Crypto crime hit record $14 billion in 2021, research shows

    By Tom Wilson LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Crime involving cryptocurrencies hit an all-time high of $14 billion last year, blockchain researcher Chainalysis said on Thursday, a record that comes as regulators call for more powers over the fast-growing sector. Crypto received by digital wallet addresses linked to illicit activity including scams, darknet market markets…

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      Crypto money laundering rises 30% in 2021 -Chainalysis

      By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, darknet market darknet markets 2024 onion address up 30% from 2020, according to a report from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis released on Wednesday. Overall, cybercriminals have laundered more than $33 billion worth of crypto since 2017, dark web…

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        Inside busted illegal $220million darknet data centre

        Footage has emerged of the inside of a five-storey abandoned underground NATO bunker built with 31inch thick concrete walls in Germany allegedly converted by criminal gangs into a high tech data centre to host darknet market websites.  An Australian man was arrested on Monday accused of running a $220million illegal darkweb marketplace – called the biggest…

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          Stopping cyberattacks. No human necessary

          id=”article-body” class=”row” section=”article-body” data-component=”trackCWV”> This is part of our  about how innovators are thinking up new ways to make you — and the world around you — smarter.  “Are you a hacker?” A Las Vegas driver asks me this after I tell him I’m headed to Defcon at Caesars Palace. I wonder if his sweat isn’t…

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            Germany busts international child porn site used by 400,000

            BERLIN (AP) – German prosecutors announced Monday they have busted one of the world’s biggest international darknet market platforms for child pornography, used by more than 400,000 registered members. Frankfurt prosecutors said in a statement together with the Federal Criminal Police Office that in mid-April three German suspects, said to be the administrators of the…

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              Stopping cyberattacks. No human necessary

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