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The Department of Justice is investigating a former employee of DigitalMint, a cryptocurrency payment service, who is accused of making an agreement with hackers in a ransomware attack to illegally profit from ransomware payments from victim groups. Marc Jason Grens, president of DigitalMint, which acts as a negotiator in ransomware attacks and assists victim groups with cryptocurrency payments, informed partners of the investigation this week.
On February 1st, Wu Qing said that focusing on the main business of responsibility, we will strive to improve the efficiency of regulatory law enforcement and the level of investor protection. We will adhere to the simultaneous implementation of punishment, prevention and treatment, and further improve the regulatory law enforcement system and mechanism, and strengthen the repair and correction functions of daily supervision. Quickly, accurately and ruthlessly crack down on violations of laws an...
Hengnan Public Security cracked a case of virtual currency theft. After investigation, the victim, Mr. Peng, found virtual currency trading channels through social platforms. When purchasing virtual currency and conducting face-to-face cash transactions with the other party, he was secretly photographed by the criminal gang using a pinhole camera to log in to the account verification code. Later, Mr. Peng's account was stolen and property transferred by technical means. Finally, the empty gloves...
TSMC stopped supplying chips to Sophgo, an artificial intelligence company linked to Bitmain, after the US commerce department launched an investigation into whether it supplied chips to Huawei earlier this month. TSMC has cut off chip supplies to the companies involved, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Australian cryptocurrency firm NGS Crypto has changed its name to "Hiddup" amid ongoing investigations and legal action by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). NGS Crypto claims they are rebranding due to a trademark dispute. In addition, ASIC alleged that NGS Crypto and its affiliates provided financial services without holding an Australian financial services license for an amount of approximately 61 million AUD (approximately 41 million USD).
The Ethereum Foundation received a "voluntary enquiry from a state authority that included a requirement for confidentiality."
