Security Incidents

The U.S. Secret Service froze $52.8 million in USDT held across 52 wallets linked to Xinbi Guarantee on September 8, working with blockchain analytics firm Elliptic to target the Chinese-language Telegram marketplace that facilitates global scams. On the same day, the Treasury's Office of Foreign

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, the FBI traced approximately $220,000 in Bitcoin across three darknet marketplaces on September 2 to Vladislav Chernyshov, 35, and Stanislav Chernyshov, 30, of Jacksonville, Florida, who were arrested on August 28. The

Jonathan Meléndez, keyboardist for Mexican band Camilo Séptimo, his pregnant wife Ana Paula Barragán, their three-year-old daughter Sofía, and 21-year-old domestic worker Aleyda Romero were found dead at their home in Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico, on September 1, according to Mexican

According to IBTimes UK, on September 1, Mexican musician Jonathan Meléndez, keyboardist for Camilo Séptimo, his pregnant wife Ana Paula Barragán, their three-year-old daughter Sofía, and domestic worker Aleyda Romero were found dead at their home in Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico. The

Elliptic has partnered with the U.S. Secret Service to freeze wallets containing $52.8 million in cryptocurrency assets linked to Xinbi Guarantee, one of the largest illicit online marketplaces. The funds were identified through years of blockchain analysis conducted by Elliptic. Xinbi Guarantee

According to Citrea's announcement, the Bitcoin ZK-rollup protocol has suspended cross-chain bridging for ctUSD, USDC, USDT, WBTC, and CTR due to a security incident at third-party application Zentra Finance. The Citrea protocol itself and cross-chain contracts remain unaffected, with all funds

According to Liquid Network, the emergency Elements v23.3.4 update launched today (Sept 9) to fix a Range Proof verification cache vulnerability. Functionary nodes have begun upgrading immediately, and all Liquid node operators are advised to sync the update. The patch strengthens the cache key

According to ChainCatcher citing Interior Ministry official Ulan Niyazbekov, Kyrgyzstan's law enforcement agencies launched 90 criminal investigations related to cryptocurrency since the beginning of 2026. The cases involve online fraud, fund theft, money laundering, and criminal money transfers. N

XRP Healthcare released a full technical report on Sep. 8 detailing a wallet exploit that drained 4,011 crypto wallets on Sep. 3. The healthcare platform, built on the XRP Ledger, confirmed a wallet-generation defect introduced on June 13, 2023 drastically reduced the effective keyspace, making

According to TheStreet, XRP Healthcare reported on September 8 that a wallet generation flaw introduced in June 2023 caused private keys to become computationally reproducible, leading to the theft of 4,011 wallets on September 3. The breach resulted in approximately $450,000 in losses,

According to Bitcoin News monitoring, the whitehats behind the Liquid vulnerability exploit have demanded that Blockstream pay a bounty equivalent to 10% of the $5 billion in assets at stake, claiming the company spent only $1.5 million or possibly nothing on security. The group warned that

According to The Block, Alby confirmed a critical vulnerability in older versions of its Hub software, the self-hosted Lightning wallet provider's core infrastructure. The flaw allows attackers unauthorized access to affected accounts and the ability to transfer funds without permission. At least on

According to @WuBlockchain and Osmosis, an exploit on the Nomic chain in the past 24 hours allowed attackers to double-spend nBTC, resulting in 22.65 BTC being frozen in the attacker's address. The attacker sent fake vouchers to Osmosis, affecting 39.84 nBTC, which represents approximately 36% of

Malone Lam pleaded guilty to participating in a RICO conspiracy tied to the theft of more than $245 million in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. The 22-year-old Singaporean and recent Miami resident entered his plea in a Washington, D.C. federal court before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly and

According to court proceedings before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Malone Lam, a 22-year-old Singaporean, pleaded guilty to participating in a RICO conspiracy tied to the theft and laundering of more than $245 million in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 ye

According to Foresight News reporting, Enso Finance DPI Strategy Vault lost approximately 5.6 ETH today (September 9) due to a defective oracle pricing calculation. The vulnerability stemmed from a flawed valuation mechanism that lacked Time-Weighted Average Price (TWAP) consistency checks and

Mexican federal prosecutors, the Navy and Puebla state police seized 300 crypto mining machines from a property in Tlaola, Sierra Norte, that was illegally drawing electricity from a federal hydroelectric complex, the state security ministry announced on Sunday. The operation targeted a site in the

T-Scientific won a lawsuit against 10 former shareholders of cryptocurrency exchange Hanbitco on August 20, with the Seoul Central District Court ordering the return of 24.1 billion KRW in acquisition payments. The court ruled that Hanbitco illegally concealed a 2021 hacking incident involving 2.3 b