🔐 Cyber News (July 29, 2024):

1️⃣ Gov.ua: In Kyiv, the police arrested four criminals who kidnapped a foreigner for bitcoins worth 7 million hryvnias (about $170,000). After obtaining the crypto assets, they killed the victim. All four suspects are now in custody. The police stated that they face life imprisonment. 🚓

2️⃣ Europol: #Europol analysts presented the tenth edition of the "Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA)" report. The experts highlighted the latest trends in illegal digital asset operations and the challenges faced by law enforcement agencies in this domain. 🌐

3️⃣ wublock123: Four former employees of the cryptocurrency exchange Huobi implanted trojans in client wallets, stealing over 40,000 seed phrases and private keys. 🛡️

4️⃣ SCMP: In Hong Kong, the police arrested four individuals involved in creating a fake crypto exchange. One suspect was only 14 years old. According to the police, at least 12 cryptocurrency investors fell victim to the scam, with total damages estimated at 11 million Hong Kong dollars ($1.4 million). 🏙️

5️⃣ dYdX: On July 23, 2024, the decentralized crypto exchange #dYdX reported a security incident. The company faced a compromise of the dYdX v3 domain. However, the exploit did not affect the application's smart contracts or the dYdX v4 protocol on the Cosmos network, and user funds remain safe. The company later announced the resumption of the website's operations. 🖥️

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