Scams

From cyber attacks to rug pulls, the cryptocurrency world remains a rather exposed industry and therefore, investors are increasingly looking at ways to protect their assets from being stolen. While there are several methods to do this, one…

Seth Green announced today his much loved Bored Ape #8398 finally “came back home.” This wasn’t easy to achieve, as Seth Green has been trying to get back the stolen ape Since May 25th, when he first got into contact with the current…

Police in India has arrested two crypto experts that took advantage to divert around 1300 Bitcoins from seized wallets to their personal accounts.  The accused cyber-crime experts, Pankaj Ghode and Ravindranath Patil worked on…

YouTube is being criticised for failing to tackle a network of cyber-criminals streaming fake Elon Musk videos to scam viewers.Elon Musk. File photo Photo: AFP / TED Conferences / Ryan LashYouTube is being criticised for…

👋 Want to work with us? CryptoSlate is hiring for a handful of positions!A Twitter hacker has compromised the account of EL Universal, a Latin American newspaper, to promote a fraudulent goblintown.wtf giveaway, an Ethereum-based…

Optimism Foundation confirmed that they sent 20M OP tokens to the wrong multi-sig wallet even after completing two test transactions.  The Optimism Foundation has issued a statement confirming that 20M OP tokens meant for a…

Laundering some crypto. Photo: Shutterstock Cryptocurrency fraud may be declining thanks to tighter controls and better investigative tools, but as cyber criminals exploit new technologies like decentralised finance (DeFi) and…

Suzanne Martindale, head of California’s Division of Consumer Financial Protection, had just joined the state’s financial regulatory body in early 2021 when crypto suddenly became a serious consumer concern.Crypto’s explosive growth sparked…

Discord is a social messaging network that’s become home to a great many gamers, crypto projects, NFT startups, and other IT projects. However, recently there has been a surge in Discord server hacks that have left a lot of users…

A retired IPS officer and a cyber expert have come under the net for scamming fellow investigators of a team set up by Pune police to crack cryptocurrency or bitcoin fraud cases.The two allegedly cheated investigators by fraudulently…