Bitfinex socialized the loss from the hack and reimbursed its customers within eight months, but potential victims can still come forward. Bitfinex might qualify for restitution for the 2016 hack of ...

This is bullish for bitcoin. Earlier this morning, the U.S. government announced via a court document that stolen bitcoin from the Bitfinex hack in 2016 should be returned to the exchange in-kind.

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has alleged that the person responsible for a multimillion-dollar theft of cryptocurrency ...

A hacker responsible for stealing 119,754 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack on the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. authorities. The man, Ilya Lichtenstein, was ...

NEW YORK -- The Justice Department on Tuesday announced the arrests of a New York couple charged with conspiring to launder cryptocurrency presently valued at $4.5 billion -- stolen during the 2016 ...

About $20 million in cryptocurrency seized from the notorious Bitfinex hack has mysteriously moved out of U.S. government-controlled wallets, blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence reported.

Via a July 6 announcement, cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex says it has received $312,219.71 in cash and 6.917 in Bitcoin Cash (BCH) from the United States Department of Homeland Security. The seizure ...

Courtesy: Alexandria Adult Detention Center. The value of that bitcoin stolen by Ilya Lichtenstein was just $70 million when he executed the cyberattack on Bitfinex and initiated more than 2,000 ...

New York resident Ilya Lichtenstein, the husband of Heather Morgan, an entrepreneur and rapper known as “Razzlekhan,” revealed himself as the hacker who executed a multimillion-dollar exploit of ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, a hacker who stole 120,000 bitcoins in 2016, is seeking redemption and a job in security after serving ...