Scams

Crypto scammers who stole millions from Russian-speaking investors approached the same victims weeks later, promising to recover their losses.On Oct. 14, Brooklyn prosecutors disclosed the fraud after an international enforcement operation…

Lookalike payment addresses targeted nearly 4.5 million Solana wallets over 11 months, according to blockchain-data firm Bitquery’s Oct. 9, 2026 findings. The findings show why a successful small test transfer can still precede a much…

Ledger has confirmed an unauthorized hardware implant in one affected customer's wallet as independent investigators estimate $93.2 million in suspected cryptocurrency thefts.In an Oct. 10 statement, the hardware wallet manufacturer said…

Polygon's surging USDT0 holder count masks shrinking balances and suspected scam activity amid its broader push into stablecoin payments.An Oct. 7 investigation by blockchain analytics firm Bitquery found that addresses matching scam…

Scammers built a counterfeit version of Upbit-backed GIWA blockchain and lured 1,333 wallets into depositing 767 ETH, worth about $2 million, before draining almost all of it.The fake network appeared to be GIWA’s anticipated Ethereum Layer…

A Brooklyn man was sentenced to as much as 12 years in prison for stealing nearly $16 million from Coinbase users.On Sept. 23, Ronald Spektor, 23, received a four-to-12-year sentence after pleading guilty to a 31-count indictment stemming…

Liquidity aggregator 0x said on Sept. 14 that it had seen an alarming increase in malicious Uniswap v4 hooks over recent weeks, designed to quote one price and settle at another.In the most extreme trades it observed, users received as much…

Hardware wallets might be able to protect your keys, but the paperwork from buying them could expose your identity.To buy a hardware wallet, you give a company your name and address so it can send you a device designed to put you in control…

Hardware-wallet makers Trezor and BitBox warned users on Sept. 9 about phishing emails impersonating their brands, urging recipients to avoid the messages' links and instructions.Trezor said its third-party email provider had been breached…

US authorities have escalated their crackdown on Xinbi Guarantee, restraining more than $52 million in crypto and seizing key infrastructure.A federal court authorized the seizure of Telegram channels tied to the Chinese-language…