Tether has disputed a media report that its stablecoin is increasingly being used for illicit activities. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday (Oct. 27) that the stablecoin Tether is increasingly being used in money laundering, terror financing and sanctions evasion. The report cited information from indictments, blockchain...
Reports emerged last week that Hamas’ attack on Israel might have been financed with cryptocurrency. Now, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers — led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Roger Marshall of Kansas and U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois — wants answers...
The recent attack on Israel by Hamas reportedly may have been funded in part by cryptocurrency. A review of Israeli government seizure orders and blockchain analytics reports revealed that Hamas and two other militant groups — Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), which joined Hamas in the...
The International Data Corp.’s Institute for Counter Terrorism (IDC-ICT) has discovered a bitcoin front linked to Hamas that is associated with Iran, and is used to move money for terrorist purposes, according to a report Sunday (Jan. 19) by The Jerusalem Post. A website called...
November 09, 2023
A hacking group with reported ties to Russia has claimed credit for attacking ChatGPT. The reason? The generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool’s parent company’s support for Israel amid that country’s war against Hamas. The group, dubbed Anonymous Sudan, published a post on its Telegram page Wednesday (Nov. 8) titled “Some reasons why we targeted OpenAI and ChatGPT.” […]
October 27, 2023
Tether has disputed a media report that its stablecoin is increasingly being used for illicit activities. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday (Oct. 27) that the stablecoin Tether is increasingly being used...
October 18, 2023
Reports emerged last week that Hamas’ attack on Israel might have been financed with cryptocurrency. Now, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers — led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts...
October 10, 2023
The recent attack on Israel by Hamas reportedly may have been funded in part by cryptocurrency. A review of Israeli government seizure orders and blockchain analytics reports revealed that Hamas...
