Tagged: theft

November 5, 2018 @ 6:48 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Police in Istanbul arrested 11 people last week in connection with the hacking theft of bitcoins from the cryptocurrency wallets of 14 victims, Hürriyet reports. Along with 11 suspects detained, police from the Cybercrimes Division also seized 18 mobile phones, 18 sim cards, 22 flash memory… Read More

September 30, 2018 @ 6:27 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Two young men accused of stealing one billion “Crowd Machine Compute Tokens” (worth $14 million) directly from the Crowd Machine crypto project last weekend were arrested Monday at an Oklahoma hotel, Oklahoma News 4 reports. Fletcher Robert Childers, 23, and Joseph Harris, 21, both of Missouri,… Read More

August 16, 2018 @ 4:54 pm By Cali Haan  |  

IT directors at 750 companies with 250 or more employees in the UK are reporting a steady increase in attempted “crypto-jacking” attacks on enterprise computer systems, with 30% of all companies reporting attacks in May, the month the survey was conducted. The findings were determined… Read More

August 15, 2018 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Michael Terpin, an investor, crypto advisor and founder of Marketwire, has thrown down the gauntlet with AT&T over a massive cryptocurrency threat. In a tweet, Terpin states; “Somebody needed to sue AT&T for fraud and gross negligence in letting criminals SIM swap. I just did.”… Read More

July 31, 2018 @ 11:28 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Another high profile crypto rip off in Vietnam may have further imperiled the nascent sector there. According to VN Express, 20 investors have filed a complaint with the Vietnamese police claiming that the CEO of a cryptocurrency “cloud mining” scheme called Sky Mining has defrauded them… Read More

April 24, 2018 @ 7:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sindri Thor Stefansson, a suspect in a Bitcoin mining heist, went on the lam this past week when he walked out of a prison in Iceland and simply hopped a flight to Sweden. From Sweden Stefansson made his way to Amsterdam evading authorities who were… Read More

March 4, 2015 @ 2:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bike thieves beware, the “unstealable bike” Yerka project is officially going from prototype into production with the help of its official Indiegogo campaign, which launched today. After receiving millions of views on YouTube for a video showcasing the Yerka and receiving more than 10,000 emails from… Read More

October 1, 2014 @ 4:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Great news for crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter! Not only was the thief who was responsible for the robbery at its headquarters last Wednesday was arrested, he is also facing other burglary charges as well.  According to DNAinfo New York, the thief, who was identified as 16-year-old Raymond Mersier,was busted… Read More

September 29, 2014 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last Friday (September 26th), New York City police announced they have been searching for the perpetrator that broke into Kickstarter’s headquarters and stole some electronics earlier in the week. CBS New York reported that around 8:20 p.m. on Wednesday (September 24th), the suspect entered the… Read More