A Cambodia-based scam ring allegedly stole around $1.5M in crypto from victims in Japan by impersonating police and convincing them to transfer funds to prove their innocence.
One victim alone lost roughly $515K, with two alleged members of the operation now arrested by Tokyo police.
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Zano has rolled back roughly one month of blockchain history after an exploit allowed attackers to mint unauthorized ZANO and counterfeit fUSD stablecoins.
Freedom Dollar says several million dollars worth of assets were exchanged for fake fUSD, with affected users set to be reimbursed.
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A MEXC user says an attacker used forged identity details and an AI-generated verification video to take over their account, reset security settings and create an API key.
MEXC froze and restored the account, but allegedly left the API key active. Just 27 minutes after the 24-hour withdrawal lock expired, roughly $340,000 was drained.
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ZachXBT says illicit actors laundering funds from the $387M Bitget exploit are openly asking for help with transactions in public Discord servers and Telegram channels.
Funds are being chain-hopped through bridges and sent into mixers, with one alias also linked to laundering the $292M Kelp DAO exploit.
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A former L.A. County sheriffβs deputy has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for abusing police powers to help crypto criminal Adam Iza target his enemies.
In one case, he used law-enforcement access to help locate a man believed to have a laptop containing over $100M in crypto. Armed men later tried to break into the victimβs home before fleeing after the victim fired a shot.
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Apple has patched CVE-2026-86950, a zero-day affecting older iOS versions that it says was already exploited in highly targeted attacks.
Security researchers warn pre-iOS 27 vulnerabilities are being used to steal crypto wallet private keys and seed phrases, putting user funds at risk.
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The FBI is warning of scammers impersonating real federal agents, spoofing genuine field-office numbers and using the names of actual FBI, DEA and Secret Service staff to make the scam look legitimate.
In one case, a scammer staged an entire fake FBI office for a video call, complete with a desk, FBI seal and a suited βagent,β in an attempt to convince victims they were speaking with law enforcement.
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New findings show attackers had compromised systems linked to Bitget as early as August 31, nearly a month before the $387.5M theft.
The attackers later used custom software to fake withdrawal requests and move the funds, without stealing Bitgetβs private keys.
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A former UK National Crime Agency officer has been ordered to repay Β£1.8M ($2.4M) after stealing 50 BTC from a seized Silk Road 2.0 wallet he was helping investigate.
He moved the coins through Bitcoin Fog to hide the trail, while investigators initially believed the Silk Road operator had moved them himself.
The officer was arrested in 2022 and jailed for 5Β½ years in 2025.
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U.S. authorities sanctioned a Tren de Aragua-linked network accused of using Ploutus malware to make ATMs spit out cash, causing $40.73M in losses across 1,500+ attacks.
Crews allegedly opened ATMs and used Raspberry Pis to install the malware, which could delete itself after dispensing the cash.
The alleged mastermind, Anibal βPrometheusβ Aguirre, is on the FBIβs Ten Most Wanted list. Authorities say the stolen money was laundered through crypto, with seven linked addresses now sanctioned.
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The crypto industry suffered 55 major hacks in September, with total losses reaching around $766.5 million, up roughly 462% from Augustβs $136.3 million.
The biggest incidents were Bitget at ~$387M and Liquid Network at ~$320M, although around $285M from the Liquid incident was later returned.
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NEAR Intents has suffered a $3.8M+ hot wallet compromise on BNB Chain, forcing the wallet to stop processing transactions.
ZachXBT says the stolen funds were quickly moved through KuCoin and bridged into Bitcoin.
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An attacker stole around 114 ETH ($305K) from two crypto wallets by exploiting a flaw in a tool connected to their Aave positions.
The bug let them create a fake Safe that pretended it had permission, tricking the system into treating it as trusted.
That access was then used to unlock collateral and drain the real wallets. Aave itself was not hacked.
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ZachXBT says UPay, a crypto card and payments provider, may have let sanctioned marketplace Xinbi white-label its Visa cards.
Xinbi has been linked to scams, money laundering and human trafficking, with TRM estimating $36B+ in volume.
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