09.11.21 Countries Ukraine US authorities accuse a 22-year-old Ukrainian of hacking attacks On November 8, 2021, the US Department of Justice announced the detention of 22-year-old Ukrainian Yaroslav Vasinskyi. He is accused of numerous ransomware attacks against US companies, including an attack against the tech company Kaseya, as stated in the official
04.11.21 News BTC-Alpha, a crypto exchange created by Ukrainians, with a trading volume of $223M, attacked by hackers The BTC-Alpha cryptocurrency exchange, founded by the Ukrainian Vitalii Bodnar, was attacked by hackers. Vitalii said about it on Facebook and YouTube. He noticed that fraudsters did compromise user data, but they didn’t steal their money. At the moment, BTC-Alpha
29.10.21 News Ukrainian regulator suspects EverFX, Freshforex, and five other brokers of fraud. A total of 90 companies are on the list The National Commission on Securities and Stock Market has updated the list of investment projects in which Ukrainians are not recommended to invest. Financial initiatives are included in the list if the regulator concludes that they are unreliable and participation
28.10.21 News A new mass-fraud scheme is hitting the half-trillion-dollar VC industry, expert says. How to detect and prevent New mass-fraud scheme is hitting the VC industry. One of the best-known venture experts in Ukraine, investor and entrepreneur Denis Dovgopoliy, on his LinkedIn page, has revealed what are now informally called “gray” and “black” schemes and are already popular in the
27.10.21 News SSU exposes criminals laundering tens of millions of dollars through the Dark Web The SSU Cyber Security Department and US intelligence agencies conducted a joint operation to expose Ukrainians who were engaged in money laundering through the Dark Web and legalized tens of millions of dollars over the course of their activities. According
