Remember that hack of nearly half a billion dollars in cryptocurrency from bankrupt FTX last weekend? Turns out it was actually a government asset seizure. The Securities Commission of the Read more
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Feds break up multimillion-dollar, multistate catalytic-converter theft ring
Federal authorities took a big crack at catalytic converter thefts, announcing raids and arrests from California to New Jersey on Wednesday to break up a network of thieves, dealers and processors that Read more
Scammers love the holidays — 6 ways to protect yourself and your family from cybercriminals
Increased spending by consumers means there’s increased fraud activity. Here’s some tips to avoid falling victim to cyber fraud during the holiday shopping season. “Cybercrime has gotten more sinister and Read more
$568 million theft from Binance blockchain just one of many cross-chain hacks this year
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance temporarily halted its blockchain network after $568 million worth of cryptocurrency was stolen off the platform. The exploit occurred on a bridge between blockchains and hackers withdrew Read more
Binance says $100 million in crypto likely stolen in hack
Crypto exchange Binance said late Thursday that $100 million was likely stolen as a result of a hack on its Binance Smart Chain blockchain network. Binance Smart Chain has temporarily Read more
‘Grand Theft Auto’ hack showed just how profitable GTA6 could be, analyst says
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. stands to earn nearly $2 billion helped by sales of its next installment of “Grand Theft Auto,” a Goldman Sachs analyst estimated Thursday. Goldman Sachs analyst Read more
Ex-Nigerian official sentenced to 5 years for stealing from U.S. disaster relief funds and the strong dollar is making European travel very attractive right now — with one important caveat
Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. ‘The motivation was greed, unrestrained greed’: Ex-Nigerian official sentenced to 5 years for stealing from U.S. disaster relief funds Prosecutors say Abidemi Rufai Read more
Approximately $1 million worth of crypto stolen in Ethereum ‘vanity address’ hack
Roughly $950,000 worth of crypto was stolen in an attack using a vanity address generator called Profanity, according to a blockchain security firm PeckShield, citing on-chain data from EtherScan. A Read more
Opinion: 10 powerful (and legal) investing lessons you can learn from the most ruthless Gilded Age robber baron
About the only thing people remember about Jay Gould, the biggest robber of the Robber Barons, is Black Friday, the day in September 1869 when he blew up the stock Read more
Take-Two’s ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ hack: Severity depends on whether source code was taken, analysts say
Take-Two Interactive Inc. bounced back from earlier weakness Monday after most analysts dismissed significant fallout from a weekend hack of files of the publisher’s next installment of its flagship “Grand Read more
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