🔐 Cybersecurity News (December 13, 2023):

1️⃣ SlowMist: The decentralized exchange (DEX) #okx has been hacked. Information about suspicious wallet activity linked to the trading platform surfaced on microblogs within the crypto community. The breach has been confirmed by analysts from the blockchain company SlowMist. According to them, the attack may be the result of an administrator's private key leakage. 🔍

2️⃣ BSN: Chinese authorities have devised another method for monitoring citizens, this time involving #blockchain technology. With the new platform called RealDID, the government will be able to verify the authentic identities of 1.4 billion residents using the Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN). 🌐

3️⃣ VC: The number of verdicts in Russian courts related to cryptocurrency-related economic cases from 2017 to 2021 has increased by almost 5000%. These cases include theft, fraud, financial pyramids, and scam ICOs. The range of such crimes is constantly expanding, including bribery, terrorism financing, and other forms of illegal activities. 🔒

4️⃣ Venus Protocol: Developers of the Venus lending platform on the BNB Chain reported a malfunction in the Binance oracle, resulting in a loss of $274,000. The community will consider a proposal to restore liquidity from the treasury to the affected pool. The issue was identified in the LST-BNB pool. 💸

5️⃣ Le Figaro: On December 5th in Paris, a 40-year-old Russian national, allegedly the operator of the #hive ransomware virus, was arrested. According to the Cybercrime Unit, the suspect extorted cryptocurrency from the victims of his cyberattacks. The Russian individual resided in Cyprus, and authorities confiscated €570,000 in undisclosed cryptocurrencies from his residence, equivalent to turnover. 🕵️‍♂️

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