THE ‘LEDGER HACK’ WASN’T A HACK: A HIDDEN BOARD UNDER THE SCREEN WATCHED YOUR 24 WORDS WALK OUT OVER CELLULAR
Nobody hacked Ledger's code. Someone wired a second board into the screen, read your 24 words as they were drawn, and...
FRANCE IS NOW THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS PLACE TO HOLD BITCOIN — ‘KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER’ BECAME ‘KILL YOUR CUSTOMER’: 90 KIDNAPPINGS AND BEATINGS IN 7 MONTHS
France's Interior Ministry logged 90 violent crypto crimes in 7 months — one every 2.5 days. Chainalysis blames the data leaks....
NORTH KOREA’S FAKE JOB INTERVIEWS JUST DRAINED $11 MILLION FROM 7,000 CRYPTO WALLETS
North Korea's "Contagious Interview" crew infected 30,000 devices and drained $11 million from 7,000 crypto wallets by posing as tech recruiters....
WHITE HATS BEAT THE COLDCARD THIEF — 52 BTC RESCUED
The Coldcard thief laundered 45% of the loot. White hats just rescued 52.37 BTC for the victims. Guess who did the...
IRAN’S SPY CREW JUST GOT CHARGED OVER A $6M BITCOIN RANSOM — WHILE THEY STOLE $3.4 BILLION IN AMERICAN RESEARCH
The DOJ charged 17 Iranians for a state-sponsored hacking spree. The headline? A $6 million Bitcoin ransom. The story they're burying?...
FRANCE’S TAX AUTHORITY JUST LEAKED 678,000 RECORDS — NAMES, ADDRESSES, INCOMES. GUESS WHO GETS WRENCHED NEXT.
The French tax authority leaked 678K records — names, addresses, incomes, even the €10M+ earners. France leads the world in crypto...
DOJ LETS $722M BITCOIN FRAUDSTER WALK FREE — HE CALLED HIS VICTIMS “IDIOTS”
The DOJ is dropping all charges against the BitClub $722M Ponzi mastermind who called victims "idiots." Three co-defendants pled guilty. He...
Miami IT Worker Stole $1.9M in Bitcoin — Seed Phrase Betrayal
A trusted IT worker stole $1.9M in Bitcoin from his boss. The theft went undetected for 5 years. The lesson? Never...
Quick Reads
THEY TOLD YOU BITCOIN IS PRIVATE. THEN THEY TAUGHT YOU TO SWEEP EVERY COIN INTO ONE TRANSACTION – AND YOUR WALLET JUST LINKED YOUR ENTIRE STACK TO YOUR REAL NAME
Cake Wallet's Seth for Privacy warned this week that spending one no-KYC coin alongside a KYC coin links your entire Bitcoin...
THE CELSIUS CEO WHO FROZE YOUR BITCOIN JUST GOT ‘PERMANENTLY BANNED’ AND A $35 MILLION PAYMENT PLAN HE MIGHT NEVER PAY
Alex Mashinsky promised 17% on your Bitcoin, pulled in $20 billion, then froze every withdrawal in June 2022. On Friday New...