The White House defended the release of Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole over 119,000 Bitcoin in 2016, from prison to home ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, the hacker who was serving prison time for breaking into crypto exchange Bitfinex and stealing millions of ...

Nearly two weeks after losing more than $60m in customer funds, Bitfinex reports it has not yet identified how the theft was carried out. In a statement released earlier today, the exchange reported ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, convicted in the 2016 Bitfinex bitcoin hack, was released early to home confinement under the First Step ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, convicted for the 2016 Bitfinex hack, has been released early from prison to home confinement ...

Convicted Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein said a prison reform law signed by President Donald Trump led to his early ...

In November 2024, Lichtenstein received a federal prison sentence of five years for being part of a money laundering ...

Bitfinex suffered from a massive security breach and theft in August 2016 The digital asset trading platform lost 119,756 Bitcoin worth $72 million at the time and has a value of roughly $3.7 billion ...

While the hacker will find selling their BTC difficult, the transfers may be contributing to a volatile day in the markets. A tranche of long-dormant Bitcoin seized in the 2016 hack of the Bitfinex ...

The man behind one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists in history is already out of prison, and he says he has Donald ...