Hacker behind theft of over $2M in cryptocurrency arrested

Ukrainian police and Europol have collaborated to arrest a Ukrainian hacker involved in the compromise of a major U.S. cloud service provider with cryptocurrency mining malware that enabled the theft of more than $2 million worth of cryptocurrency since 2021, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

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