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- 15:38The U.S. Department of Justice seeks to confiscate over $5 million worth of bitcoin stolen in multiple SIM swap attack cases.Jinse Finance reported that the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit against more than $5 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC). U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced that these funds are allegedly the proceeds of multiple SIM swap attacks targeting victims across the United States. According to the indictment, these funds can be traced back to the theft and unauthorized transfer of cryptocurrency from the wallets of five victims, with the thefts occurring between October 29, 2022, and March 21, 2023.
- 15:23SlowMist: DuckDB NPM account compromised, risk prevention advisedAccording to ChainCatcher, 23 pds, Chief Information Security Officer of SlowMist Technology, posted on X platform that the DuckDB NPM account has been compromised, and malicious versions such as duckdb and duckdb-wasm have been published. These malicious softwares are consistent with wallet-stealing malware found in supply chain attacks. Please be aware of the risks and take precautions.
- 15:14Ethereum routing engine Barter announces acquisition of Copium Capital's solver codebaseChainCatcher news, Ethereum routing engine Barter has announced the acquisition of Copium Capital's solver codebase. The specific acquisition amount has not been disclosed. Barter's total trading volume has exceeded $18 billions, with an average of about $900 millions per week. The integration of Copium's code will be carried out gradually, with internal audits and canary releases before full deployment in the production environment. The first strategies to be put into production will focus on the launch of new tokens and RFQ upgrades, aiming to enhance the execution of large trades and new assets.