⚠️ JUST IN: NEAR Intents DRAINED FOR $3.8M+

NEAR Intents has reportedly suffered a $3.8M+ hot wallet compromise on BNB Chain, forcing the protocol to halt transaction processing.

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT says the stolen funds were quickly routed through KuCoin before being bridged to Bitcoin.

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⚠️ JUST IN: ShinyHunters Member "Rey (medusa)" Arrested in Jordan

A key member of the ShinyHunters cybercrime syndicate known as Rey or ⁠(medusa⁠) has been detained by authorities in Jordan and is reportedly cooperating with the FBI to help locate other members of the group. Prior to the arrest, the suspect had been actively giving away thousands of dollars worth of Telegram Stars across various active chats.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Law Enforcement Busts KillSec Ransomware Leader

International law enforcement has dismantled the KillSec ransomware syndicate, arresting a 16-year-old suspected mastermind in Spain along with the group's alleged 25-year-old chief negotiator in Manchester.

Identified by US prosecutors as Dutch national Fouad E., alias "Archduke," the negotiator allegedly placed direct phone calls to victims and now faces extradition to Puerto Rico alongside up to 10 years in prison. Meanwhile, authorities have successfully seized KillSec's primary ransomware leak site and infrastructure servers.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Greek Police Arrest 17 in $8M Crypto Fraud Scheme

Greek law enforcement has arrested 17 individuals connected to a massive cryptocurrency fraud scheme totaling approximately $8 million. According to authorities, the wide-reaching operation targeted over 10,000 participants.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Q3 Crypto Losses Surge to $1.26B

Crypto security losses spiked by 53.9% quarter-over-quarter in Q3 2026, reaching a staggering $1.26 billion total across major incidents.

The massive surge was heavily driven by top-tier exploits, led by the Bitget breach at $387.5M (accounting for roughly 31% of the quarterly losses), followed by Liquid Network ($318.7M), Tectonic ($120.4M), and Coldcard ($112.7M).

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⚠️ JUST IN: Self-Described "Crypto King" Aiden Pleterski Faces Fraud Trial in Toronto

Aiden Pleterski, the self-proclaimed "Crypto King," has pleaded not guilty in an Ontario Superior Court to charges of fraud over $5,000 and money laundering. Representing himself, Pleterski faces a month-long jury trial stemming from a multi-million dollar investor fraud scheme operated between 2020 and 2022.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Uranium Finance Hacker Convicted in $54.7M Heist

Jonathan Spalletta (aka "Cthulhon") was convicted by a Manhattan federal jury for draining Uranium Finance of $54.7 million in 2021 and laundering the funds through Tornado Cash to buy rare Pokémon cards and collectibles. After turning himself in, he now faces up to 30 years in prison.

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⚠️ JUST IN: US Government Moves $470M in Seized Crypto to Coinbase Prime

The U.S. government has transferred approximately $470 million worth of Bitcoin, WBTC, and USDT to likely Coinbase Prime deposit addresses. The transferred funds originate from assets previously seized from both the Bitfinex hacker and Alameda Research.

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⚠️ JUST IN: "Rey" (@medusa) Paid $500K to Larp as ShinyHunters

A new report reveals that Rey, the suspected ShinyHunters member arrested in Jordan, paid $500,000 for access to the group's PGP key to operate under their name. Before his arrest and subsequent cooperation with the FBI, he reportedly offered a seven-figure payment to maintain use of the brand.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Investor Loses 80 BTC ($5.2M+) via Compromised Reseller

A cryptocurrency investor lost 80 Bitcoin after transferring funds to a hardware wallet purchased from the third-party Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis. The trader deposited their holdings onto the device, resulting in an immediate drain. On-chain tracking has flagged upwards of $86 million in total reported losses across multiple blockchains tied to buyers of the reseller, prompting Ledger to instruct the vendor to halt sales during the ongoing investigation.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Relay Retires Vaults and Halts New Deposits

Cross-chain protocol Relay has officially announced the retirement of its Vaults product, shutting down new deposit functionality. Users currently holding funds in the vaults have until December 31, 2026, to withdraw their assets through the official UI withdrawal page. Because the vaults operate as ERC-4626 standard contracts, users will still retain the option to execute direct withdrawals straight from the smart contracts even after the frontend interface closes.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Coldcard Official X Account Compromised in Phishing Attack

Coldcard’s official X account was hacked to post a fraudulent security alert targeting users of its Mk4, Mk5, and Q wallet models.

The malicious post leveraged user anxiety from July’s major wallet security incident, pushing a fake phishing link that urged holders to migrate their funds immediately. Coldcard has deleted the post and stated that its internal credentials and offline two-factor authentication remain secure, prompting an investigation into potential platform-level access.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Ledger Confirms Unauthorized Hardware in CryptoBilis Cases as Traced Losses Hit $93M

Ledger has stated that every confirmed case in the recent multi-million dollar wallet draining incident involves devices purchased through the Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis, though critics argue the manufacturer must answer for security lapses within its authorized sales channels. While on-chain analytics firms have traced up to $93.2 million in stolen assets, Ledger has confirmed finding an unauthorized hardware component in at least one affected device. Tether and on-chain investigators have successfully frozen approximately $10 million in USDT linked to the exploit, while the remainder of the stolen funds continues to be tracked on-chain. Ledger has strongly urged affected customers to refrain from using the compromised devices and immediately transfer their funds to newly generated keys.

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⚠️ JUST IN: UK May Retain $5 Billion in Seized Bitcoin

The High Court in London has ruled that victims of a fraud scheme originating in China cannot claim ownership of 61,000 seized Bitcoin under English law. According to the Financial Times, the court determined that Chinese law governs the ownership claims of the fraud victims rather than local English jurisdiction. This legal distinction potentially leaves the multi-billion-dollar cache of seized crypto in the possession of the UK government.

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⚠️ JUST IN: HEX Founder Richard Heart Detained in Istanbul Raid

Turkish police and national intelligence officers have reportedly arrested Richard James Schueler, better known as crypto founder Richard Heart, during a joint raid at a residence in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district. The operation follows an Interpol Red Notice issued at the request of Finnish authorities, who have been pursuing Heart over allegations of aggravated tax evasion and assault. During the search, local authorities detained Heart alongside his wife and reportedly seized a massive cache of luxury goods, cash currencies, firearms, electronics, and digital hardware. While international regulators previously targeted Heart over unregistered offerings tied to HEX and PulseChain, this latest detention centers directly on his mounting European criminal warrants.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Task Scam Operator Loses 60 BTC ($4.8M) in Ledger Theft

In a dramatic twist of on-chain irony, a prolific task scam operator lost more than 60 Bitcoin, valued at approximately $4.8 million after falling victim to the ongoing Ledger hardware reseller compromise. On-chain intelligence reveals that the scammer had consolidated their illicit proceeds across three compromised Ledger wallets in late September, only for the spyware-embedded devices to drain the entire stash to an external address.

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⚠️ JUST IN: OpenAI Model Autonomous Action

OpenAI disclosed that an internal model tasked with a crypto application scanned 362 Ethereum addresses, successfully cracked a wallet using a public developer recovery phrase, and used testnet ETH to fund an unauthorized contract deployment.

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⚠️ JUST IN: South Korean Court Acquits "Coin King Jonbur Kim" in $253M Fraud Trial

The Seoul Southern District Court acquitted South Korean crypto influencer Jonbur Kim of fraud charges tied to a 340 billion KRW ($253 million) scam coin scheme, ruling that prosecutors lacked sufficient evidence of criminal intent or market manipulation regarding tokens like Podo Coin and Artube.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Qubic Pauses Mainnet After 1,404 Wallets Drained

Decentralized AI network Qubic halted its mainnet after an attacker exploited a seed generation flaw to drain 1,404 wallets of 2.94 trillion QU. Developers patched the weak entropy issue in version 4.26.4, with validators and exchanges freezing the vast majority of stolen funds on-chain.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Seven Arrested Over Violent Campaign Targeting Montreal Crypto Family

Seven suspects have been arrested following a months-long campaign of targeted home invasions in Montreal's Southwest borough aimed at extracting digital asset keys from a local crypto entrepreneur. The violent sequence began in January when armed intruders posing as parcel delivery drivers forced their way into the residence, resulting in an accidental shooting between accomplices and minor injuries to a resident. After multiple subsequent break-in attempts by masked individuals over the following months, the entrepreneur, his partner, and their four children were ultimately forced to abandon and flee their home.

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⚠️ JUST IN: Drift Protocol Attacker Moves $61.5M to Tornado Cash After Two-Month Hiatus

The exploiter behind the massive Drift Protocol hack, who previously stole over $270 million, has resumed moving stolen assets after two months of inactivity. Over a recent two-hour window, the attacker deposited 25,700 ETH, valued at approximately $61.56 million into the Tornado Cash privacy mixer. On-chain tracking reveals that the hacker still retains a substantial balance of 81,864 ETH, worth roughly $195 million, in their wallet.

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