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Israel-tied Predatory Sparrow hackers are waging cyberwar on Iran’s financial system

Elliptic also confirmed in its blog post about the attack that crypto tracing shows Nobitex does in fact have links with sanctioned IRGC operatives, Hamas, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group. “It’s also an act of sabotage, by attacking a financial institution that was pivotal in Iran’s use of cryptocurrency to evade… Read More »

FTX on brink of collapse after “liquidity crunch” at crypto exchange

Enlarge / Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on December 8, 2021. Share this story The digital assets industry has been shaken by the near-collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX, one of the largest crypto exchanges, which clinched a rescue deal with arch-rival Binance after a surge… Read More »

Coinbase erroneously reported 2FA changes to 125,000 customers

Enlarge / On Friday afternoon, Coinbase sent email and SMS text messages to 125,000 customers, erroneously telling them that their 2FA settings had been changed. reader comments 42 with 34 posters participating, including story author Share this story Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase sent an automated message to a large number of its customers on Friday, saying… Read More »