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Couple arrested in $4.5bn stolen cryptocurrency laundering scheme

Billions in stolen cryptocurrency was discovered by US authorities in connection with a 2016 virtual currency exchange hack A New York couple has been arrested and charged with money laundering and attempting to defraud the US government, the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday.  Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Morgan, 31, were arrested […]

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North Korea developing nukes ‘through cyber means,’ has stolen cryptocurrency – secret UN report

Pyongyang reportedly obtained know-how for its nuclear program and more than $450 million from cyberattacks last year North Korean hackers have stolen millions of dollars from international cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as obtaining intellectual property to be used for the development of nukes and missiles, according to a confidential UN report. Details of the alleged […]

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Green Pass compromised? Adolf Hitler gets a Covid certificate, as media speculate on whether EU security keys were STOLEN

An apparently functional EU Digital Covid Certificate bearing the name of Adolf Hitler has circulated online this week, before being invalidated. The incident raises questions about the security of the ‘vaccine passport’ system. A QR code appeared online on Tuesday and, when scanned with several verification apps, revealed a working EU Digital Covid Certificate bearing […]