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• 14:58, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Bitfinex Phishing Website (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/bitfinexphishingwebsite.php}} thumb|BitfinexIn September 2017, hackers set up the domain bitfienex.com as a phishing website against the Bitfinex platform. It is unknown how many users were affected, though there are no reports of any funds lost. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About Bitfinex == "Bitfinex is a Hong Kong-based cryptoc...")
• 14:57, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Control Finance Scheme (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/controlfinancescheme.php}} thumb|Control FinanceControl Finance was a multi-level ponzi scheme which was operated by a fictional Benjamin Reynolds. As in a typical ponzi, this scheme used the funds of new investors to pay out old investors. It claimed that the invested funds were being used to perform intelligent trades, which is a common ponzi scheme claim. Investors...")
• 14:57, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Controlfinance.jpg
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• 14:57, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Xtreme Coin MLM Exit (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/xtremecoinmlmexit.php}} thumb|Xtreme CoinXtremeCoin had no product or utility provided through their program. The way XtremeCoin worked is that you paid in, and received back a commission once you signed up 6 new members. The XtremeCoin website appears to have stopped at the end of 2018. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == About Xtreme...")
• 14:57, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Xtremecoin.jpg
• 14:57, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Xtremecoin.jpg
• 14:56, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Bittrex Spoofed Website Hack GodOfWhatevers (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/bittrexspoofedwebsitehackgodofwhatevers.php}} thumb|BittrexA Bittrex user reported having $100k in funds withdrawn from their Bittrex account during a suspiciously lengthy login session. This most likely happened due to them visiting the wrong website URL or having malware on their computer to redirect their traffic to the wrong website. This exchange or platform is based in...")
• 14:56, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Bittrex.jpg
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• 14:55, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Bancor Front-Running Possible (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/bancorfront-runningpossible.php}} thumb|BancorIt's possible on a decentralized exchange for an adversary to observe the Ethereum mem-pool, see that another participant wants to make a purchase, and also decide to make a purchase at the same price. Hence, the original purchaser would end up missing a portion of their purchase at that price, and have to pay more, depending on th...")
• 14:55, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Bancor.jpg
• 14:55, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Bancor.jpg
• 14:55, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page MyAdvertisingPays Exit Scam (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/myadvertisingpaysexitscam.php}} thumb|MyAdvertisingPaysThe MyAdvertisingPays platform supposedly ran a platform where investors were getting payouts from advertising revenue. Suffice to say, there was none. Later, they claimed that credit card processor issues had shut their service down. The country for this case study is not yet known. == About MyAdvertisingPays...")
• 14:55, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Myadvertisingpays.jpg
• 14:55, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Myadvertisingpays.jpg
• 14:54, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Centratech.jpg
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• 14:54, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Centra Tech Fake Debit Card (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/centratechfakedebitcard.php}} thumb|Centra TechCentra Tech pretended that they could provide a service for spending cryptocurrency through a credit card, including fake partnerships with Mastercard and Visa. There was no such service, however investors happily sent them vast sums of money based on the claims. This exchange or platform is based in United States, or the inci...")
• 14:54, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page BTC-e Assets Seized By US Authorities (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/btceshutdownexitscam.php}} thumb|BTC-eThe BTC-e platform was officially registered in London, however it was widely known to be used for laundering stolen or extorted funds on a regular basis. For example, there is evidence that it was one of the most popular methods for criminals to cash out ransomware payments. Despite this reputation, there were many people who still used the...")
• 14:54, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Veritaseum Peer To Peer Platform (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/veritaseumpeertopeerplatform.php}} thumb|VeritaseumVeritaseum was launching a peer to peer exchange platform. Investors were able to purchase VERI tokens on the open market and as part of the ICO. Some of these VERI tokens were stored in the wallet of Reggie Middleton, which was secured using SMS-based two factor authentication. The phone was SIM-swapped, and this was use...")
• 14:54, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Veritaseum.jpg
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• 14:53, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Parity.jpg
• 14:53, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Parity.jpg
• 14:53, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Parity Unauthorized Withdrawals (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/parityunauthorizedwithdrawals.php}} thumb|ParityParity created a complex multi-signature smart contract which had a public function enabling anyone to take claim over a wallet. Because of the complexity, this was hidden in another part of the contract which was not easy to find. Parity had no formal audit, nor bug bounty program running. Eventually, a hacker found the functio...")
• 14:53, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Coindash ICO Theft (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/coindashicotheft.php}} thumb|CoindashCoinDash launched a platform which allowed investors to gain additional analytics on their investments and also follow other traders. They chose to run funding through an initial coin offering, which allowed investors to provide them funds through an online portal. However, shortly after the launch, the deposit address on the website was s...")
• 14:52, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Coindash.jpg
• 14:52, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Coindash.jpg
• 14:52, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Unknown Ripple Exchange Phishing Scam (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/unknownrippleexchangephishingscam.php}} An unnamed individual who apparently lost $80m in an unknown event in 2014, was later involved in phishing users of an unnamed exchange. The victims were a mix of 24 South Koreans and 37 Japanese, who were hand-picked as the users who didn't have two-factor authentication enabled on their accounts. Their private information was provided by an insider of the...")
• 14:52, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Bithumb Privacy/Phishing Hack (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/bithumbprivacyphishinghack.php}} Company policy apparently allowed an employee to “take home” customer records, and this employee had security faults on their PC. One would assume that an exchange would invest in additional precautions to protect traders, with explicit confirmations when funds are being withdrawn, especially if withdrawal wallet addresses are changed or added, and access is ha...")
• 14:51, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page QuadrigaCX Contract Error (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/quadrigacxcontracterror.php}} It’s easy to forget the level of trust that Quadriga had in the market. The top upvoted comment reads “thank you for the statement and transparency and sharing all details”. Given failures and many hacking incidents, smart contracts should in general not be relied upon, and an exchange should always have redundancy and auditing checks built in for every single s...")
• 14:51, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Reddit Dogecoin Tipping Bot Funds Stolen (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/redditdogecointippingbotfundsstolen.php}} thumb|DogecoinDogecoin is a meme crypto-currency inspired by online Shiba Inu memes. In 2015, there was a popular tipping bot on Reddit, which allowed users to tip Dogecoin to one another. In 2017, the bot shut down, and it was revealed that the creator of the bot had already spent everyone's platform funds. While the creator promised...")
• 14:51, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Dogecoin.jpg
• 14:51, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Dogecoin.jpg
• 14:51, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Yapizon Exchange Hack (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/yapizonexchangehack.php}} Yapizon had 37% of customer assets stored in hot wallets, which was more than 3 times the company’s annual revenue. The primary difference between Bitfinex and Yapizon is that Yapizon asked customers to “trust” in its practices, while Bitfinex made important security changes based on the breach. Yapizon focused on marketing by changing their name to Youbit, while no...")
• 14:50, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Zcoin.jpg
• 14:50, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Zcoin.jpg
• 14:50, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page ZCoin/Firo Typographical Error (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/zcoinfirotypographicalerror.php}} thumb|ZCoin/FiroThe initial version of ZCoin contained a bug which allowed for the minting of additional coins over time. This was exploited by an attacker, who was smart enough to mint coins very slowly over time, allowing him to convert them into bitcoin using another exchange. No funds were lost, however the value of ZCoin was reduced due to...")
• 14:49, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Fake Wallet From Reddit (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/fakewalletfromreddit.php}} In January 2017, Andrew Schober was tricked into downloading a malicious application which modified his clipboard. As a result, he ended up sending his bitcoin to 2 teenagers in the UK. The thieves did nothing to obscure the coins and deposited them directly on the Bitfinex platform. Andrew Schober spent tens of thousands of dollars and many years tracking down the culpr...")
• 14:49, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Onecoin.jpg
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• 14:49, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page OneCoin Scheme Collapses (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/onecoinschemecollapses.php}} thumb|OneCoinOnecoin ran a large Ponzi scheme, which successfully tricked investors to invest over $4b. There was no blockchain behind the token, and the only way to exchange it to cash was through an exchange which shut down in January 2017. The founder is still at large. This is a global/international case not involving a specific country. == A...")
• 14:49, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Bitcurex Exchange Hack (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/bitcurexexchangehack.php}} thumb|BitCurexAlthough one might initially believe that Bitcurex did not learn from their first breach, the subsequent details, response and failed promises by the administration would tend to suggest otherwise. Timing is coincident with an increase in regulatory pressure from the Polish government, which the exchange publicly embraced. As the recor...")
• 14:48, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Bitfinex Security Breach (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/bitfinexsecuritybreach.php}} thumb|BitFinexIn August 2016, Bitfinex was the largest cryptocurrency exchange platform at the time of the attack. This breach affected a significant portion of the bitcoin on the platform, which were stored in a new and supposedly more secure way. While multiple others exchanges utilize BitGo (including BitStamp and Kraken), Bitfinex was the only...")
• 14:48, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Ethereum DAO Reentrancy Attack (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/ethereumdaoreentrancyattack.php}} thumb|The DAOThe DAO was a large smart contract which allowed people to vote on blockchain proposals. Funds were stored such that members who had deposited could withdraw their funds again, however this was implemented such that they could trigger additional withdrawals within the single withdrawal, prior to the balance updating. This w...")
• 14:48, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page File:Daoreentrancy.jpg
• 14:48, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs uploaded File:Daoreentrancy.jpg
• 14:48, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page Gatecoin Hack (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/gatecoinhack.php}} Gatecoin was one of the first regulated digital asset exchanges. This didn’t stop the hack of 185,000 ETH and 250 BTC. According to a forensic analysis, the exchange may have been the victim of a man-in-the-middle attack. The malicious external party involved in this breach managed to alter their system so that BTC and ETH deposit transfers bypassed the multisig cold storage a...")
• 14:48, 24 January 2023 Azoundria talk contribs created page ShapeShift Three Thefts (Created page with "{{Imported Case Study|source=https://www.quadrigainitiative.com/casestudy/shapeshiftthreethefts.php}} thumb|ShapeShiftShapeShift hired a new security "expert" and gave them full access to hot wallet funds and unrestricted access to different computers. The employee then installed UDP on a few computers and stole from the hot wallet. Without securing their system, they then proceeded to reopen the platform, not just once but twice. Even though th...")