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

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

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

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," ...

Bitcoin ATMs promise instant cryptocurrency access, but they also hide significant risks. These machines have multiplied to ...

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

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 ...

The Iranian authorities have taken the urgent step following an Israel-linked hacking group called Gonjeshke Darande ...

He has been a long-term Bitcoin pusher, appearing on a YouTube show in 2017 to suggest that it would reach a value of $1 million. Its price is currently $110,000.

As digital asset prices rise, so have incidents of crypto-related crime. In late 2024 and early 2025, high-profile cases emerged in France, Pakistan, Australia and Canada, linking violent crimes ...

“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 ...