Bitfinex Hack Mastermind Behind $10 Billion Theft Gets Early Release

Ilya Lichtenstein, the man behind the massive 2016 Bitfinex Bitcoin theft, has been released early from prison. Read how the First Step Act and a trail of Walmart gift cards led to this major update in one of the world's largest crypto thefts...

Bitfinex Hack Convict Ilya Lichtenstein Released Early Under U.S. First Step Act

Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to prison last year for money laundering charges in connection with his role in the massive hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016, said he has been released early. In a post shared on X last week, the 38-year-old announced his release, crediting U.S...

Malicious code in bitfinex-dev (npm)

This package runs commands in a pre-install script that exfils sensitive data to a attacker-controlled domain. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 547671d00c8ab0f008f2d79e1722fff17fcf8abe2751e126d426249a9f62eb0e Any computer that has this package install...

Malicious code in bitfinex-main (npm)

This package runs commands in a pre-install script that exfils sensitive data to a attacker-controlled domain. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware acf4f4f866fbab9eb346623bb4cf642c39a24b90eded6f7c82963b1ff3df25a9 Any computer that has this package install...

Malicious code in bitfinex-production (npm)

This package runs commands in a pre-install script that exfils sensitive data to a attacker-controlled domain. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware d3b422cc62c2a37ce694ef5b18ec87c83c4458f5841c731f826b11c19f575bf6 Any computer that has this package install...

MAL-2025-1313 Malicious code in bitfinex-test (npm)

This package runs commands in a pre-install script that exfils sensitive data to a attacker-controlled domain. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 199489107476d243a7bba3fa9ea8aba37899410c24dce572a4a67b4c49aa9e1d Any computer that has this package install...

Malicious code in bitfinex-test (npm)

This package runs commands in a pre-install script that exfils sensitive data to a attacker-controlled domain. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 199489107476d243a7bba3fa9ea8aba37899410c24dce572a4a67b4c49aa9e1d Any computer that has this package install...

MAL-2025-1310 Malicious code in bitfinex-dev (npm)

This package runs commands in a pre-install script that exfils sensitive data to a attacker-controlled domain. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 547671d00c8ab0f008f2d79e1722fff17fcf8abe2751e126d426249a9f62eb0e Any computer that has this package install...

MAL-2025-1312 Malicious code in bitfinex-production (npm)

This package runs commands in a pre-install script that exfils sensitive data to a attacker-controlled domain. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware d3b422cc62c2a37ce694ef5b18ec87c83c4458f5841c731f826b11c19f575bf6 Any computer that has this package install...

MAL-2025-1311 Malicious code in bitfinex-main (npm)

This package runs commands in a pre-install script that exfils sensitive data to a attacker-controlled domain. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware acf4f4f866fbab9eb346623bb4cf642c39a24b90eded6f7c82963b1ff3df25a9 Any computer that has this package install...

Bitfinex Hacker Gets 5 Years for $10 Billion Bitcoin Heist

Plus: An “AI granny” is wasting scammers’ time, a lawsuit goes after spyware-maker NSO Group’s executives, and North Korea–linked hackers take a crack at macOS malware...

Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years, Guilty of Laundering $10.5 Billion in Bitcoin

Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, has been sentenced to five years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice DoJ announced Thursday. Lichtenstein was charged for his involvement in a money laundering scheme that led to the theft of...

Security News This Week: The Cloud Company at the Center of a Global Hacking Spree

Plus: A framework for encrypting social media, Russia-backed hacking through Microsoft Teams, and the Bitfinex Crypto Couple pleads guilty...

NY Couple Pleads Guilty to $4.5B Bitcoin Theft in Bitfinex Hack

By Waqas The guilty couple goes by the names of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: NY Couple Pleads Guilty to $4.5B Bitcoin Theft in Bitfinex Hack...

NYC Couple Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering in $3.6 Billion Bitfinex Hack

A married couple from New York City has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in connection with the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, resulting in the theft of about 120,000 bitcoin. The development comes more than a year after Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, and his wife, Heather...

$3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin seized from crooks tied to 2016’s Bitfinex hack

By Waqas The US Department of Justice DoJ has confirmed seizing $3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin in what could be… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: $3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin seized from crooks tied to 2016s Bitfinex hack...

U.S. Arrests Two and Seizes $3.6 Billion Cryptocurrency Stolen in 2016 Bitfinex Hack

The U.S. Justice Department DoJ on Tuesday announced the arrest of a married couple in connection with conspiring to launder cryptocurrency worth $4.5 billion that was siphoned during the hack of the virtual currency exchange Bitfinex in 2016. Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, Heather Morgan,...

DDoS attacks in Q4 2017

News overview In terms of news about DDoS attacks, the last quarter of 2017 was livelier than the previous one. Some major botnets were discovered and destroyed. For instance, early December saw the FBI, Microsoft, and Europol team up to knock out the Andromeda botnet, in operation since 2011. In...

FBI is Investigating Theft of $1.3 Million in Bitcoin from a Massachusetts Man

Over two months ago, the world's third largest Bitcoin Exchange Bitfinex lost around $72 Million worth of Bitcoins in a major hack. Shortly after the company encountered a $72,000,000 Bitcoin theft, an unnamed Bitfinex user from Cambridge, Massachusetts, filed a police report in September, allegi...

Bitcoin Exchange Offers $3.5 Million Reward for Information of Stolen Bitcoins

Hong Kong-based Bitcoin exchange 'Bitfinex' that lost around $72 Million worth of its customers’ Bitcoins last week is now offering a reward of $3.5 Million to anyone who can provide information that leads to the recovery of the stolen Bitcoins. Bitfinex revealed on August 2 that the cryptocurren...