Crypto, Fraud and Social Engineering: Financial Crime Ring Dismantled
TL;DR The Guardia Civil dismantled a network that defrauded over 5,000 people through fake crypto investments and laundered more than €460 million. The group operated...
Security
Security coverage from The Cryptocurrency Post tracks the risks that shape digital asset markets: exchange breaches, wallet exploits, phishing campaigns, bridge attacks, smart contract failures, custody incidents, fraud investigations and the defensive measures used by crypto companies and users.
This section is built for readers who need clear, timely reporting on crypto security events and their market impact. Our coverage connects technical incidents with practical consequences for investors, protocols, exchanges and the broader blockchain ecosystem.
Trezor Detects New Phishing Attempt Through Its Support Contact Form
by guido
TL;DR Trezor detected phishing attempts through its support form, where attackers used leaked emails to trigger automatic replies. The company confirmed there was no internal...
Hypersphere Partner Loses Crypto Savings in Zoom Scam
by federico
TL;DR Earlier this week, Mehdi Farooq, a partner at crypto venture firm Hypersphere and former Animoca Brands executive, shared a personal account of a devastating...
Meta Pool Under Siege: $27 Million Tokens Minted, Yet Only $132K Stolen
by jose
TL;DR Exploited Vulnerability: A sophisticated hacker exploited a flaw in Meta Pool’s fast unstake functionality and ERC4626 mint function to mint approximately 9,705 mpETH tokens,...
North Korean Crypto Laundering Reaches New Heights
by federico
TL;DR The Lazarus Group, widely considered a state-sponsored cybercrime outfit operating under North Korea’s intelligence apparatus, has intensified its use of lesser-known methods to clean...
Suspected Israeli Hackers Launch Coordinated Cyber Assault on Iran’s Financial Institutions
by jose
TL;DR Bank Data Breach: A suspected Israeli hacking group breached Bank Sepah, destroying key data and undermining Iran’s traditional banking infrastructure. Crypto Exchange Attack: The...
Bitrue Hacker Launders Millions via Tornado Cash Mixer
by jose
TL;DR Renewed Hacker Activity: The anonymous exploiter behind Bitrue’s $22 million theft has ramped up operations by moving approximately $30 million in stolen crypto to...
Hackers Expose 60,000 LockBit Bitcoin Addresses
by federico
TL;DR Hackers exposed nearly 60,000 Bitcoin addresses linked to LockBit’s ransomware infrastructure. The attack leaked a MySQL database dump with valuable information for tracking illicit...
FBI Disrupts Lazarus Group’s Fake Crypto Firms and Malware Distribution
by jose
TL;DR FBI Seizes Critical Domain: The FBI has taken control of a pivotal domain linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, disrupting its complex crypto scam...
XRP Ledger Blocks Attempted Attack on Its Infrastructure
by guido
TL;DR A hacker attempted to attack the XRP Ledger infrastructure by compromising an NPM token and distributing malicious versions of xrpl.js. Aikido Security detected five...