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Schneider Electric Confirms Ransom Hack — Hellcat Demands French Bread as ‘Joke’

Richi Jennings | November 6, 2024 | Baguette, BGTT, Crypto, crypto crime, crypto currency, cryptocoin, Cryptocrurrency, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency Humor, grep, greppy, Hellcat, ICA, International Contract Agency, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch

That’s a lot of pain: $125,000 ransom seems small—but why do the scrotes want it paid in baguettes? ...

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Pig Butchering at Heart of Bank Failure — CEO Gets 24 Years in Jail

Richi Jennings | August 23, 2024 | #PigButchering, Crypto, crypto cons, crypto crime, crypto currency, cryptocurrency, Heartland Tri-State Bank, online romance scam, pig butchering, Pig Butchering Scams, romance, romance fraud, romance scam, romance scammers, romance scams, SB Blogwatch, Shan Hanes

Oink, oink, FAIL—you’re in jail: Kansas bank chief exec Shan Hanes stole money from investors, a church and others to buy cryptocurrency to feed a scam ...

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How to Combat ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams with Decision Intelligence

Noam Zitzman | October 11, 2023 | crypto crime, decision intelligence, Fraud, human trafficking, law enforcement, machine learning, online romance scam, pig butchering, third-party scam

Ever since people started exchanging goods and services, there has been a risk of one party scamming the other. And there has always been a risk of a third party scamming both ...

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The Rise of Crypto Crime: 5 Cases Security Professionals Can Learn From

Jonathan Zhang | August 2, 2018 | crypto crime, cryptocurrency, Hackers

Who hasn’t heard about Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple? Cryptocurrencies, supported by blockchain technology, are revolutionizing financial markets as we know them. But with new possibilities comes a new generation of cybercriminals and ...

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