Tag: cryptocurrency theft
Scattered Spider’s Ahmed Elbadawy pleads guilty and forfeits $17.6M
A year-old sealed plea became public this week when prosecutors moved to seize about $17.6M in crypto, vehicles and luxury…
WaterPlum’s recruiter scam infected 30,000 devices, four nations warn
A four-nation advisory ties WaterPlum to 30,000 infected devices, 7,000 drained wallets and $10.71 million in losses.
Bitcoin sidechain loses $320M to self-proclaimed white hats
Nearly all of the Bitcoin backing Blockstream's Liquid sidechain has been drained, with the responsible hackers promising to return it…
Jailbroken Google Gemini spun up new C2 server for Russian fraudster in six minutes
A jailbroken Gemini AI performed 90% of a Russian fraudster's botnet operation including spinning up a C2 server in six…