Crime
North America: DeFi Drives Growth in World’s Second-biggest Cryptocurrency Market But Ransomware Is Cause For Concern
This blog is a preview of our 2021 Geography of Cryptocurrency report. Sign up here to download the whole thing!…
Eastern Europe’s Crypto Crime Landscape: Scams Dominate, Plus Significant Ransomware Activity
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OFAC Highlights the Importance of Ransomware Prevention & Reporting in Latest Advisory
On Tuesday, September 21, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an updated advisory…
Chainalysis in Action: OFAC Sanctions Russian Cryptocurrency OTC Suex that Received Over $160 million from Ransomware Attackers, Scammers, and Darknet Markets
Want to learn more about the sanctions against Suex and what this means for the larger fight against ransomware? Watch…
Applying Counterterrorism Strategies to Ransomware
Last month, national leaders in the U.S. compared the global surge in ransomware events to the terrorism threat following the…
3 Things Law Enforcement Agencies Need to Know About Cryptocurrency
The financial landscape is changing and law enforcement must adapt with it. Cryptocurrency has taken the financial world by storm…
Poly Network Attacker Returning Funds After Pulling Off Biggest DeFi Theft Ever
On August 10, 2021, a thus far unidentified attacker stole $612 million worth of cryptocurrency from cross-chain DeFi protocol Poly…
Israeli Government Seizes Cryptocurrency Addresses Associated with Hamas Donation Campaigns
Israel’s National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing (NBCTF) released information on the seizure of cryptocurrency held by several wallets associated…
Ransomware 2021: Critical Mid-year Update [REPORT PREVIEW]
This blog is an excerpt of our upcoming mid-year update on ransomware. Sign up here to have the full report…
U.S. Government Targets Russian Influence Operations with Cryptocurrency Nexus
Today, in coordination with the issuance of a new Executive Order and a six-count federal indictment from the Department of…
15% of All Ransomware Payments Made in 2020 Carried a Risk of Sanctions Violations
Last week, the United States sanctioned several groups and individuals due to their association with disinformation campaigns coordinated by the…
Why I Joined Chainalysis After 23 Years at the FBI
My name is Gurvais Grigg, and I recently joined Chainalysis as Global Public Sector CTO after 23 years at the…
Ransomware Update: Newly Uncovered Addresses Reveal $21M Worth of New 2020 Ransomware Payments
On January 27, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a major disruption of the NetWalker ransomware strain. FBI agents…
270 Service Deposit Addresses Drive 55% of Money Laundering in Cryptocurrency
This blog is an excerpt from the Chainalysis 2021 Crypto Crime Report. Click here to download the whole thing! Money…
Lazarus Group Pulled Off 2020’s Biggest Exchange Hack and Appears to be Exploring New Money Laundering Options
This blog is an excerpt from the Chainalysis 2021 Crypto Crime Report. Click here to download the whole thing! Lazarus…