Security & CrimeWallet maker SafePal discloses breach affecting about 40,000 customers
Order records tied to hardware wallet purchases were exposed. The company says private keys and funds were not involved.
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Security & CrimeEurope's crypto cleanup is breeding a new kind of scam
As unlicensed platforms wind down under MiCA, fraudsters are impersonating regulators and "recovery" services to reach displaced users.
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Security & CrimeThe hiring desk is now an attack surface
US prosecutors continue to charge facilitators of North Korean IT workers who take remote developer jobs at crypto firms under stolen identities.
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Security & CrimeSanctions reach the scam compounds, and the money trail runs through USDT
US Treasury designations continue to target Southeast Asian fraud operations, following a forfeiture of about 127,000 bitcoin from one network.
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Security & CrimeThe exploits have moved: keys and front ends, not smart contracts
After a record 2025 in which more than $2 billion was stolen, this year's losses are again concentrated in access-control failures rather than code bugs.
By Anita Boulos ·