Ledger Confirms How ‘Spy Implants’ Steal Crypto From Its Devices as Cases Spread
The attackers also apparently don’t know how to properly hide their tracks with Tornado Cash and Zcash.
Gizmodo — AI6 min read
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A ‘Mathpocalypse’ is freaking out cyber and finance experts. Should you be worried?
New findings from OpenAI revealed its agents are math geniuses—leading prominent figures to warn public encryption is in danger.
Fortune AI4 min read
Mt. Gox’s Disgraced Ex-CEO Finds Redemption Exposing ‘Spy Implants’ in Ledger Devices
Karpelès has been posting about “spy implants” found in Ledger’s crypto hardware wallets for nearly a month.
Gizmodo — AI9 min read
XRP Bug Could Have Let Hackers Print Billions in Crypto Out of Thin Air
Crypto has dealt with multiple inflation bugs this year, one of the many signs that vulnerabilities found in industry projects are becoming more serious.
Gizmodo — AI8 min read
Man Who Spent Millions on Rare Pokémon and Magic Cards Found Guilty of Stealing Over $50 Million in Crypto
He now faces up to 20 years in prison on a money-laundering charge.
Gizmodo — AI4 min read
Small Banks Sue to Block Bank Charters for Coinbase, Ripple, and Other Crypto Companies
Trump-affiliated World Liberty Financial was one of the crypto firms that recently received a conditional national trust charter.
Gizmodo — AI7 min read
TRUMP Memecoin Holders Get Another Dinner as Democrats Threaten Crypto Corruption Probes
Democrats say a midterm win could put Trump's alleged crypto corruption under a microscope.
Gizmodo — AI7 min read
Privacy Crypto Wallet Is Bringing Anonymous Payments to Stablecoins. Will Regulators Allow It?
Aztec Labs is bringing back zk.money, the privacy-focused, self-custodial Ethereum wallet it first launched in 2021 and shut down in 2023. The name is the same, but nothing from the old product has been carried over, including two deprecated contracts attackers drained for about $2.2 million each…
Gizmodo — AI7 min read
‘Accomplices’ in espionage: Beijing’s stance on cryptocurrencies hardens
China’s top intelligence and security agency on Monday issued a stark new warning on the risks of cryptocurrencies, highlighting their role in crime and stressing that transactions are not anonymous.
South China Morning Post Tech1 min read
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