Evasion under Blockchain Sanctions

Sanctioning blockchain addresses has become a common regulatory response to malicious activities. However, enforcement on permissionless blockchains remains challenging due to complex transaction flows and sophisticated fund-obfuscation techniques. Using cryptocurrency mixing tool Tornado Cash as...

Ukrainian REvil Hacker Sentenced to 13 Years and Ordered to Pay $16 Million

A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison and ordered to pay $16 million in restitution for carrying out thousands of ransomware attacks and extorting victims. Yaroslav Vasinskyi aka Rabotnik, 24, along with his co-conspirators part of the REvil ransomware group...

Irrelevant error message from PrePOMarket.redeem() worries users

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Users may receive error messages fee = 0 whenever making a redemption from PrePOMarket contract if the redemption amout is not enough. The error message is irrelevant to users. It's related to the protocol processing the redemption. If a user receives...