15 attackers now draining vulnerable Coldcard wallets, report
Coldcard’s hardware wallet bug has attracted at least 15 attackers who who've stolen BTC from thousands of victims.
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Doordash crypto wrench attack suspects charged, report
Three suspects reportedly behind a cryptocurrency wrench attack ring that relied on fake Doordash orders have been charged.
Mother of Olympics TV host kidnapped for bitcoin ransom
Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie, was kidnapped on February 1 and her family now face paying a $6M BTC ransom.
Stolen Maryland Transit Administration data at auction for 30 BTC
The stolen Maryland Transit data includes social security numbers, audit reports, legal documents, and attorney-client communications.
Bitcoin, beatings, and a billionaire’s vendetta: Georgia’s Bachiashvili case
Giorgi Bachiashvili was convicted in May 2025 and sentenced to 11 years in prison for misappropriating 8,986 BTC and laundering the funds.
Bitcoin torture suspects granted bail in Manhattan court
John Woeltz and William Duplessie allegedly kidnapped an anonymous BTC trader in New York and threatened to set him on fire.
Mt. Gox wallet with 80,000 BTC attacked via OP_RETURN message
BTC worth over $8B stolen in March 2011 from Mt. Gox is the target of a sophisticated phishing attack using Salomon Brothers’ brand.
Your BTC can be swiped by spoofers without them even contacting you
By targeting laborers who dollar cost average into BTC with regular purchases, a new attack steals coins without contacting the victim.
OnlyFans creator Amouranth claims she shot armed crypto robber
Amouranth, who reportedly held over $20M worth of bitcoin in November, was told to give up her crypto in a violent, armed home invasion.
Bitcoin Lightning bug allows remote theft of bitcoin via LND nodes
A bug in relatively recent versions of Bitcoin Lightning node software LND could allow hackers to remotely drain bitcoin from victims.