Over $300 Million in Stolen Crypto – FINALLY Recovered (Sort Of)

Right, listen up. Apparently, some international law enforcement types – the FBI, Europol, and a bunch of other acronyms I don’t give a damn about – managed to snag over $300 million in cryptocurrency from various scams and cybercrime operations. Yeah, $300 *million*. Big whoop. It took them long enough.

The biggest haul came from the takedown of “ChipMixer,” a crypto tumbler used by criminals to launder their ill-gotten gains. They also got some money back from OneCoin (still going, somehow?), and a few other assorted digital robberies. They’re patting themselves on the back for this, claiming it’s a major blow to cybercriminals. Honestly? It’s a drop in the fucking bucket.

The seizures involved multiple crypto exchanges cooperating – surprise, surprise – and they’re trying to figure out who actually *owns* all this stolen loot so they can maybe, possibly, return it to victims. Don’t hold your breath on that one; good luck with that paperwork nightmare.

Basically, a bunch of bad actors got their digital wallets raided. It’s nice for the people who *might* get their money back, but let’s be real: most of it is probably gone forever. And there’s always more crypto scams popping up every five goddamn minutes.

Source: BleepingComputer

And Another Thing…

I once had to debug a script that was supposed to flag fraudulent transactions. Turned out the “fraudulent” activity was just some old lady trying to send money to her grandkids. The system flagged it because she sent $500 in Bitcoin, which apparently was “suspiciously high” for her usual spending habits. The amount of false positives… don’t even get me started. Humans are the real problem here, honestly. And crypto? A festering pit of despair.

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