The reports stated that $50 million were stolen from crypto exchanges in North America, Europe and Asia during the period between 2020 and mid-2021. A report from cybersecurity firm Chainalysis was also cited saying that North Korea conducted seven attacks on crypto platforms last year and stole approximately $400 million worth of digital assets. The…
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According to the official statement, the attackers obtained a list of email addresses for five million people and a list of the full names of two million other people. Additional personal information, such as name, date of birth and zip code for 310 people also leaked, as well as a subset of 10 customers had…
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The watchdog said it has no evidence that any Australian credit licence application forms or any attachments were opened or downloaded. ASIC also said that as a precaution, it has disabled access to the affected server. The Commission is looking at alternative arrangements for submitting credit application attachments which will be implemented soon. There is…
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One of Turkey's largest banks could be liable for up to £4 million after suffering a cyber attack on the SWIFT global money transfer system, Reuters just reported. Despite the potential liability, Akbank insists that no customer information was compromised, although it is unclear exactly whether any funds were stolen. Banks connected to Swift's system…
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The National Futures Association (NFA) has reported cyber attacks on their website tonight. As reported earlier on LeapRate, there have been cyber attacks today affecting many popular websites on an internet infrastructure provider that hosts a number of these major websites. NFA relies on this internet infrastructure provider and its website has been affected by this attack.…
Read moreSocial media startup Steemit, which just last week used a Million Dollar digital currency giveaway to build traffic, looks like it has given away a little more than planned. Steemit.com was the subject of a successful hack attack yesterday, which saw some client data compromised and some Steem Dollars stolen, although after a very hectic…
Read moreA follow-up to LeapRate's earlier report about a former employee of Japanese FX broker YJFX, a subsidiary of Yahoo Japan Corporation (TYO:4689), stealing loads of customer data... The broker announced today that an external professional, hired to conduct an investigation into the breach, has concluded its check, with no further leaks of information detected. YJFX…
Read moreA follow-up to LeapRate's report about DDoS attacks affecting Exness' services... In an email today, the retail FX broker addressed its partners warning of them a temporary server interruption due to DDoS. The first problems emerged last week, affecting the company's website, whereas another attack targeted the broker's trading servers. The company stresses that the personal…
Read moreRetail Forex broker Exness has earlier today issued a statement regarding ongoing DDoS attacks causing service disruptions affecting the broker's website and trading terminals. The first of the attacks affected the clients' Personal Area, whereas another was detected last night and targeted Exness' trading servers. Although the issue has been resolved, some clients may experience slow…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA-regulated MT4 broker ActivTrades has been the latest Forex Industry victim of a hack attack. We had earlier reported that FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) suffered a hit by hackers which saw client information compromised and even some wire transfers initiated (note that this did not occur in the ActivTrades hack, more…
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