Cybercriminals Hold $115,000-Prize Contest to Find New Cryptocurrency Hacks – KK Hack Labs

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A top Russian-language underground forum has been running a “contest” for the past month, calling on its community to submit “unorthodox” ways to conduct cryptocurrency attacks.
The forum’s administrator, in an announcement made on April 20, 2021, invited members to submit papers that assess the possibility of targeting cryptocurrency-related technology, including the theft of private keys and

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