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More Than 2,000 Australian Crypto Wallets Compromised: Federal Police

An ‘approval phishing’ tactic has been used to steal more than $4 billion in cryptocurrency from victims in 3 years.
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More Than 2,000 Australian Crypto Wallets Compromised: Federal Police
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Monica O’Shea
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More than 2,000 crypto wallets belonging to Australians have been compromised, according to the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

The AFP worked with U.S. blockchain data platform Chainalysis to target criminal cryptocurrency scammers.

Monica O’Shea
Monica O’Shea
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Monica O’Shea is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked as a reporter for Motley Fool Australia, Daily Mail Australia, and Fairfax Regional Media. She can be reached at monica.o'[email protected]
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