The recent case of an Italian tourist who was kidnapped in New York City and tortured by people allegedly after his cryptocurrency is drawing attention to a rash of crimes dubbed "wrench attacks," ...

President Santiago Peña’s X account was compromised, spreading a fake declaration that Paraguay had made Bitcoin legal tender ...

There’s been a noticeable rise in cryptocurrency “wrench attacks,” where criminals extort people’s cryptocurrency with direct ...

Veer Chetal pleads guilty to $245 million Bitcoin theft, faces 24 years as crypto scam fallout hits family and exposes security flaws.

Didi Taihuttu, patriarch of the so-called “Bitcoin Family,” has overhauled his digital asset security setup following a wave of violent attacks targeting crypto holders. The family, known for ...

Similar crimes have surfaced globally, in the U.S., two people were recently indicted in New York for kidnapping a tourist to ...

“Don’t do crime CRIME IS BAD xoxo from Prague,” the hackers wrote as they gave the LockBit ransomware gang a taste of their own medicine. Almost 60,000 Bitcoin addresses tied to LockBit’s ...

Bitcoin Depot, the largest Bitcoin ATM network in the world, received $5,418 from Foret’s transactions in February. Lotz says it has refused to return the money, despite law enforcement requests.

A Jackson man scammed out of $7,500 wasn’t as lucky as a 78-year-old Gillette woman who narrowly avoided being taken for $22,000 at a bitcoin ATM ...