Nuclear engineer sells classified data for crypto bounty
In West Virginia, a nuclear engineer and his wife were detained on suspicion of spying and selling classified information to an FBI undercover agent who paid for the data in crypto. For nearly a year, the pair sold sensitive information on nuclear-powered battleship designs to a person they thought represented a foreign country. The contact, […]
U.S. 2016 cryptsy victims to get additional compensation
U.S. cryptsy victims who lost money in 2016 may be eligible for further recoupment, according to the FBI. Following the demise of cryptocurrency exchange Cryptsy , some former customers of the platform received a notice last week advising them of a new development in the continuing class-action lawsuit settlement process. The document, which was authorized […]
Palantir Bug Allegedly Gave FBI Unauthorized Access to Virgil Griffith Data
Unauthorized FBI personnel allegedly gained access to Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith’s social media accounts due to a Palantir coding flaw. Palantir , the AI firm founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, has come under fire after a New York Post story revealed that a flaw in its software program allegedly allowed unauthorized FBI personnel to access […]
FBI joins probe into South African Mirror Trading International
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is joining the investigation of South African company Mirror Trading International which was involved in one of the largest alleged crypto scams of 2020. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is now investigating the South African company Mirror Trading International (MTI), widely regarded as last year’s most heinous Bitcoin […]