BREACH AFTER 5,000 RECORDS SURFACE

The FBI says it is investigating unauthorized activity affecting FBIjobs.gov after ShinyHunters claimed it stole sensitive employee and applicant data.

The hackers shared a sample of 5,000 alleged records, with some names, addresses and phone numbers independently verified.

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🚨 UPDATE: FOMOPEEK LINKED TO $580K CRYPTO THEFT

On-chain tracing now links 579,984.34 USDT in stolen funds to the malicious FomoPeek iOS app, which was previously found using kernel exploits to escape Apple’s sandbox and access sensitive wallet data.

The stolen funds were then moved across multiple chains and services.

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