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Bitfinex hacker gets 5 years in prison for 120,000 bitcoin heist
A hacker responsible for stealing 119,754 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack on the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. authorities. The man, Ilya Lichtenstein, was arrested in February 2022 in Manhattan following a lengthy investigation led by the IRS, HSI, and the FBI, which managed to recover roughly 80% of the stolen cryptocurrency (94,000 Bitcoin)/ At…
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Hackers linked to $14M Holograph crypto heist arrested in Italy
Suspected hackers behind the heist of $14,000,000 worth of cryptocurrency from blockchain tech firm Holograph were arrested in Italy after living a lavish lifestyle for weeks in the country. As announced over the weekend by Italy’s national police force (Polizia di Stato), four individuals suspected of cybercrime and money laundering have been living in a luxury villa in Salerno. Holograph…
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